SOME BUTTERFLIES FROM THE INDIAN REGION. 763 



two distinct broods — one in April and May and the other in October. It 

 disappears in the interval. 



C. dilecta- Moore. Common . Apparently distinct broods in the spring and 

 autumn. 



C. jynteana. de Niceville. Occasionally, April to July. 



Cyaniris parishii. n. sp. 



A new form, the only one of its kind among some hundreds of Cyaniris 

 taken by Mr. H. M. Parish and myself in and round Shillong in 1909 , and 

 quite distinct from all the species of the genus in the Museum and de Nice- 

 ville collections. The specimen is a male and belongs to the group in which 

 the costal margin is broadly edged with black. The description is as 

 follows :— 



Upperside. — Forewing, costa and termen broadly black, this black edging, 

 except for about one-third from base of costa where it is narrower, and at 

 apex where it is a trifle broader, being of almost exactly the same width all 

 round and very regularly and evenly defined. The rest of the wing shining 

 lavender blue, slightly deeper at base. There is just an indication of a 

 black tooth on the discocellulars. Hindwing, costa broadly fuscous, termen 

 narrowly but very evenly edged black, with a subterminal series of dark 

 lunular markings. The rest of the wing of the same shade of blue as the 

 forewing. Cilia dirty bluish white. Underside. — Ground colour dull white, 

 markings small and delicate, of the usual Cyaniris pattern. 



Expanse — 1*2 inches. 



Habitat — Shillong, Khasi Hills, 5,000 ft., August. 



The species appears to be allied to C. akasa, Horsfield, from S. India, but 

 has no trace of white on the upperside of the wings. It is also apparently 

 close to C. shelfordi, de Niceville, from Sarawak. This latter is of a 

 somewhat deeper shade of blue, the black margins are not so even, and the 

 markings on the underside are very much heavier and coarser. 

 Orthomiella pontis. Elwes. 



Hitherto only recorded from Sikkim and Upper Burma. Also taken at 

 Kohima, Naga Hills, 5,000 ft., April. 

 Lycaenesthes emolus. Cramer. 



I have a male of this species from the Bhutan Terai which is a striking 

 aberration from the type in respect of the markings on the underside. In 

 the forewing, the band on the discocellulars is not defined with white lines, 

 and the discal band is very broad and regular. The hindwing is remark- 

 able. All the irregular bands have coalesced into a uniformly brown patch, 

 on which is placed a very light coloured greenish white discal fascia broken 

 only by the brown nervures and a short brown band on the discocellulars 

 Subterminally there are prominent light coloured conical markings, and the 

 usual black and orange crowned spot in interspace 3. 



