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Show 246 MR. F. MOORE ON LEPIDOPTERA [Feb. 21, slender white marginal line above the tail. Female entirely violet-brown, with the exception of a very few blue scales sparsely disposed on the basal area; an indistinct darker cell-spot on fore wing, and a spot above the tail. Cilia whitish. Underside similar to the above species, all the markings, however, being broader in both sexes. Expanse, d 2 > l*rV incn- Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. TARUCUS PLINIUS. Hesperia plinius, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. p. 284 (1793); Donov. Ins. India, pl. 41. f. 1. CASTALIUS ROSIMON. Papilio rosimon, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 523 (1775). EVERES DIPORA. Lycana dipora, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 506, pl. 31. f. 8. NACADUBA ARDATES. £ Lycana ardates, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 574, pl. 07. f. 1. « Kulu." CATOCHRYSOPS STRABO. Hesperia strabo, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. p. 287 (1793). Lycana kandarpa, Horsf. Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I. C. (1829), p. 82. Lycana asoka, Kollar, Hiigel's Kasch. iv. p. 419, 6 • Lycana didda, Kollar, Hiigel's Kasch. iv. p. 420, $ . CATOCHRYSOPS CNEJUS. Hesperia cnejus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 430 (1798). Lycana pandia, Kollar, Hiigel's Kasch. iv. p. 418. POLYOMMATUS BJETICUS. Papilio baticus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 789 (1767). LAMPIDES .ELIANUS. Hesperia alianus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. p. 280 (1 793). "jhLYCiENA NAZIRA. Polyommatus nazira, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 504, pl. 31. f. 4. .11 LYC^ENA ARIANA. Polyommatus ariana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 504, pl. 31. f. 2. LYC^ENA SUTLEJA, n. sp. buNear to L. boisduvalii and L. ariana. Upperside darker glossy blue, the marginal band narrower ; no dusky streaks ascending the veins ; the marginal spots on hind wing less prominent. Underside lilacine ochreous-grey, darkest on hind wing; markings similar to L. boisduvalii, except that the spot within the cell is further from the discocellular lunule, this spot being situated inward of the end |