8 CHOASPES. 



" Female. Expanse 2*3 inches. Upperside very dark glossy bronzy- 

 green, shading off into glossy indigo- blue at the apex and outer margin. 

 Underside with the markings and ground-colour darker than in Sikkim 

 males ; forewing with a pale green spot in the second median interspace, 

 with a larger one in the interspace below it, in the male these spots 

 are merged in a large patch of the ochreous ground-colour from the 

 inner margin. The green markings everywhere more restricted and of 

 a darker shade than in the male. 



The specimen figured, taken by Mr. Rhodes-Morgan in the Wynaad, 

 is the only female I have seen ; there are numerous males, however, in 

 Mr. Otto Moller's collection from Sikkim." (de Niceville, I. c.) 



Also recorded from the Nilgiris (Hampson); Sikkim (Elwes). 



In collections Indian Museum and de Niceville. 



7. CHOASPES VASUTANA, MOORE. 



Ismene vasutana, Moore, P. Z. S., 1865, p. 782. 



" Male. Upperside deep purple brown, paler on the base of the 

 wings ; forewing with orange yellow costal basal streak. Cilia of hindwing 

 broad and bright orange yellow. Underside glossy greyish green, the 

 veins and narrow intermediate parallel lines blackish ; a patch on poste- 

 rior half of forewing brown bordered above with blue. Third joint of 

 palpi brown, the rest orange yellow. Head, thorax in front and beneath, 

 legs, middle of abdomen beneath, and anal tuft bright orange yellow. 



Female. Upperside darker brown, the base of the wings greyish blue ; 

 forewing with two small semitransparent spots obliquely beneath the 

 extremity of the cell. Underside as in male, with the two spots as above. 



Expanse, 2 , $> 2j inches. 



Habitat, Darjeeling." (Moore, I. c.) 



Also recorded from Sikkim by Mr. de Niceville and Mr. Elwes, and 

 Mr. de Niceville informs me it is very common in the Khasi hills. 



In collections Indian Museum and de Niceville. 



8. CHOASPES AMARA, MOORE. 



Ismene amara, Moore, P. Z. S., 1865, p. 783. 



" Male and female. Upperside brown with a greenish gloss ; costal 

 streak of forewing ochreous yellow in the male, less prominent in the 

 female ; male with a blackish subbasal patch. Cilia of both wings short 

 and brownish white. Body dark brown ; abdomen with greyish segmental 

 bands. Underside, forewing brown, becoming bluish black along the 

 base of the costa ; posterior margin broadly brownish white ; hindwing 

 bluish black ; veins of both wings brownish white, the space between 

 them having a greyish blue parallel line running their entire length. Both 

 wings also with the black ochreous-yellow-encirled basal spot. Thorax 

 in front and beneath, head, palpi, legs, middle of abdomen, and anal tuft 

 ochreous yellow. Femora and tibiae with a black spot ; sides of abdomen 

 black, the segmental bands prominent, Cilia greyish. 



