1880.] Lepidoptera from (he Andaman IftlanJs, Sjc. 231 



Length of anterior wing $ '72, $ 'SB — '68 ; whence expanse = 9 

 1-5, $ 1-2— 1'4 inches. 



41. Lampides plttmbeomicans, n. sp. 



Closely allied to the preceding, but much smaller ; with three instead 

 of two fasciae on the underside of the anterior wings, with all the fascise 

 relatively broader, and with those of the posterior wings much less com- 

 plexly faulted and contorted. 



$ . Wings above dark amethyst-purple with a dull greyish leadea 

 metallic lustre, with a deep black anteciliary line and fuscous fringe. 



Wings beneath pale fuscous of a purplish tinge, with a marginal and 

 a submarginal fascia composed of suboval spots of a darker shade 

 than the ground, both margined and connected by whitish, the latter 

 of them bearing in the posterior wings subanal and anal black spots in. 

 every respect as in the preceding except that the luteous inner line is 

 rather more distinct. 



Anterior wings with a basal fascia, a discocellular fascicle, and a discal 

 fascia faulted as in the preceding at the second median veinlet; with the 

 fasciae as also the fascicle commencing at the costal vein where they are 

 all broken. 



Posterior wings with corresponding fascicle and fasciae, which latter 

 are more or less faulted at every vein though much less contorted and 

 consequently more easily traced tban in the preceding ; fascite and fasciolea 

 of both wings margined on both sides with fuscous of a rather deeper 

 shade than the ground and with whitish. 



? . Wings above dull smoky. 



Anterior wings with a pale discal patch wliich has a brilliant metallic 

 pale bluish lustre in certain lights. 



Posterior wings with a thin interrupted white line before the dark 

 anteciliary one and a submarginal row of dark spots before it, spots and line 

 increasing in size, breadtli, and distinctness from the apical angle to the 

 subanal region, the former obscurely encircled internally with smoky 

 whitish. * 



Wings beneath lighter, with all the marlcings more pronounced, being 

 margined witli fuscous mucli darker than the ground and with pure white, 

 and tlio marginal and submarginal macular fascite, especially conspicuous 

 and coarse. 



Length of anterior wing <J '50, ? '58, whence expanse = S 112, 

 ? I'lG inclies. 



Two males and a female. 



