342 Mr. F. Moore on Ceylon Lepidoptera. 



Female brighter, but paler blue : fore wing with the base of 

 the costa and an outer band black : hind wing with black an- 

 terior border and marginal row of prominent pale-bordered black 

 spots. Cilia white, with inner black border. Underside 

 greyish white : fore wing with dusky -black sti-eak at end of 

 the cell, a discal series of oblique spots, and marginal row of 

 small spots enclosed by a dentated line : hind wing with three 

 black subbasal spots, a curved series of seven discal spots, 

 and a marginal row of spots enclosed by a dentate line. 



Exp. c? 1-ru, ? 1-nr inch. 



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



Allied to P. puspa, Horsf. ; differs from Ceylon specimens 

 above in its uniform colour and absence of the broad black 

 borders. 



Polyommatus laiika. 



Male. Very dark blue. Cilia white, with blackish inner mar- 

 ginal border. Underside white : fore wing with a dusky brown 

 streak at end of the cell, a submarginal transverse linear row 

 of four linear spots, a spot near the costa, and a marginal row 

 of dentate spots : hind wing with two equidistant brown spots 

 on anterior border, a spot within and streak at end of cell, a 

 curved discal series of five spots, two lunate marks on abdo- 

 minal border, and an outer marginal row of dentate spots. 

 Tibiae and tarsi with black bands. Near to P. kasmira. 



Exp. 1^ inch. 



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



Polyommatus singalensis. 

 Feld. Yerh. z.-b. Ges. 1868, p. 282. 



Male. Light blue. Cilia white with blackish inner border. 

 Underside white : fore Aving Avith dusky brown streak at end 

 of the cell, a submarginal series of five slightly-recurved dentate 

 spots, a spot near the costa, and a marginal row of small spots 

 enclosed by an inner row of dentate lunules : hind wing 

 with three subbasal spots, a spot on costa beyond middle, a 

 spot within and streak at end of the cell, a curved discal 

 series of five irregular-shaped sj^ots, a curved streak above 

 anal angle, and marginal row of small spots enclosed by 

 dentate lunules. Tibia3 and tarsi black streaked above. Near 

 to P. kasmira. 



Exp. Ij'^j.inch. 



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



