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wing attenuated anteriorly and extending to costal border ; tbe band 

 on hind wing very broad and irregular ; anal and subanal spots small. 



Female. Paler ; discal spot very large and oval ; band on under- 

 side as in male. 



Expanse, c? $ 1^% inch. 



Hab. N.W. Himalaya (Deyra Doon ; Dharmsala). 



Taken by Mr. Hocking on quince tree, at 6000 feet elevation. 



The type specimen described above is now in the British-Museum 

 collection. Its locality label is " Himalaya," not Burmah, as stated 

 in my original description. 



HORAGA VIOLA, n. Sp. 



Male. Violet-brown ; fore wing with a small white discal spot. 



Female. Violet-brown, palest ou the hind wing ; lower basal and 

 discal area of both wings dull cyaneous blue, discal white spot larger. 

 Underside darkish violaceous brownish- ochreous, the white discal 

 spot continued to posterior margin ; the band on hind wing narrowly 

 white in both sexes. 



Expanse, S yV ? I inch. 



Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 



Ilerda tamu. 



Polyommatus tamu, Kollar, Hiigel's Kasch. iv. p. 41 7, pi. 5. f. 7, 8, cJ • 



Ilerda tamu, Hewitson, Illust. D. Lep. p. 57. 



Allied to /. androcles. Male. Upperside blackish brown ; with 

 the medial, basal, and discal area of fore wing and medial area of hind 

 wing sparsely covered with dull metallic greenish-blue scales, these 

 scales scarcely appearing below the submedian vein on the fore wing 

 and being less thickly disposed on the hind wing ; anal red lunules 

 narrow and distinct. 



Female paler brown ; fore wing with an oblique discal slightly- 

 curved short red band ; hind wing with a marginal narrow sinuous 

 red band. 



Underside dullsaffron-yellow ; markings similar to those of I. an- 

 drocles. 



Expanse 1^^^ inch. 



Hab. N.W. Himalayas, Masuri (Lariff) ; Dharmsala {Hoching). 

 In coll. F. Moore and British Museum. 



Ilerda coruscans, n. sp. 



Smaller than I. androcles. ISlale of a denser blackish -brown 

 colour : fore wing with the lower basal and discal area, and medial 

 area of hind wing entirely covered with glittering metallic blue scales, 

 which in some lights are of a smalt-blue tint ; two slender, short, red 

 anal lunules. 



Female paler brown : fore wing with a narrow red oblique band, 

 and hind wing with a marginal sinuous red band. 



Expanse \-^q inch. 



Hah. N.W. Himalaya : Bisahur, between Sarhan and Tranda 

 {Hellard) ; Dharmsala (^Hocking). In coll. F. Moore and British 

 Museum. 



