340 Mr, F. Moore on Ceylon Lepidoptera. 



gular discoidal spot ; between this series and a submarginal 

 series of somewhat conical spots is a discal series of indistinct 

 pale dusky oblique spots ; a linear marginal row of narrow in- 

 distinct duskj streaks : hind wing with a discal white macu- 

 lated band, a quadrate spot on abdominal margin near the 

 base, and two naiTOW parallel spots and streak on anterior 

 margin ; a linear row of marginal white streaks. Underside 

 dull ferruginous, with black-bordered white markings as above, 

 and black confluent spots across disk of both wings. 



Exp. 2-^ inches. 



Hah. Ceylon. In coll. F. M. Mackwood. 



Fam. Lycsenidae. 



Lampides lithargyria. 



Male. Upperside greyish silvery-blue, with very narrow 

 marginal black border : hind wing with two triangular spots 

 from anal angle. Cilia white, with dusky marginal inner line. 

 Underside white : fore wing with broad greyish brown spot at 

 end of the cell, a transverse discal maculated band with a con- 

 tiguous spot at upper end, a narrower submarginal band, and 

 very indistinct marginal lunules : hind wing with two promi- 

 nent black costal spots, two greyish brown subbasal spots, a 

 broad spot at end of the cell, a curved discal macular band, a 

 marginal series of lunular spots enclosed by a broad dentate 

 band, the penultimate spot being black and bordered above 

 with ochreous. 



Exp. 1{^ inch. 



Hab. Ceylon. In coll. F. M. Mackwood and F. Moore. 



Allied to L. kandarpa, Horsf. (also from Ceylon), but of an 

 entirely different colour above and beneath, and the markings 

 of underside all much broader. Also allied to L. platissa^ 

 H.-S., from Australia. 



Lampides viola. 



Male. Upperside dark violet-blue ; both wings with narrow 

 black marginal hne. Cilia whitish at the edge. Underside 

 violet-grey ; both wings with six broken very pale narrow 

 delicate whitish bands, the two inner and outer bands on the 

 fore wing short : a small black anal and large subanal spot, 

 speckled with blue and ochreous-bordered. Female smalt- 

 blue in middle of the fore wing : hind wing with indistinct 

 marginal row of pale-bordered black spots. 



Exp. c?T%, ? 1 inch. 



Hah. Ceylon. In coll. F. M. Mackwood and F. Moore. 



