82 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



with clear blue pale irrorations at the base of both wings and the abdominal area of 

 the hindwing ; markings much as in kina, but the upper three spots of the discal band 

 are more in a line, the second spot not being inwards. 



Female. Upperside dull pale bluish-grey, the black bands paler and somewhat 

 diffuse inwards. Underside as in the male. 



Expanse of wings, ^ $, l-pg^ inches. 



Habitat. — Cachar, Assam, Sikkim. 



Distribution. — The type came from the North Cachar Hills ; we have a female 

 from that locality received from Moore, and a male from Sikkim, which we describe 

 and figure. 



CHLIARIA MERGUIA. 



Plate 721, figs. 4, $, 4a, $. 



CMiaria merguia, Dohevty, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1889, p. 427, pi. 23, fig. 2, $ . de Niceville, Rutt. 

 of India, iii. p. 397 (1890). Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 639. 



Imago. — Male. Above, dull indigo-blue over half the forewino; from the costal 

 vein almost to the lower angle, and over the hindwing from the upper subcostal to the 

 submedian vein. Cilia dark, lobe with a marginal white line ; tails edged and tipped 

 with white. Below, pearl grey, the apex of the forewing widely, and the costa 

 slenderly light fulvous brown, both wings with a double reddish streak across the end 

 of the cell, and a slender, straight, brighter fulvous, transverse discal fascia, very 

 slenderly bordered with blackish and whitish lines. On the forewing this is nearly 

 straight, unbroken ; on the hindwing it is dislocated inwardly below the upper median, 

 and again below the lower median. Forewing with an obscure darker submarginal 

 line. Cilia dark. Hindwing mostly grey, the apex slightly tinged with rufous, the 

 lower and anal part whitish, with two submarginal lunular bauds, a large black spot, 

 edged anally with oi'ange, but without metallic scales, between the lower medians ; lo])e 

 black, edged with white, a slender black edge-line. Cilia basally whitish, outwardly 

 dark ; tails much as in othona, the anal one longest. 



A single male, Mergui. The species somewhat resembles Zeltus setolns, though 

 easily distinguished by the short tails and the absence of the blue reflections above. 

 It has still more resemblance to Sinthusa amha. On account of the closely appressed 

 costal and first subcostal veins, I place it in Chliaria, though its long narrow wings 

 give it quite a different aspect. (Doherty.) 



Expanse of wings, ^1*05 inches. 

 ■ Habitat. — Merwui. 



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Wc have not seen this species ; where the type is we have not been able to 

 ascertain ; we therefore give Doherty's description and copies of his figure. 



