1882.] from the n.w. himalaya. 245 



Cyaniris puspa. 



Polyommatus puspa, Horsf. Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I. C. (1828), 

 p. (J7. 

 " Kulu." 



Chilades varunana. 



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



Chilades putli. 



LyccBiia putli, KoUar, Hiigel's Kaschmir, iv. p. 422 (1844). 



ZlZERA MAHA. 



LyccEua malm, Kollar, Hiigel's Kaschmir, iv. p. 422 (1844). 

 Lyccena chandala, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 504, pi, 31. f. 5. 



ZlZERA INDICA. 



Lyccena indica, Murray, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 525, pi, 10. 

 f. 2, 3, 



ZlZERA PYGM^A, 



Lycana pygmaa, Snellin, Tijd, voor Eat, xix. p, 153, pi. 7. f. 3 

 (1876). ^ > V 



Identical with Sumatran and Ceylonese specimens. 



AZANUS UBALDUS. 



Papilio ubaldus. Cram, Pap. Exot, iv. pi. 390. f, L, M(1782). 

 LyctBna zena, Moore, P, Z. S, 1865, p, 505, pi. 31. f. 9, 



Tarucus nara. 



Lycxna nara, Kollar, Hiigel's Kaschmir, iv. p. 421 (1844). 



Tarucus alteratus, n. sp. (Plate XII. figs. 4, 4 a.) 



Also allied to T. nara ; smaller ; colour paler and of a more 

 decided blue tint; fore wing with a slender discocellular dusky 

 lunule ; hind wing with a small dusky spot above the tail, and a 

 slender marginal white line. Cilia brownish white. Underside 

 dull pale greyish ochreous; both wings with similarly disposed 

 markings, which are more slender, paler, and much less distinct, 

 those on the hind wing being reddish ochreous, the marginal metaUic 

 spots more or less golden. 



Expanse || inch. 



Hab. N.W. Himalaya {Reid) ; Dharmsala {Hocking). In coll. 

 F. Moore and British Museum. 



Tarucus venosus, n, sp, (Plate XII. figs, 6, 6 a.) 

 Allied to T. theophrastus and T. nara. Wings larger and 

 broader ; fore wing less triangular, the exterior margin more con- 

 vex ; colour duller blue and of a slight violaceous tinge; bothwinos 

 with a broad marginal dusky border, similar to that in male of 

 Zizera chandala ; veins dark-lined : fore wing with a broad dusky 

 spot, and hiud wing with a slender lunule at end of the cell, and a 



