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b. Hind wing, underside : with some light blue 

 scales between the spots, never metallic. 



Size: l-2"-l-5" Jehana. 



The males of indra and cippus are deep metallic-blue on the upperside, 

 the female of the former is dark-brown, of the latter light-blue with broad 

 black border; both sexes of 7eA«?jff are rather like the female of cipptus: 

 light-blue. 



The larvee are of the same type as those of Camena, so are the pupse ; 

 and, like those, are hardly ever attended by ants ; the foodplant is also 

 Mistletoe. See PI. II., figs. 23, larva ; 23a, pupa. 



27. Genus — Aphn^us. 



A. Hind wing, underside : with the subbasal band 

 quite regular and entire, never broken ; colour 

 upperside ; brown with orange markings. 



Size : 0-8" to 1-5" vulcanus. (PI. G,figs. 



52 S ,52a $ .) 



B. Hind wing, underside : with the subbasal band 

 broken, generally into three spots, never 

 regular or entire. 



a. Fore wing, upperside : very dark slaty-blue 

 in male, or dark-brown in female, bordered 

 broadly with black, the markings of under- 

 side showing dimly through, though never 

 yellow. Size : 1-2" to 1-8'' . . "". . . . loUta. 



The dry-season form of this has been designated ordinarily as a dif- 

 ferent species : A. concanus. 



b. Fore wing, upperside : pale lilacine-blue in 

 male, pale-brown in female^ with broad 

 darker border ; markings of underside show- 

 ing through much paler. Size : 1"1" to 1"5". lilacitius. 



c. Fore wing, upperside : brown with large tri- 

 angular orange patch before apex, reaching 

 the costa, markings of underside showing 

 through on it as black spots and bands. 



Size : 1-35" ictis. 



A. elima is probably the dry-season form of 

 this, being much paler underneath both as to 

 ground-colour and markings. 



d. Fore wing upperside and hind wing: chiefly 

 orange, markings of underside showing 

 through as black spots and bands through- 

 out. Size : I"-l"6" ... .. .. .. hypargyrus. 



All but lohita and typical ictis are Plains butterflies, these two being 

 chiefly confined to the hills. They are all very fast fliers and cannot be 

 mistaken for any other Lyccsnid owing to the generally bright undersides, 

 always with metallic scales bordering the bands. 



The larvae are abnormal, with tubercles ; pupse normal ; much attended 

 by ants ; the foodplant is chosen, indeed, on account of the ants. 



28. Genus — Chliaria. 



A. — -Fore wing, underside : a dot inside the costa 



above middle of cell. Size : 0'9" to I'2" . . . . othona, 



B. — Fore wing, underside : no such dot. Size: I'l" 



to 1'3" . . . . ... . . . . . . nilyirica. 



These are both hill species. OiAowa male is sky-blue on the upperside ; 

 the female is dusky brown with the hinder third of the hindwing suffused 



