702 mr. f. moore on the [June 18, 



zag markings less defined, and the white interspace beyond the end 

 of the cell much wider. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Hab. Hainan. In coll. H. Druce. 



PlTHECOPS NIHANA, n. Sp. 



Upperside dusky brown ; cilia white : fore wing with a slight 

 white brown-speckled longitudinal central patch, and hind wing with 

 a similar streaky subapical patch. Underside white : fore wing with 

 a submarginal series of six very narrow, dusky, short, recurved marks, 

 and a marginal series of narrow dusky lunules bordered within by 

 an indistinct lnnular line : hind wing with a moderately large black 

 costal spot before the apex, and a smaller spot on abdominal margin ; 

 a series of very indistinct dusky submarginal and marginal streaks. 



Expanse \^ inch. 



Hab. Hainan. In coll. H. Druce and F. Moore. 



POLYQMMATUS LAIUS. 



Papilio laivs, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 319. f. D, E. 



POLYOMMATUS VARTJNANA. 



Polyommatus varunana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 772, pi. 41. f. 6. 



POLYOMMATUS SIMILIS, n. Sp. 



Allied to P. argia, Menetr. Cat.Lep. Mus. Petr. p. 125. pi. x. f. 7. 

 from Japan. Differs above in being of a pale lilac-blue, the margin 

 of the fore wing less dusky, and the hind wing with the marginal 

 spots scarcely perceptible (both these characters in P. argia are very 

 prominent). On the underside the colour is of a brownish-grey ; 

 markings similar, but those of fore wing less prominent, the spots 

 on the hind wing having the centre of the same tint as the ground- 

 colour of the wing. 



Expanse lyV inch. 



Hab. Hainan. In coll. JI. Druce and F. Moore. 



LAMPIDES BiETICUS. 



Papilio Iceticus, Linn. S. N. i. 2, p, 789. 



Lampides kandarpa. 



tycana kandarpa, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E.I. C. 1829, p. 82> 



Aphn^eus lohita. 



Amblypodia lohita, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E.I. C. 1829, p, 106, 



ILERDA HELENA. 



Heliophorus belenus, Hiibner, Zutrage, f. 785 (1832). 



Mahathala, n. g. 



Wings broad : fore wing somewhat short, exterior margin nearly 

 erect and slightly scalloped ; third subcostal branch bifurcate : hind 



