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1891.] W. Dolierty — New and Rare Indian Lyctenidee. 
extends to tho lowor median vein ; a dark spot edged with whitish in 
the lower median space. Lobe and tail large. 
Margherita, Upper Assam. 
2. Flos ah amus, n. sp. PI. I, Fig. 6. 
Female, like Flos asoka, bat with the blae of the upperside pale, 
slightly violescent outwardly, not reaching up to the upper radial vein. 
Below, forewing with the transverse fasciae much duller, and more regular, 
those in the interno-median space of the forewing obscure. Hindwing 
with the pale basal stripe absent, the base all dark, touched with scar- 
let costally; the lower half of the wing very dark, especially subab- 
dominally, the markings there obscured; beyond the dark base there 
is a broad lilac area transversely from the costa to the hind-margin, 
containing a sinuous irregular band from the costa to the median vein, 
continued by a small separate spot in the interno-median space ; an 
obscure ocellus in the lower median space submarginal ly, no other 
metallic markings. The species also resembles the Himalayan form of 
Flos fulgidus, Hew., but obviously differs in the colour of the upperside ; 
and on the underside in the whitish spot at the end of the cell of the 
forewing, which is narrow and conspicuous, (broad and dull in fulgidus) ; 
the lower part of the hindwing is much darker, and the pale costal band 
absent. 
Margherita, Upper Assam. 
3. Acesina zethyretta, n. sp. 
Male, above dark brown, a small diffused light blue area occupying 
less than a sixth of the forowing, including part of the cell, the interno- 
median and the lower median space, extending just above the middle 
median vein, the veins dark ; hindwing unmarked, the cilia whitish, 
especially apically. Below brown, slightly glossed with violet, except 
the spots, which are darker and encircled by broad whitish rings. There 
is no costal white spot on the hind wing, but the apex is chiefly whitish, 
the disc irrorated with whitish scales, the ocelli obsolescent. 
This species, in which the male resembles a female, is obviously 
distinct, and seems to connect A. paraganesa with the other species of 
Acesina. 
Margherita, Upper Assam. 
4. Acesina Ariel, n. sp. 
Male, above violet-blue (dull in some lights) over half of the hind- 
wing, and rather more than half of the forewing, the blue areas round- 
ed. Underside uniform brown, strongly glossed with violet, not irrorated 
with whitish scales, the markings annular, scarcely darker than the 
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