50 Mr. F. Moore on Asiatic Diurnal Lepidoptera. 



Ixias agniverna. 



Allied to /, marianne^ but is smaller. The male above 

 has the black inner border of the discal red patch very narrow, 

 this border in the female being entirely absent on the lower 

 portion of the patch. In both sexes the marginal border of 

 the hind wing is also much narrower. Beneath, both sexes 

 are of a much deeper yellow, and the orange on the fore wing 

 brighter, the subapical series of spots on fore wing have orange- 

 coloured centres, and all the spots on hind wing have clear 

 white centres, those of the submarginal series being very pro- 

 minent. 



Exp. c? If, ? If inch. 



Hah. Eamgurh District, Hazareebagh (Chota Nagpore), 

 Bengal. In coll. F. Moore. 



Ixias satadra. 



Male. Upperside yellow, tinged with green at base and on 

 costa : fore wing with broad black apex, occupying more than 

 half the wing ; subapical band narrow, central, curved, brick- 

 red, crossed by black veins ; lower veins also broadly black- 

 speckled along their edges, and a series of these speckles 

 forming across the middle of the band a slightly distinct 

 transverse streak; hind wing with rather broad maculated 

 marginal band. Underside clear yellow ; a marginal dot 

 between each vein : fore wing with small distinct discocellular 

 black spot and an outer transverse series of indistinct blackish 

 speckles, and black-speckled patch at posterior angle ; hind 

 wing with a transverse discal series of yellowish brown spots, 

 the anterior spot and two before the apical angle most promi- 

 nent. 



Exp. 2 inches. 



Hah. Simla District, N.W. Himalaya {Captain Hellard). 

 In coll. F. Moore. 



Fam. Lycaenidae. 



Curetis acuta. 



Nearest to C. hulis, Bd. ; differs in both sexes in the acute 

 prolongation of the apical angle, and obliquity of the outer 

 margin, of the fore wing, darker colour ; the golden (in the 

 male) and white (in the female) portion on both wings less 

 prominent, being confined to a smaller space on the middle of 

 the wing, 



Exp. 2 inches. 



Hah. Shanghai [Holdsworth) . In coll. F. Moore. 



