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of the forewing broader, and considerably dilated at the apex. It is 

 an extremely common species, occurring throughout the outer ranges 

 of the Western Himalayas, at any rate from Kashmir and Murree to 

 Naini Tal. Doherty records it from Bagheswar, Kumaon, as low 

 as 3500ft., and from Garbyan also in Kumaon as high as 12000 ft. . . . 

 Staudinger simply notes it (Cat., p. 91) as " Forma minor Indise. 

 Northwest Himalayas." 



£. var. huegelii, Moore, "Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.," p. 244 (1882); de Nicev., 

 "Butts. India," iii., p. 107 (1890). Argiolus, Koll. (nee Linn.), " Hiigel's 

 Kaschmir," iv., pt. 2, p. 423(1848). Hugeli, Riihl, "Pal. Gross- Schmett.," L, 

 p. 765 (1895); Tutt, "Brit. Butts.," p. 189 (189d). Huegelii, Staud., " Cat.," 

 3rd ed., p. 91 (1901). — Differs from G. coelestina in its larger size. <$ , with 

 the upperside similar in colour, but of a darker blue tint, forewing with a 

 more slender, blackish, marginal band, hindwing with a clearly defined mar- 

 ginal line. Female more dusky throughout tban in C. coelestina ; forewings 

 with broader, blackish, marginal borders and discocellular lunule, hindwing 

 with the blackish costal border and marginal spots broader, the latter with 

 well-defined, inner, pale, dentate marks, the inner area beyond the veins also 

 dusky-black. Underside with similar but more distinct markings than in G. 

 coelestina, the discal series on the hindwing more linear in shape, the marginal 

 spots and submarginal lunular band much more prominent. Expanse : <? ? 

 l^ins- to l^ins. Hab. : N.W. Himalaya — Kaschmir, Simla, Masuri, Dharmsala. 

 In coll. F. Moore and Brit. Mus. This species has hitherto been considered to be 

 Kollar's L. coelestina, but both his description and measurements undoubtedly 

 agree with C. kasmira (Moore). 



De Niceville treats it as a distinct species, and quotes verbatim (op. 

 cit., pp. 107-8) the above description of Moore, and then adds : " This 

 species has exactly the same range as C. coelestina, Koll., and is equally 

 common. Doherty records it from all Kumaon, from as low as 

 3500 ft. at Bagheswar, and as high as 12000ft. at Garbyan. It may at 

 once be known by its large size, and the black border of the forewing 

 of the male on the upperside being very narrow throughout." 

 Staudinger simply diagnoses it as " Forma major Indias. Northwest 

 Himalayas." There is a specially fine series in the British Museum 

 collection ; the $ s very large, deep-coloured, lavender-blue, the white 

 fringes somewhat defined against the narrow black border. The ? s 

 are equally large, with distinct discoidal lunule, deeply shaded costa 

 and outer margin to the forewings, the hindwings also with blackish 

 costa, dark marginal band, containing a series of well-defined marginal 

 lunules of the ground colour ; the nervures also somewhat dark. The 

 underside is dead white, the marginal lunules exceptionally well- 

 developed on both wings, but the usual streaks comparatively small 

 and weak. 



■q. var. sikkima, Moore, "Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.," p. 324, pi. xlviii., fig. 11 

 (<?) (1883); de Nicev., "Butts. India," iii., p. 105 (1898). Jynteana (in part), 

 de Nicev., " Journ. As. Soc. Beng.," iii., pt. 2, p. 69 (1885); " Butts. India," iii., 

 pp. 104-5 (1890). — Allied to C. jynteana. Forewing shorter, hindwing also 

 shorter and comparatively broader. Upperside of both wings with the marginal 

 blackish band broader, the forewings with a slender blackish discocellular streak. 

 Underside of both wings similarly marked to C. jynteana, the discal oblique spots 

 being shorter, and the submarginal dentate lunules broader. Expanse l*2in. 

 Habitat — Darjiling. In coll. F. Moore (Moore). 



We are indebted to Chapman for unravelling this insect as a form 

 of C. argiolus. Certain specimens of Celastrina from Assam and Simla, 

 given him by Bingham, included four examples in poor condition 

 with the general facies of C. puspa or C. transpectus, but which an ex- 

 amination of the genitalia proved to be a race of C. argiolus. Suspecting 



