208 On new Species of Ltjosenldse from Madagascar. 



XVIII. — Two new Species 0/ Lycfeiiidse/rom Madagascar. 

 By Percy I. Lathy, F.E.S. 



Lyccenesthes mabillei, sp. n. 



cJ . Upperside : Both wings uniform lilac-blue with very 

 fine dark margins, fringes whitisii. 



Underside: Both wings pale brownish grey as xnL. smithii, 

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

 witii minute crimson spot between veins 2 and 3, tliis spot 

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

 spot at anal angle. 



Marsantsetia, N.E. Madagascar, 1 ^. 



The 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 of the hind wings below. 



Azanus rubropuncta, sp. n. 



c? . Upperside: Botli 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 whitish 'bars beyond cell ; sub- 

 marginal area traversed by irregular whitish lines enclosing- 

 grey spots slightly darker than ground-colour. Hind wing 

 ])ale grey clouded with whitish on discal area ; a subbasal 

 black spot, beyond tliis 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 

 crimson ; 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. 



