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Show 702 MR. F. M O O R E O N T H E [June 18, zag markings less defined, and the white interspace beyond the of the cell much wider. Expanse 1 inch. Hab. Hainan. In coll. H. Druce. PITHECOPS NIHANA, n. sp. Upperside dusky brown ; cilia white: fore wing with a slight white brown-speckled longitudinal central patch, and hind wing with a similar streaky subapical patch. Underside white : fore wing with a submarginal series of six very narrow, dusky, short, recurved marks, and a marginal series of narrow dusky lunules bordered within by an indistinct lunular line : hind wing with a moderately large black costal spot before the apex, and a smaller spot on abdominal margin; a series of very indistinct dusky submarginal and marginal streaks. Expanse -^ inch. Hab. Hainan. In coll. II. Druce and F. Moore. POLYOMMATUS LAIUS. Papilio laius, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 319. f. D, E. POLYOMMATUS VARUNANA. Polyommatus varunana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 772, pl. 41. f. 6. POLYOMMATUS SIMILIS, n. sp. Allied to P. argia, Menetr. Cat. Lep. Mus. Petr. p. 125. pl. x. f. 7. from Japan. Differs above in being of a pale lilac-blue, the margin of the fore wing less dusky, and the hind wing with the marginal spots scarcely perceptible (both these characters in P. argia are very prominent). On the underside the colour is of a brownish-grey; markings similar, but those of fore wing less prominent, the spots on the hind wing having the centre of the same tint as the groundcolour of the wing. Expanse lyVj inch. Hab. Hainan. In coll. H. Druce and F. Moore. LAMPIDES BAETICUS. Papilio beeticus, Linn. S. N. i. 2, p. 789. LAMPIDES KANDARPA. Lyceena kandarpa, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E.I. C. 1829, p. 82. APHNAEUS LOHITA. Amblypodia lohita, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E.L C. 1829, p. 106. ILERDA BELENA. Heliophorus belenus, Hiibner, Zutrage, f. 785 (1832). MAHATHALA, n. g. Wings broad : fore wing somewhat short, exterior margin nearly erect and slightly scalloped ; third subcostal branch bifurcate: hind |