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prominent, narrow, straight, dark line on the discocellular nervules. Forewing with a 

 similar discal line not reaching the costa anteriorly, touching the sub-median nervure 

 posteriorly ; beyond the line is a somewhat similar but indistinct line. Hindwing 

 with a discal line much as in the forewing, but reaching the costa and recurved to the 

 abdominal margin, the upper portion straight as far as the third median nervule, 

 below this, the line is formed of outwardly curved lunules, beyond the discal line is an 

 obsolete sub-marginal line as in the forewing ; a small deep black round spot in the 

 first median interspace close to the margin, and another on the small anal lobe, both 

 outwardly margined with pale yellow, no secondary sexual characters. 



Female, larger, both wings broader, the apex of the forewing less acute. Upper- 

 side, both wings of a slightly darker shade of blue than in the male. Cilia throughout 

 white. Forewing with a large quadrate diflused white patch on the disc, its inner 

 margin well defined by the discocellular nervules, and that portion of the median 

 nervure between the bases of the first and second median nervules. Underside, both 

 wings marked exactly as in the male. Near to T. diseus, Hewitson, from Sikkim, but 

 the blue coloration of the upperside is much lighter, the discal line on the underside of 

 the forewing in T. diseus is much straighter, its edges more even, and it increases in 

 width to the costa, which it quite reaches ; the colour of all the lines being rufous also 

 in that species. In the female of T. diseus, which sex I have not seen, there is a sub- 

 marginal band of brown spots on the upperside of the hindwing. T. albiplaga is also 

 allied to T. jehana, Moore, but the sexes of the former differ considerably, while in the 

 latter they are described as nearly alike. The three black spots from the anal lobe on 

 the upperside of the hindwing are also absent in T. albiplaga, in both sexes. 



Mr. Otto MoUer possesses two males and three females of this species. The 

 female may be known from that of Camena deva, Moore, by the white patch on the 

 upperside of the forewing, and also the lines closing the discoidal cells on the underside 

 (a character which will distinguish it from T. diseus also) being more prominent, and 

 the discal line. of the forewing straighter and more continuous, (de Niceville.) 



Expanse of wings, $ 1^^, $ ly% inches. 



Habitat. — Sikkim. 



AVe have not seen this species, we have not been able to ascertain where the types 

 now are, we therefore give de Niceville's description and copies of his figures. 



TAJURIA NELA. 

 Plate 726, figs. 1, $,U, ? , lb, <J. 

 Tajuria nela, Swinhoe, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1896, p. 359. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside clear pale blue. Forewing with the upper half above the 

 median vein deep black, a small piece of the blue above the middle of the first median 



