80 L. de Niceville — 07i new and little-known Rliopalocera. [N"os. 2 — 4, 



21. NiLASERA? FULGiDA. (Plate IX, figs. 3, ,^ ; 3«, 2 .) 



Amblypodia fulgida, Hewitson, 111. Diurn. Lep., Lyccenidce^ p. 11, pi. v, fig. 31 

 {imZ), female. 



Hab. Sikkim ; Dafla Hills ; Philippines. 



Expanse : ^ , 1-6 to 1-9 ; $, 1-6 to 1-7 inches. 



Description : Male. Upperside rich dark purple, the outer margin 

 of both wings very narrowly black, tail black, short, tipped with white. 

 Underside, forewing with the basal area dark rich brown ; a pale quadrate 

 spot near the end o£ the cell, then a broad dark brown band from the 

 costa to the first median nervule, then a narrower pale band, and lastly an 

 even dark band also from the costa to the first median nervule ; an apical 

 decreasing violet patch, the outer margin dark brown. Hindwing with 

 a narrow dark brown streak from the costa, then a broader pale violet 

 streak, then a still broader dark brown streak ; a dark brown streak from 

 the costa to the first median nervule closing the cell, with a spot beyond, 

 another streak beyond much diffused anteriorly, a black spot crowned 

 with golden yellow scales on the margin in the first median interspace, 

 •and a similar larger one at the anal angle, with a smaller one attached to 

 it outwardly. Female with the middle only of both wings purple of a 

 brighter and lighter shade than in the male. Underside as in the male. 



As Hewitson's figure of the underside of a female of this species from 

 the Philippines is not very clear, I have figured both sides of both sexes 

 of Sikkim specimens. There are several examples of both sexes from 

 Sikkim in Mr. Otto M oiler's collection, and I took two females on two 

 different years at the same place below Darjiling at about 3,500 feet eleva- 

 tion in October. There is also a male taken by the Dafla Expedition in 

 the Dafla Hills in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



22. NiLASERA ? MOELLERi, n. sp. (Plate IX, figs. 4, $ ; 4«, $.) 



Hab. Sikkim ; Sibsagar, Upper Assam. 



Expanse : $, 1*75 to 1-80 ; ? , 1-8 inches. 



Description : Male. Upperside magnificent shining ultramarine 

 blue, the costa and outer margin of t\\Q forewing and outer margin of the 

 hindwing narrowly black, the costa of the latter wing more widely black : 

 three short black tails, the middle one in continuation of the first median 

 nervule rather longer than the other two, and tipped with white. Under- 

 side dark rich brown. Iforewing marked exactly as in N. ? ariadmiy 

 except that the discal chain of spots is less broken in the middle. Hindwing 

 with a narrow pale purple streak at the base, then a broad dark brown 



