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its inner side and short blackish streaks running in on the veins. Hindwing with the 
costa somewhat narrowly blackish, terminal line black, a series of sub-terminal blackish 
spots with a very fine white line between them. Cilia white, with a basal black band. 
Underside grey, with a pinkish tint, spots black, narrowly ringed with white. Forewing 
with a few blue scales at the base, a spot inside the cell, another below it, a lunule at 
the end; a discal row of seven spots, the two lowest geminate, the row curving evenly 
outwards above its middle and curving inwards below it. Hindwing with blue scales 
on the basal and abdominal portions, four sub-basal spots in a line, the lowest close to 
the lowest geminate spots of the discal series, which consists of eight spots, the upper 
three in a line outwards, the remainder nearly in a line inwards, both wings with a 
terminal brown line, sub-terminal white spots with brown centres, capped with orange, 
the orange limited by brown lunules inwardly edged with white triangular marks, the 
middle ones of the hindwing expanding into a whitish streak inwards. Cilia whitish, 
with grey markings opposite the vein ends. Antennae black, ringed with white ; head 
and body blackish above, covered with blue hairs; a white band on each side of the 
eyes, whitish beneath. 
Female. Upperside blackish-brown, with blue reflections, varying much in extent 
indifferent specimens. Forewing with a black mark at the end of the cell; black 
terminal line, three or four sub-terminal orange lunular marks above the hinder angle. 
Hindwing with a black terminal line, a regular series of orange lunular spots, 
decreasing in size upwards, each orange spot with a black spot at its outer end, and a 
black lunule at its inner end, a very fine white line between the spots and the terminal 
line. Cilia white with a brown basal band. Underside as in the male, the spots and 
markings larger and more prominent. 
Expanse of wings, $ £ 1 T V inches. 
Habitat. —Kashmir. 
Distribution.— The type came from the Sind Valley, Kashmir; it is in the B. M. 
from Mandi, Kulu, and Bhagi, 9000-10,000 feet. 
POLYOMMATUS DRASULA., nov. 
Plate 645, figs. 3, $, 3a, $, 3b, . 
Imago.— Male. Upperside cyaneous-blue with brilliant reflections, veins pro¬ 
minent. Fortwing with the costal line white with black inner edging before the apex, 
outer-marginal line rather broadly blackish, inwardly diffuse and shortly running in on the 
veins. Hindwing with the costal space narrowly blackish, terminal line black, narrowly 
diffused with blackish inwards with a series of indistinct sub-terminal blackish spots. 
Cilia white, with grey marks opposite the vein ends. Underside grey with a pink 
tint; spots black, ringed with white. Forewing with a lunule at the end of the cell, 
