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Show 1879.] ASIATIC DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 141 Female pale greyish blue above, border dusky brown. Expanse, 6* lfV» ? 1 fa inch. Hab. Deyra Dhoon, N.W. Himalaya (6r. Austen). In coll. F. Moore. Allied to D. schistacea. DEUDORIX RECTIVITTA, n. sp. Male. Upperside dark dusky blue, borders black. Underside pale vinous brownish buff; both wings crossed by a straight narrow tapering dark-brown pale-outer-bordered band, a paler cell-streak, and an indistinct brownish submarginal fascia; the band on hind wing bent and zigzag above anal angle; a small black anal and sub-anal spot speckled ochreous and white, a few speckles also between them. Expanse 1 \ inch. Hab. N. Cachar (G. Austen). In coll. F. Moore. Nearest allied to D. nissa, Kollar, from N.W. Himalayas. DEUDORIX LANKANA, n. sp. Female. Upperside pale violet-brown, marginal line black; cilia pale ferruginous; anal lobe ferruginous; tail black ; cilia at anal angle and beyond tail white. Underside pale ferruginous, the margin darker ; crossed by a narrow ferruginous-brown discal band ; a black spot at anal lobe and a speckled spot beyond, both of which and the end of the band are bordered with white speckles. Legs blackish, bauded with white. Expanse 1-f inch. Hab. Ceylon (Kottawah forest near Galle). In coll. Capt. Wade. AMBLYPODIA NARADOIDES, n. sp. Male. Upperside dark violet purple-brown, with a broad dusky-black marginal band; anal lobe and tail chestnut-brown, the angle white-speckled. Underside dark purple-brown ; transverse band, speckled marks on basal area, and a submarginal series of speckled spots black, the latter and anal angle white-speckled. Female. Upperside dark brown ; fore wing with the lower basal and discal area smalt-blue. Underside pale brownish grey, transverse line and speckled markings black ; anal angle ferruginous. Expanse, <$ If, $ If inch. Hab. Ceylon. In coll. Capt. Wade and F. Moore. A much darker insect than the Javan species A. narada, Horsf. AMBLYPODIA DARANA, n. sp. Differs from A. naradoides in being larger, the upperside of the male of a deeper violet-blue, the marginal band narrower ; anal lobe red only in the middle, its margin and the tail black. Underside purple chestnut-brown ; speckled markings black, the marginal series white-speckled. Female. Pale violet-brown above. Underside similar. Expanse, S \fa, $ 2£ inches. |