1884.1 Species of Asiatic Diurnal Lepidoptera. 51 



Genus Tagiades, Hiibner. 

 Tagiades khasiana, n. sp. 



Male. Nearest to T. ravi. Of larger size : forewing comparatively 

 more pointed at the apex : hindwing also broader, and with a more an- 

 gular apex. Upperside of a paler olivaceous-brown, the dusky markings 

 less distinct on both wings, the apical and discal spots smaller. Female 

 upperside also paler than in T. ravi, the apical spots on forewing some- 

 what smaller, the cell spots similar, the two discal spots somewhat 

 larger. 



Underside : forewing with the spots as above : hindwing more 

 intensely whitish grey, the discal black spots much smaller and less de- 

 fined. 



Expanse <? 2, 9 2^^ inches. 



Hab. Khasia Hills ; Shillong ; Assam. In coll. Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta, and F. Moore. 



LOBOCLA, n. g. 



Male. Forewing triangular, the edge of the costal margin slightly 

 folded over on to the upperside from near the base to end of the costal 

 vein ;* the costal vein extending to three-fifths the margin ; subcostal 

 five-branched, first branch emitted at one-third before end of cell, second 

 and third at equal distances from the first, fourth and fifth from end of 

 the cell : discocellular bent outward near upper end and inwardly ob- 

 lique hindward ; upper radial from the angle near subcostal, lower radial 

 from the middle ; cell long, extending beyond two-thirds the wing ; 

 three medians, lower at three-fourths and middle median at about one- 

 fourth before end of the cell ; submedian straight : hindwing short, 

 broad, apex rounded, exterior margin slightly produced and angular at 

 end of submedian vein ; costal vein extending to the apex ; subcostal 

 touching the costal close to the base, two-branched, first branch at one- 

 fourth before end of the cell ; discocellular very slender, almost erect ; 

 the radial from its middle ; cell broad, extending to half the wing ; two 

 upper medians from end of the cell, lower at about one-third before the 

 end ; submedian and internal vein nearly straight. Body short, stout, 

 thorax hairy ; palpi broad, thickly clothed, apical joint short, thick ; 

 antennae with a long slender-pointed tip ; femora and tibiae short, stout, 

 slightly pilose, middle tibiae with two and hind with four spurs, tarsi 

 long. 



Type, L. liliana. 



* The species of Erynnis ((E. alcece, etc.) have a similar fold on the costal mar- 

 f:in of the forewing. 



