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26, 9 (1884). Butler, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1884, p. 335. Hampson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 

 1888, p. 358. de Niceville, Butt, of India, iii. p. 161 (1890). Manders, Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 1890, p. 528. Elwes, id. 1892, p. 626. Swinhoe, id. 1893, p. 297. Watson, Journ. Bo. Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. 1890, p. 35. de Niceville, id. p. 386. Watson, id. 1891, p. 46. Betham, id. p. 179. 

 Davidson, Bell and Aitken, id. 1896, p. 377. Bingham (part), Fauna of Brit. India, Butt. ii. 

 p. 407 (1907). 

 Lamjpides pseudelpMs, Butler, Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lend. 1877, p. 547, pi. 68, figs. 9, (J , 8, ? . 



Wet-season Brood (Figs. 1, ^, la, ?, lb, ?). 



Imago. — ^Male. Upperside pale azure-blue ; the underside markings showing 

 through the wings. Forewing with a black costal and terminal line, some narrow Islack 

 suffusion inside the latter. Hindwing with sub-terminal rather large blackish spots 

 outwardly edged with white and a terminal black line ; these spots vary much in size, 

 aud in some specimens there is a second row of smaller and paler spots on their inner 

 side. Cilia blackish. Underside greyish chocolate-brown. Forewing with two 

 parallel oblique lines, the inner one commencing across the end of the cell to the hinder 

 margin, the third line from near the costa to vein 3, the fourth from near the costa to 

 vein 4, the first and last two disconnected in parts, two sub-terminal lines divided by 

 the veins, followed by darkish lunular marks, a sub-terminal white line and a black 

 terminal line. Hindioing with six transverse lines, which, with the two sub-terminal 

 lines, cover the whole wing, and with the exception of the first two, which are rather 

 close together, are at fairly equal distances apart ; and all are more or less divided by 

 the veins ; the third, fourth and fifth are angulated at their lower ends, the fifth 

 terminates at vein 3, the sixth at vein 4 ; the two sub-terminal lines are somewhat 

 lunular, and have darker spaces between them and between the outer one and the 

 anteciliary white line, the dividing veins make them look like dark spots, and they 

 are interrupted in interspace 2 by a large orange patch inside of which is a large black 

 sub-terminal spot, with metallic scales, and there is a smaller black spot at the anal 

 angle with a small orange cap ; tails black, tipped with white. Antennae black, ringed 

 with white ; head and body brown above, with blue pubescence, white beneath. 



Female. Upperside paler and duller in colour than the male. Forewing with a 

 broad black marginal border, broadest at the apex, extending narrowly along the costa 

 to its base and down the outer margin narrowing hindwards, with some l:)lack colour 

 running in shortly on the veins. Hindwing with the costal space broadly blackish, the 

 outer marginal band composed of a series of largish white spots containing black lunules, 

 except in interspace 3, where there is a largish black spot ; on the inside of the series is 

 a line of brownish lunular marks joined together, and on the outside a terminal black 

 line. Underside paler than the male, markings similar. 



Expanse of wings, $ ? ly^^ to lyV inches. 



