Genus Uranotaenia. 
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Thorax with shiny silvery blue spot 
at base of each wing; abdomen 
with apical pearly blue lateral 
spots ; last two and apex of ante¬ 
penultimate segment of hind legs 
white .. ..... . lowii. Theobald. 
Thorax with metallic mauve median 
line ending before scutellum and 
a similar patch in front of each 
wing root; abdomen showing 
pearly apical lateral patches on 
segments 5 and 6 .. socialis. Theobald. 
Thorax with flat azure blue scales 
in front of roots of wings. Apical 
half of 3rd tarsal, whole of 4th 
and 5th white in some lights, 
dusky in others. Abdomen apical 
pale blue spots .. minutd. Theobald. 
Thorax with pale blue prothoracic 
lobes and a pale blue area in front 
of wing roots; head blue with 
broad median black patch .. balfouri. Theobald. 
Thorax with medially interrupted 
azure blue band beginning beneath 
root of wings on pleurae and 
extending around anterior margin 
of mes v othorax, including the pro- 
thoracic lobes .. falcijpes. Banks. 
Thorax azure blue line on each side 
before base of wings and one 
below on pleura ; prothoracic 
lobes azure blue; abdomen un¬ 
banded with pale lateral spots 
and white venter ... ceylonica. n. sp. 
Thorax with silvery blue stripe in 
front of wings and one on pleura 
passing on to prothoracic lobes ; 
abdomen black unbanded; hind 
legs with apical three-fifths of 3rd 
and all 4th and 5th joints white typhlosomata. Dyar 
and Knab. 
AA. Thorax ornamented with flat white scales in 
lines. 
Legs unbanded. 
Thorax black with line of flat white 
scales in front of each wing root 
and flat white scales on pro¬ 
thoracic lobes. ... joygmaea. Theobald. 
Similar but head blue. caeruleocephala. 
Theobald. 
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