HYPOLYCJENINM 93 



SECTION II. 

 Forewing with three sub-costal nervules. 



Genus HYPOLYC^NA. 



Hypolycscna, Felder, Wien Ent. Mon. vi. p. 293 (1862). Hewitson (part), 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 48 

 (1865). Moore, Journ. As. See. Bengal, 1884, p. 29. Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 2-55 (18S.i). 

 Trimen, South Afr. Butt. p. 114 (1887). de Niceville, Butt, of India, iii. p. 389 (1890). 



Myrina, Westwood (part), Gen. Diurn. Lep. ii. p. 475 (1832). 



Eyes hairy. Forewing, vein 12 ends on the ccsta opposite the end of the cell, 

 11 emitted from the cell at two-fifths from its end, is bowed upwards towards 12, 10 

 from one-fourth, 9 from the middle of 7 ; 6 from close to upper end of discocellulars, 

 5 from the middle, the ])ases of 3 and 2 rather close together from a little before the 

 lower end of the cell, discocellulars straight, slender, the lower slightly the longer, 

 costa slightly arched at its base, thence straight to the apex, which is acute, the outer 

 margin at first convex, then straight, hinder angle rather acute, hinder margin straight. 

 Ilindwing, vein 8 much arched at its base, 7 emitted at one-third before the end 

 of the cell, cell broad, discocellulars in a straight line, of equal length, outwardly 

 oblique, vein 3 emitted just before the lower end of the cell, internal nervure rather long, 

 recurved ; costa much arched at the base, thence straight to the apex, which is rounded ; 

 outer margin straight, angled below the end of vein 3, abdominal margin convex, rather 

 deeply excavated below the end of the internal nervure, two filamentous tails of about 

 equal length, a moderate-sized anal lobe. 



Type, Hypolycsena tniolus, Felder. 



HYPOLYCJINA ERYLUS. 



Plate 723, figs. 1, <J, la, <? , lb, <J . 



Polyommatus erylus, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 633 (1823). 



Amblypodia erylus, Horsfield, Cat. Lep. E.I.C. p. Ill (1829). 



Myrina erylus, Horsfield and Moore, Cat. Lep. Mas. E.I.C. i. p. 50 (1857). 



Hypolycsena erylus, Hewitson, 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 49, pi. 21, figs. 1, (J; 2, 4, 9 (1866). Snellen, Tijd. 



voor Ent. xxi. p. 23 (1878). Wood-Mason and de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1880, p. 232. 



Moore, id. 1884, p. 30. Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 255, pi. 20, figs. 5, ^ , 6, ? (1885). 



Wood-Mason and de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1886, p. 368. Elwes and de Niceville, 



id. p. 429. Staudinger, Ex. Schmett. p. 282, p). 96, $ (1888). de Niceville, Butt, of India, iii. 



p. 390 (1890). Manders, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 530. de Niceville, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. 



Soc. 1890, p. 386. Watson, id. 1891, p. 50, and 1897, p. 666. Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, 



p. 639. Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893, p. 304. H. H. Druce, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 603. 

 Hypolycsena andamana, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 589 ; id. Journ. As. See. Bengal, 1884, p. 31. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside brownish-purple. Foreiving with a glandular patch 



