1886.] lepidoptera from western india. 367 



44. Cyaniris vardhana. 



Polyommatus vardhana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 572, pi. 66. 

 fig. 5. 



cJ $, Murree, 28th August, 3rd and 8th September, 1885. 



" Not uncommon at Murree at the end of August ; was for a long 

 time passed over as C. coslestina." — J. W. Y. 



C. vardhana is rather a rare species in collections. 



45. Cyaniris kollari. 



Lyccena kollari, Westwood, Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 491. n. 69 (1852). 



Lyeena ecelestina, Kollar (nee Eversm.), Hiigel's Kaschm. iv. 2, 

 p. 423 (1848). 



S 2, Murree, 12th August; $, 28th December, 1885. 



" Very common, August and September." — J. W. T. 



This species being new to the Museum collection, I cannot 

 question the identification, more especially as Kollar's description 

 would do just as well for half a dozen other species ; at the same 

 time Kollar's name having been already used by Eversmann, cannot 

 possibly be admitted. C. Icollari is more like typical C. pseudar- 

 giolus tban any other species known to me, but is smaller ; it should 

 probably stand next to C. levettii in collections. 



46. Zizera diluta. 



S . Lyccena diluta, Felder, Reise der Nov., Lep. ii. p. 280. n. 353, 

 pi. 35. figs. 12, 13. 



2 , Campbellpore, 1 7th June and 23rd July ; J , 9th October ; 

 2 , Murree, 2nd, 5th, and 6th August, and 20th September. 



"Zizera maka, De N., diluta, Swinh. Common at Murree in 

 August and September." — J. W. Y. 



In spite of Felder' s very poor figure of the upper surface, I have 

 never seen any other than this species that could be identified with 

 Z. diluta ; it has hardly a feature in common with Z. maha, which 

 is much nearer to Z. chandala. The specimens of this species were 

 all females, with the exception of two worn ones, and one of these 

 was labelled as probably a Moth ; the females stand under the 

 numbers 7, 72, 12 a, and 527. 



47. Zizera karsandra. 



Polyoinmatus karsandra, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 505. n. 106, 

 pi. 31. fig. 7. 



c? 2, Campbellpore, 21st May and June; 2 , Murree, 1st Oc- 

 tober, 1885. 



"Zizera maha and Z. sangra apud de Niceville ; Z. decreta and 

 karsana apud Swinhoe : very common in the grass and lucerne- 

 fields in May and June ; though many of them differed, still they all 

 seemed linked to one another, and I put them all under one 

 number."— J". TF. Y. 



Major Yerbury was perfectly correct in so doing ; I find only males 



