1883.] MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA, 523 



CuRETis ARCUATA, n. sp. (Plate XL VIII. fig. 3.) 



Of smaller size than C. thetys, the tore wiug less acuminate at the 

 tip, the costal band comparatively broader, not jagged on its inner 

 edge, and is curved below the apex to the posterior angle. On the 

 hind wing the costal band spreads over the costal vein and extends to 

 the end of the upper subcostal branch. Female with the white 

 patch on fore wing confined more to the disk, and the curved white 

 band on hind wing is narrower. 



Expanse, S ? 1^ inch. 



Hab. Malabar. In coll. F. Moore. 



Castalius interruptus, n. sp. (Plate XLVIII. fig. 4.) 



Fore wing white, with a blackish-brown broad costal band, which 

 is widely interrupted to near the costal edge at end of the cell, the 

 subapical inner angle of the band acute, the band then extending 

 down the exterior margin and ascending above the posterior angle 

 into a clavate knob to the disk : hind wing white, base slightly black- 

 speckled ; a very narrow marginal baud traversed by white lunules 

 along the outer edge. Underside marked similar to C. decidia. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Hab. Bombay. In coll. F. Moore. 



Cyaniris placida, n. sp. (Plate XLVIII. fig. 5.) 



Allied to C. lavendularis. Male. Upperside of a darker but duller 

 blue and of a uniform tint throughout, C. lavendularis having the 

 discal area of both wings slightly whitish ; marginal black borders 

 similar but slightly narrower. Underside similarly marked, except 

 that in the fore wing there are but four transverse discal spots, which 

 are also disposed in a more linear series. 



Expanse If inch. 



Hab. Darjiling. In coll. F. Moore. 



Cyaniris marginata, n. sp. (Plate XLVIII. fig. 6.) 



Allied to C. puspa. Both wings in the male with the black mar- 

 ginal border twice the width of those in C. puspa, the black costal 

 border extending its width hali across the cell; upper discal area 

 ol both wings also more prominently white. Female darker than in 

 same sex of G. puspa, the pale discal area of less width. Underside 

 similarly marked. 



Expanse 1|^ inch. 



Hab. Nepal {Ramsay) ; Darjiling. In coll. F. Moore. 



Cyaniris latimargo, n. sp. (Plate XLVIII. fig. 9.) 



Allied to C. transpectus. Male. Upperside of a darker blue, 

 with a purplish tint ; both wings with a broad black outer mar- 

 ginal band of one eighth inch in width ; the costal border of botli 

 wings and the abdominal margin of hind wing also black-bordered. 

 Underside with similarly disposed but broader markings than those 

 in C. ma7-ginata. 



Expanse \^ inch. 



Hah. N.E. Bengal {Chrote). In coll. F. Moore. 



