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Show 572 MR. F. MOORE ON N E W ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. [Nov. 3, end of the cell; a transverse interrupted discal series of nine black spots, a submarginal row of black dentate lunules bordered outwardly with golden yellow, and a marginal row of small spots. Exp. 1| inch. Hab. Dras valley (between Tashgam and Korkitchoor), Ladak (Capt. H. B. Hellard). Gen. nov. NIPHANDA. Palpi very long, porrect, extending much beyond the head, flattened ; second joint fusiform, squamose ; third joint slender, naked, slightly thickened vertically at the tip. Antennae (broken). Body robust. Legs slender, minutely squamose. Wings broad, strong: fore wing elongated, trigonal, costa arched ; hind margin extending much beyond posterior wing ; exterior margin slightly convex towards posterior angle, which is acute; median vein with four branches, the second and fourth arising at the extremity of the cell, the third starting from the second near its extremity before the apex: hind wing arched along anterior margin ; outer angle much rounded, abdominal margin long and nearly straight, anal angle acute. Near to Chrysophanus. NIPHANDA TESSELLATA. (Plate LXVI. fig. 6.) Upperside pale glossy blue : cilia white, streaked with brown: fore wing with a broad dusky black band along the costa and exterior margin; a patch below the apex, a discocellular spot, and a lower discal spot also black ; a short white streak at posterior angle: hind wing broadly dusky black along anterior margin; the exterior margin with a series of black spots bordered with bluish white and an inner dusky line. Underside white : fore wing with an irregular basal patch, a quadrate discocellular s-pot, and an interrupted transverse discal series of quadrate spots dark blackish brown ; a suffused streak along the costa, a streak bordering the upper portion of discal spots, and a series of spots with inner bordered line on exterior margin pale brown, the penultimate posterior spot being large, prominent, and nearly black : hind wing with irregular pale-bordered basal marks, a contiguous transverse series of four quadrate spots, two spots beyond on middle of anterior margin, and a series of spots on exterior margin blackish brown, the basal and anal spots being most prominent ; the basal interspaces, irregular streaks from abdominal margin, and lunules to exterior spots pale brown. Exp. 14; inch. Hab. Penang. In Coll. Lieut. H. Roberts, R.A. POLYOMMATUS VARDHANA. (Plate LXVI. fig. 5.) Male and female. Upperside greyish blue, with a pinkish gloss ; veins exteriorly and marginal line black ; a narrow black discocellular streak very prominent on fore wing ; a broad band of dark bluish purple along anterior and exterior margins of fore wing and anterior margin of hind wing: cilia white alternating with black, on fore wing. |
