70 L. de Nice vi lie — On new and little-hnown Rhopalocera. [Nos. 2 — 4, 



on the upperside, and also in the width of the marginal black border, 

 which in some specimens disappears at the hinder angle. The underside is 

 very constant, all the spots and markings being very small and distinct. 



6. Ctanieis transpectus. (Plate I, fig. 6, ^ ; 6a, ? .) 



Folyommatus transpectus^ Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879, p. 139. 



Hab. Sikkim ; Khasi Hills. 



Expanse: ^,-95 to 1-4; 9, 120 to 1-35 inches. 



Description : Male. Upperside, hoth wings lavender-blue. Fore- 

 wing with the costal margin somewhat broadly, and the outer margin very 

 broadly, especially at the apex, dusky black : a patch of irrorated white 

 scales on the disc between the third median nervule and submedian nervure, 

 obsolete in some specimens. Hindwing with a broad even outer black 

 border, somewhat divided by a series of bluish lunules, which are most pro- 

 minent at the anal angle, and often enclose black spots. Underside, hoth 

 wings white, slightly tinted with blue. Forewing with a slender dusky 

 disco-cellular streak, a discal series of six elongate spots, arranged in a 

 regular sinuous line in some specimens (as in the female figured), or in 

 others more irregularly (as in the male figured) ; a submarginal lunular line, 

 a marginal series of linear spots, and a fine anteciliary line. Hindwing 

 with the spots arranged as in G. puspa but they are less prominent, those 

 on the margin reduced to linear marks. Cilia white on both sides in both 

 sexes. Female. Upperside, hoth wings very deep blue, almost black. 

 Forewing with a broad pure white patch from near the subcostal nervure to 

 the inner margin, a prominent disco-cellular streak, and the base thickly 

 irrorated with deep blue scales. Hindwing with the outer margin rather 

 less deeply blue than in the forewing, and bearing a series of pale lunules 

 including black spots, the disc white but irrorated towards the abdominal 

 margin with blue scales, as is also the base of the wing. In some speci- 

 mens the white area on both wings is much restricted, appearing on the 

 hindwing only at the middle of the costal margin. Underside as in the 

 male. 



Both sexes of this species were taken by me at different elevations in 

 Sikkim in October, there are specimens also in Mr. Otto MoUer's collection 

 taken in the Spring. 



7. Ctanieis maeginata, n. sp. (Plate I, fig. 9, $ .) 

 C. marginata, Moore, M. S. 

 Hab. Sikkim. 

 Expanse : $ , 1*45 inches. 



Description : Male. Upperside, hoth wings highly irridescent deep 

 lavender-blue. Forewing with the costal margin including the upper half 



