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Show 1879.] ASIATIC DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 139 in a more linear series ; and the ochreous red borders to the marginal spots are less dentated with black on their inner border. POLYOMMATUS LIMBATUS, n. Sp. Male. Upperside lilac-blue; cilia white, with an inner black line : fore wing with a very narrow exterior marginal black band : hind wing with a very narrow marginal black line and a few minute speckles at apex. Underside white, with slender dusky markings, as in P. puspa. Expanse ly2^ inch. Hab. Parisnath hill, Behar, Bengal. In coll. F. Moore. Differs from P. dilectus in its more pointed fore wing, darker colour, and more prominent marginal line. POLYOMMATUS TRANSPECTUS, n. Sp. Male. Upperside blue; both wings with a broad outer marginal black band, broadest at apex of fore wing; the band on the hind wing maculated. Underside white, with indistinct slender dusky markings disposed as in P. puspa; the costal spot only prominent and visible above. Expanse lg inch. Hab. Khasia hills, E. Bengal. In coll. F. Moore. POLYOMMATUS ALBOC^RULEUS, 11. Sp. Male and Female. Upperside pale clear blue, discal area of fore wing and apical area of hind wing white: fore wing with a broad outer marginal black band terminating in a point at the posterior angle in the male, but not reaching the angle in the female : hind wing with a narrow marginal black line and a series of small indistinct spots, the latter still less apparent in the female; cilia white, with an inner bordered line adjoining band on fore wing. Underside white, with small and slender black markings disposed similar to those in P. puspa, but without the lunular line encompassing the marginal spots. Expanse, c? lg, $ 1| inch. Hab. Nepal (Ramsay) ; Deyra Doon (G. Austen). In coll. F. Moore. POLYOMMATUS DILECTUS, n. Sp. Male. Upperside pale lilac-blue, with a very slender marginal black line ; discal area of fore wing and apical area of hind wing slightly whitish ; cilia white. Underside white, with small slender indistinct blackish markings disposed as in P. puspa. Female similar to P. puspa, but paler above, the exterior dusky-brown band on fore wing of less breadth, and the blue extending to posterior margin : hind wing bluer, less dusky anteriorly, with a marginal row of indistinct dusky spots. Expanse 1 to 1| inch. Hab. Nepal; Sikkim ; N. Cachar. In coll. F. Moore. |