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from the middle of the costa, ending in a point above the sub-median vein, a sulj- 

 marginal band from the costa, its lower end on vein 2 with a black short streak below 

 it, close to the end of the middle band, two small conjoined spots on the costa near the 

 middle band, two larger conjoined spots beyond terminating above vein 3, a black 

 sub-terminal line. Hindwing with a dislocated basal band, commencing at the costal 

 base and running down close to the abdominal margin near to the pinkish-orange anal 

 patch ; ante-medial, medial and post-medial bands, the first composed of three conjoined 

 spots, ending at two-thirds, the second extending to. the anal patch, the third 

 terminating above vein 2, a sub-marginal band, running into the anal patch, a 

 sub-terminal series of black, disconnected linear marks, a fairly large black anal spot, 

 and a small one close to it : marginal line of both wings black. 



Female. Upperside paler than in the male, both wings of a more greyish- 

 blue colour, the orange patch of the forewing not present, sometimes very faintly 

 indicated, the bands as on the underside, but blackish-brown. Underside exactly 

 similar to the male. Antennae black, its sides witb prominent white segmental marks ; 

 frons white, with a dark medial band ; head and body above and below concolorous 

 with the wings, the white segmental stripes on the abdomen unusually distinct. 



Expanse of wings, $ $ l^^ inches. 



Habitat. — Upper Burma. 



Six males and seven females in the B. M. from Pokoko, taken by H. Wood. 



APHNJIUS ACAMAS. 

 Plate 734, figs. 1, $, la, J, lb, $. 



Lycsena acamas, Klug, Symb. Phys. pi. 40, figs. 7-9 (1834). 



Ciijaritis acamas, Lederer, Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. v. p. 188, pi. i. fig. 2 (185.5). 



Polyommatus epanjjjros, Eversmann, Bull. Mosc. ii. p. 178, pi. i. figs. 1, 2 (1854). 



Imago. — Male. Upperside bright salmon colour, witli an orange tint, markings 

 above and below very much as in A. hy]y(xrgyrus, Butler, of the dry-season form, but 

 the bands above and below are more macular and those on the upperside are narrower ; 

 the sub-marginal band on the upperside of the hindwing consisting of disconnected 

 spots, and the discal band curved inwards and outwards, instead of outwards and 

 inwards as in hypargyrus. 



Female, usually somewhat paler than the male, but otherwise similar on both sides. 



Expanse of wings, $ \^-q to ly%, $ l-j-% to Ig inches. 



Habitat. — Syria, Persia, Turkestan, Amur, Arabia, Chitral, Chaman, Afghanistan. 



Described and figured from a pair from Chitral in the B. M. ; there is a fine series of 

 examples in the B. M. from all the above localities ; Klug's type came from Arabia. 



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