526 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. [NoV. 20, 



IlERDA LANGII, 11. sp. 



Near to I. moorei. Both wings with the metallic area of the same 

 extent aud shape as in that species, the metallic colour being of a 

 greenish tint of nearly the same intenseness as that in I. androcles. 

 On the hind wing the marginal red baud is composed of four or five 

 broad continuous lunules. In both the former uamed species the 

 marginal baud is composed of only two lunules. Underside of a 

 much darker yellow than in the former species. 



Expanse 1^ iuch. 



Hab. Masuri, N.W. Himalaya. In coll. F. Moore. 



Aphn^us abnormis, n. sp. (Plate XLIX. fig. 4.) 



Male. Fore wing dusky violet-brown ; basal area from below the 

 costal vein dull greenish-grey, or in certain lights pale blue : hind 

 wiug of the same dull greenish-grey or light blue ; the marginal line 

 brown ; anal lobe dull ochreous-brown. Underside dull ochrcous- 

 brown ; fore wing with three indistinctly defined oblique, transverse, 

 very slightly silvered bands and submarginal line : hind wing with 

 a similar medial transverse band and less distinct submarginal band. 



Expanse 1 \ inch. 



Hab. Coonoor, Nilgiris (^Lindsay). In coll. F. Moore. 



Genus Sithon. 



Sithon, Hubuer, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 77 (1816). 



Fore wing with the costa slightly arched at the base, apex acute, 

 exterior margin very slightly convex, posterior angle not acute, pos- 

 terior margin slightly convex, tuited beneath ; costal vein recurved ; 

 first subcostal branch ascending and touching costal near its end, 

 emitted at one third before end of the cell, second branch at one 

 fifth, third and fourth from end of the cell, no fifth branch ; cell 

 broad ; discocellulars slightly concave, of equal length ; radial from 

 their middle ; middle median from close to end of the cell, lower at 

 one third before the end ; submediau straight. Hind wiug oval ; 

 costa almost angular in its middle, apex convex, exterior margin lobular 

 near anal angle ; cell short, triangular ; first subcostal emitted at one 

 third before end of the cell ; discocellulars obhque, recurved ; radial 

 from their middle ; two median branches from end of the cell, 

 lower at one half before the end, submedian straight, internal re- 

 curved ; fvunished with a longish slender tail from end of lower 

 median vein, and a short lobate tail from submedian vein. Autennal 

 club slender ; jialpi poi rect, laxy squamose beneath, second joint 

 extending hall' beyond the head, third joint slender; legs squamose. 



Type /b'. nedymond, Cram. 



Sithon nedymond. 



Pajnlio nedymond, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 299. f. E, F (1782). 

 Thecla nedymond, Horsfield, Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I. C. p. 96 

 (1829). 



