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band, followed by a pale purple irregular streak, and irregular pale purple 

 and dark brown spots and streaks on the disc ; a submarginal waved dark 

 brown line, which is lost towards the apex in a large diffused patch of the 

 same colour ; three subanal black spots almost covered with irridescent 

 green scales ; a fine anteciliarj dark line ; the cilia pale, dark at the end 

 of the nervules. Female. Upperside dark brown, with a patch of pur- 

 ple in the middle of both wings, very restricted in the hindwing. Under- 

 side as in the male. 



The type male has been sent to the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Mr. 

 S. E. Peal from Sibsagar ; the female and a male in Mr. Moller's collection, 

 (after whom I have named it, and to whom I am indebted for so many 

 of the specimens described in this paper) were taken in Sikkim. There are 

 three males and a female collected in Sikkim by Dr. T. C. Jerdon in Colonel 

 Lang's collection. 



On the upperside of the male this species is exactly of the same tint 

 of resplendant blue as N. ? areste, Hewitson, which also occurs in Sikkim, 

 but the black marginal border is very considerably narrower. The mark- 

 ings of the underside are quite different. 



23. Panchala ? PABAMurA, n. sp. (Plate IX, figs. 7, $ \ la, % .) 



Hab. Sikkim. 



Expanse: (J, 13 to 1-4; 9 , 1 2 to 1-3 inches. 



Description : Male. Upperside glossy purple, the costa of the 

 forewing narrowly, and outer margin widely black. Hindwing with only 

 the middle of the wing purple, the rest black. Underside pale brown, 

 all the markings of a slightly darker shade with paler edges. Forewing 

 with an obscure round spot near the base of the cell, a reniform one in its 

 middle and another at its end ; a spot at the base of the first median 

 interspace, and another below the point where the first median nervule is 

 given off ; a discal very even chain of seven spots, a submarginal lunulated 

 band and marginal spots. Hindwing with the markings arranged very 

 evenly over the whole surface, a subbasal line of four round spots, succeed- 

 ed by three larger spots also in lincj, then a bifurcated discal chain -like 

 irregular series ; marginal markings as in the forewing. The female 

 differs from the male on the upperside of the forewing only in the purple 

 area being more restricted. On the underside the markings are rather 

 more prominent. It has no tail. 



There are two male and a female specimen in Mr. Otto Moller's col- 

 lection, and one male in Colonel Lang's collection in addition to the type 

 pair in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 

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