PLEBEINM 23 



its inner side and short blackish streaks running in on the veins. Ilindwing with the 

 costa somewhat narrowly blackish, terminal line black, a series of sub-terminal blackish 

 spots with a very fine white line between them. Cilia white, with a basal black band. 

 Underside grey, with a pinkish tint, spots black, narrowly ringed with white. Foreioing 

 with a few blue scales at the base, a spot inside the cell, another below it, a lunule at 

 the end ; a discal row of seven spots, the two lowest geminate, the row curving evenly 

 outwards above its middle and curving inwards below it. Hindioing with blue scales 

 on the basal and abdominal portions, four sub-basal spots in a line, the lowest close to 

 the lowest geminate spots of the discal series, which consists of eight spots, the upper 

 three in a line outwards, the remainder nearly in a line inwards, both wings with a 

 terminal brown line, sub-terminal white spots with brown centres, capped with orange, 

 the orange limited by brown lunules inwardly edged with white triangular marks, the 

 middle ones of the hindwing expanding into a whitish streak inwards. Cilia whitish, 

 with grey markings opposite the vein ends. Antennae black, ringed with white ; head 

 and body blackish above, covered with blue hairs ; a white band on each side of the 

 eyes, whitish beneath. 



Female. Upperside blackish-brown, with blue reflections, varying much in extent 

 in different specimens. Forewing with a black mark at the end of the cell ; black 

 terminal line, three or four sub-terminal orange lunular marks above the hinder angle. 

 Hindwing with a black terminal line, a regular series of orange lunular spots, 

 decreasing in size upwards, each orange spot with a black spot at its outer end, and a 

 black lunule at its inner end, a very fine white line between the spots and the terminal 

 line. Cilia white with a brown basal band. Underside as in the male, the spots and 

 markings larger and more prominent. 



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



Habitat. — Kashmir. 



Distribution. — The type came from the Sind Valley, Kashmir; it is in the B. M. 

 from Mandi, Kulu, and Bhagi, 9000-10,000 feet. 



POLYOMMATUS DRASULA, nov. 

 Plate 645, figs. 3, (J , 3a, ? , 3b, $ . 



Imago. — Male. Upperside cyaneous-blue with brilliant reflections, veins pro- 

 minent. Fort wing with the costal line white with black inner edging before the apex, 

 outer-marginal line rather broadly blackish, inwardly diffuse and shortly running in on the 

 veins. Hindwing with the costal space narrowly blackish, terminal line black, narrowly 

 diffused with blackish inwards with a series of indistinct sub-terminal blackish spots. 

 Cilia white, with grey marks opposite the vein ends. Underside grey with a pink 

 tint ; spots black, ringed with white. Forewing with a lunule at the end of the cell, 



