HORAGA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
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as the look almost exactly like Lycaenopsis puspa (p. 868) together with which they fly, they are difficult 
to discover. — cachara Mr., from the Cachar Mts., has still more blue on the upper surface, so that in the $ cacham. 
only a very narrow black margin is left. The dark stripe at the hind-margin of the forewing is absent here. 
— The green larva with rosy hair and red dorsal and subdorsal lines lives on the orchid Rhynchostilis retusa. 
Pupa green. 
Ch. merguia Doh. is unknown to me. It is said to look exactly like a Sinth. amba, but to differ in merguia. 
the longer wings and the neuration of the forewing (the costal vein anastomosing with the 1st subcostal branch). 
Similar also to a very small Hypolyc. etolus (146 d), but separated by its smaller size and the much shorter 
tails. Described according to a ^ taken by Doherty in the Mergui Archipelago. — histiaea Fruhst. (157 g as histiaea. 
histidea ) is a form from North-East Sumatra. above darker, almost black, with an indigo-blue reflection 
on being seen from the side. On the under surface the red-brown hue, particularly in the apical half of the 
forewing is brighter than in specimens from the Mergui Islands. — palpatoris Fruhst. (157 g), from West Java, palpatorU. 
is much larger, above much lighter than histiaea, brown with a more violet gloss, as in specimens from the 
Mergui Is. or Tenasserim; beneath lighter grey, the discoloration in the apical portion of the forewing more 
yellowish-brown; in the hindwing the anal white area is more extensive, the black spot enclosed therein being- 
more intense. Piepers entirely ignores this form, mentioning it neither as form nor synonym in his treatise 
on the Javanese merguia. — sobatias Fruhst. forms the transition to skapane, but above it has a brighter blue sobanas. 
reflection than the latter, and the $ shows above a narrower white area. The whole under surface is more 
intensely tinted reddish-yellow, and the transverse band is of a brighter colour than in skapane and the dark 
spot in the anal area is larger. Borneo. — skapane Drc. (147 b) has above quite dark <$<$ with a faint blue skapane. 
reflection, and brown $$ with the usual white anal area enclosing black though smaller dots. The transverse 
band of the forewing beneath is situate near the centre of the wing, similar to typical amah Hi s ; distal part 
of forewing with an intense ferruginous yellow hue. Borneo, also found in Java by Fruhstoreer. — phemis phemis. 
Drc. (147 b) is another form (presumably distinct species) from Borneo, distinguished from skapane above 
by a more distinct blue in the disc, of the forewing, which, however, is not so sharply defined against the dark 
margin as in the rather incorrect figure. The marking beneath is feeble, but not so effaced as in the figime. 
The species was placed by Drijce to Hypolycaena, by Fruhstorfer to Chi. amabilis. 
Ch. amabilis Nic. (157 h, i) is a beautiful large form; the above is sky-blue with but little black avmbilis. 
in the apex, at the costa and margin. The under surface exhibits the postdiscal band very medianly situate; 
the marginal area of the hindwing shows bright spots. The $ is above blackish-brown with a white anal area 
of the hindwing. Such specimens were described as tore Kheil from Nias; but it has not yet been decided, toro. 
whether tora is really the normal $ of amabilis or is still different in insignificant marks. - mirrbma Drc. mimima. 
( = minima Fruhst .) (147 b) is a smaller form from Borneo, in which almost the whole forewing is black, except 
a blue longitudinal spot above the hind-margin; the postdiscal band beneath is much nearer at the margin 
than in amabilis and tora, and I have great doubts whether it is not a distinct species, as Drijce supposes. 
— plataea Fruhst. (157 h) is a similar, still smaller form, in which the transverse band beneath has almost plataea. 
disappeared. — The species seems only to occur in alpine districts and is not common. 
Ch. vanavasa Fruhst. (146 h as vanovasa, 157 h). Upper surface also in the almost quite dark, only vanavasa. 
the disc of the forewing and the distal area of the hindwing more intensely covered with blue showing a slight 
violet gloss. Easily recognizable by the under surface which differs from amabilis in the transverse chain of 
the forewing being more removed towards the margin, and in the little spotted marginal area of the hindwing. 
Formosa. 
58. Genus: Horaga Mr. 
. 
Wings with more roundish margins, broader, the subcostal vein of the forewing with 3 branches, the 
1st branch not extending into the costa. As to further particulars cf. Vol. I, p. 260. 
H. onyx Mr. The typical form is that from the Himalaya, which in its western region also penetrates 
into the cooler parts of Kashmir, where it goes on palearctic districts. The figure in Vol. I, pi. 72 c is made 
according to a Ceylon specimen and therefore belongs to the form cingalensis Mr., but it only differs beneath, 
where the median band in typical onyx is broader than in the Ceylon form with a narrow band. — moulmeina 
Mr. {— syrinx jH eiv. nec Fldr.) differs also above in a smaller and more trilobate discal spot of the forewing; 
the under surface is brighter ochreous-yellow, the band of the forewing only half as broad as in onyx from 
Kashmir, also somewhat shortened. From Moulmein. — sikkima Mr., from the Eastern Himalaya, differs from 
western specimens in being deeper blue above. — rana Nic. from the Andamans is very similar to albimacula 
Wood-M. cb Nic., but it has a sky-blue instead of violet upper surface; the latter also lias a much larger 
discal spot which in rana is divided into 3 small spots by the veins. Beneath the white spot on the forewing 
is in the $ twice as large as in the <$, and the ground-colour of the under surface is more reddish-yellow. 
In albimacula the white band of the forewing beneath is only continued as a dull brightening on the hindwing. 
onyx. 
cingalensis. 
moulmeina. 
sikkima. 
rana. 
albimacula. 
