LAMPIDES. 397 



termen slightly convex and perceptibly, but very obtusely, angulate 

 at apex of vein 2 ; tornus well marked ; dorsum straight. Antennae 

 about half length of fore wing, club spindle-shaped, long and 

 gradual ; eyes hairy ; palpi densely clothed with scales beneath, 

 not fringed with hairs, third joint long (except in L. bochus which 

 has the palpi comparatively short) ; body slender. 



The genus Jamides retained by many authors can only at the 

 best be separated as a subgenus, the third joint of the palpus is 

 notably shorter in proportion but the venation of the wings is the 

 same as in Lampides. 



Key to the forms o/Lampides. 



<? cf. 



A. Underside fore wing : fourth transverse white 

 fascia from base ends on vein 3. 



a. Upperside : rich deep blue, metallic and 



shining. 

 '. Upperside fore wing : terminal fourth at 



least velvety black. 

 a 2 . Blue colour on basal half of wing 



not extended up to costal margin .... L. bochus, p. 398. 

 b' 2 . Blue colour on basal half of wing 



extended right up to costal margin . . L. bochus, race nico- 

 //. Upperside fore wing: much less than baricus, p. 398. 



terminal fourth black ; black edging 

 frequently reduced to a slender black 

 line L. coruscans, p. 400. 



b. Upperside : pale blue or purplish-blue or pale 



purplish, metallic and shining. 

 a. Underside fore and hind wings: sub- 

 terminal transverse white fasciae lunular; 

 fore wing : third fascia from base broken 



and interrupted on vein 4 L. lacteata, p. 401. 



V. Underside fore wing: subterminal trans- 

 verse white fasciae straight, not lunular, 

 third fascia from base vertical, unbroken, 

 from just below costa to vein 1 ; hind 

 wing : subterminal fasciae highly lunular, 



sagittate L. sitbdita, p. 402. 



c. Upperside : milk-white, slightly bluish, not 



metallic. 



a'. Upperside fore wing: terminal black edging 

 very slender, sometimes towards apex 

 with an inner series of transversely linear 



black spots . L. jnira, p. 403. 



b'. Upperside fore wing : terminal black edging 



distinctly broader. 

 2 . Upperside fore and hind wings : without 



postdiscal transverse fuscous bands . . L. celeno, p. 404. 

 A 2 . Upperside fore and hind wings : with 



postdiscal transverse fuscous bands . . L. cekno, race kin- 



kurka, p. 406. 



