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Show 140 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW [Feb. 4, APHN^EUS LUNULIFERA, n. Sp. Upperside dark greyish-blue, the borders dark brown: fore wing with a small ochreous "red lunule beyond end of the cell: hind wing with a dark ochreous red anal lobe, containing two prominent black silver-streaked spots. Underside pale ochreous-brown, the bands and spots defined only by prominent black lines and silver-streaked centres ; anal lobe bright vermilion, the black silvered-streaked spots prominent. Expanse I fa inch. Hab. Darjiling (Atkinson). In coll. Dr. Staudinger. Differs from A. ictis, Hewits. Exot. Butt. pi. 25. figs. 8 & 9, above in having a dissimilar-shaped subapical mark. Underside also of a different colour. A. elima, Moore, also differs from this in being paler-coloured above, of a deeper colour beneath, in having the markings nearly obsolete, and in the absence of the red patch on anal lobe. DEUDORIX LAZULINA, n. sp. Male. Upperside dull dark lazuline-blue, outer borders black, abdominal margin grey, anal lobe black. Underside brownish grey : fore wing crossed by a discal band'of two narrow white lunular lines, and a short streak at end of the cell: hind wing crossed by similar irregular bands, the discal bent upward to middle of anal margin ; a black spot bordered above with ochreous at anal angle, and another beyond. Female purple-grey above, ochreous-grey beneath; marked as in male. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Ceylon. In coll. F. M. Mackwood and F. Moore. Allied to the Javan D. varuna, Horsf. Catal. Lep. E.I. C, p. 91, and to D. orseis, from Singapore. DEUDORIX SCHISTACEA, n. sp. Male. Upperside dark slaty-blue : underside buff-grey ; both wings crossed by a narrow discal band of two white lunular lines, and a cell streak; a black anal spot bordered above with white and another beyond bordered with ochreous. Female purple-blue, borders slightly purple-brown. Expanse 1^ inch. Hab. Calcutta (Atkinson and Farr). In coll. F. Moore and Dr. Staudinger. Allied to D. varuna. May be distinguished by the blue colour of the male pervading the entire surface of the upperside. DEUDORIX GRISEA, n. sp. Male. Upperside dull greyish blue, outer border dusky back. Underside dull lavender-grey; both wings crossed by a broad darker band bordered by a pale lunular line, and a cell-streak ; anal spots black, the outer ochreous-bordered above. |