208 On new Species 0/ LyctBni'la^//-o»i Madagascar. 



XV^III. — Two new Species of \jycm\\'n\K. from Madagascar. 

 V,y Percy I. Lathy, F.E.S. 



Lycoineslhes mahiUei, sp. n. 



($ . Upperside : Both wings uniform lilac-blue witli very 

 fine daik margins, fringes whitish. 



Underside: Both wings pale brownish grey as in L. smithii, 

 Mab., but with the white markings more diffused; hijid wing 

 with minute crimson spot between veins 2 and 3, this spot 

 edged with black and blue scaling ; a similar but still smaller 

 spot at anal angle. 



Marsantsetia, N.E. Madagascar, 1 c? . 



Tiie only species in the genus with which this can be 

 confused is L. smithii, Mab., from which it may easily be 

 distinguished by the wings above wanting the cupreous tint, 

 and by the absence of the subbasal conspicuous blue-black 

 spot o£ the hind wings below. 



Azamis riihropuncta, sp. n. 



S- Upperside: Both wings dark lilac-blue with slight 

 cupreous tint ; narrow marginal dark border. 



Underside: Fore wing pale grey; a whitish-edged dark 

 grey spot at end of cell; two whitisli bars beyond cell ; sub- 

 marginal area traversed by irregular whitish lines enclosing 

 grey spots slightly darker than ground-colour. Hind wing- 

 pale grey clouded with whitish on discal area ; a subbasal 

 black spot, beyond this a row of four black spots ; a black 

 spot on costa beyond middle and another on inner margin ; 

 between these last two spots a series of dark grey markings 

 crosses the wings beyond cell ; a submarginal irregular dark 

 grey line; three marginal dark grey spots between veins 4 

 and 7 ; a conspicuous marginal blue-centred black spot 

 between veins 2 and 3, this spot inwardly edged with 

 ci'imson ; a small blue-centred black spot at anal angle. 



Marsantsetia, N.E. Madagascar. A series of males. 



May be easily separated from any other species in the 

 genus by the crimson-edged black spot of underside of hind 

 wing. The types of these two new species are in the collec- 

 tion of Madame Gaston Fournier. 



