1894.] L, cle "iiiioeYWle—BiitterJlies from the Indo-Malayan rerjion. 39 



blue coloured as the male will probably prore to be ; tbe ricb silvery 

 markings on a ground of an unusual shade, the markings themselves 

 also being of a shape hitherto unknown to me, make the lower surface 

 of this insect not only singularly beautiful but extremely different from 

 all other Eastern species of the genus. It is possibly more nearly related 

 to the numerous richly coloured African species allied to Aphice^nor- 

 pha orcas, Drury. It is not a little remarkable that while continental 

 India is so rich in species of the genus Aphnceus, Sumatra should not 

 possess more than one other species, the wide-spread A. lohita, Horsfield ; 

 while the Malay Peninsula and larger islands (Borneo and Java) should 

 only possess two or three species, A. lohita and^l. syama, Horsfield, and 

 A. vulcanus, Fabricius. 



Described from a unique example taken at Selesseh on 15th August, 

 1893, in Dr. L. Martin's collection. At his suggestion I have named it 

 after Herr A, Hiendlmayr, the Gustos of the Munich Museum, Bavaria. 



34. Tajuria blanka, n. sp., Plate IV, Fig. 4, ? « 



Habitat : Battak Mountains, N.-E. Sumatra. 



Expanse : 5 , 3*6 inches. 



Description : Female. Upperside, foreioing with the costa at the 

 base vei-y narrowly, the apex very widely, the outer margin decreasino-ly 

 black ; the rest of the wing rather light clear blue. Hindwing with the 

 costa broadly fuscous ; the apex widely, the outer margin narrow] v 

 black ; the abdominal margin as far as the submedian nervure Avhitish • 

 the rest of the wing blue ; the anal lobe small, black, crowned with a 

 few blue scales, the lobe anteriorly bearing against it a white fascia • 

 the tails rather short, black, tipped with white, the longer one from the 

 termination of the first median nervule, the shorter from the submedian 

 nervure. Cilia black throughout. Underside, foreiohig immaculate 

 drab, the inner margin extending broadly on to the disc dull ochreous. 

 Hindwing drab; with an irregular outer discal dark line outwardly 

 defined by white from the abdominal margin to the third median ner- 

 vule ; a small oval black spot on the margin in the first median inter- 

 space ; a slightly larger black spot on the anal lobe, anteriorly and 

 posteriorly bearing some fine turquoise-blue scales ; the space between 

 and above these spots ochreous ; an anteciliary black thread inwardly 

 defined by a narrow white thread from the anal lobe to the third median 

 nervule ; cilia of the forewing and the anterior moiety of the hindwino- 

 drab, the posterior moiety whitish. Bodij above clothed with lono- hairs' 

 of the shade of blue of the wings ; thorax beneath drab, abdomen be- 

 neath dull ochreous. 



Probably nearest to T. mantra, Felder, and T. relata, Distant, from 



