1882. ] FROM THE N.W. HIMALAYA. 245 
CYANIRIS PUSPA. 
Polyommatus puspa, Horsf. Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I. C. (1828), 
67. 
« Kulu.” 
CHILADES VARUNANA. 
Polyommatus varunana, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1865, p. 772, pl. 41. f. 6. 
CHILADES PUTLI. 
Lycena putli, Kollar, Hiigel’s Kaschmir, iv. p. 422 (1844). 
ZIZERA MAHA. 
Lycena maha, Kollar, Hiigel’s Kaschmir, iv. p. 422 (1844). 
Lycena chandala, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1865, p. 504, pl. 31. f. 5. 
ZIZERA INDICA. 
Lycena indica, Murray, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 525, pl. 10. 
f. 2.3. 
ZIZERA PYGMZA. 
Lycena pygmea, Snellin, Tijd. voor Ent. xix. p. 153, pl. 7. f. 3 
(1876). 
Identical with Sumatran and Ceylonese specimens. 
AZANUS UBALDUS. 
Papilio ubaldus, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 390. f. L, M (1782). 
Lycena zena, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1865, p. 505, pl. 31. f. 9. 
TARUCUS NARA. 
Lycena nara, Kollar, Hiigel’s Kaschmir, iv. p. 421 (1844). 
TARUCUS ALTERATUS, n. sp. (Plate XII. figs. 4, 4a.) 
Also allied to 7. 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 metallic 
spots more or less golden. 
Expanse +9 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 Z. theophrastus and 7. nara. Wings larger and 
broader ; fore wing less triangular, the exterior margin more con- 
vex ; colour duller blue and of aslight violaceous tinge ; both wings 
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 hind wing with a slender lunule at end of the cell, and a 
