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Show 244 MR. F. MOORE ON LEPIDOPTERA [Feb. 21, DODONA EUGENES. Dodona eugenes, Bates, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. ix. p. 371 (1867). ABISARA SUFFUSA, n. sp. Allied to A. angulata, Moore (P. Z. S. 1878, p. 833). Smaller, the male being of a deeper tint, with the fascia? straighter and suffused with grey. Female of a much duller colour and suffused with grey, the medial transverse dark fascia less angular on both wines, and the outer fasciae much less distinct, broader, and more suffused. Expanse, 6 If, $ H inch. Hab. Chumba, 10,000 feet. In coll. British Museum. LYCENIDJ3. PITHECOPS ZALMORA. Pithecops zalmora, Butler, Catal. Fabrician Lep. Brit. Mus. p. 161 (1870). CURETIS DENTATA. Curetis dentata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 138. CYANIRIS CCELESTINA. Lycana ccelestina, Kollar, Hiigel's Kaschmir, iv. p. 423 (1844). Lycana kollari, Westwood, Doubleday's Gen. D. Lep. p. 491 (1852). Polyommatus kasmira, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 503, pl. 31. f. 1. CYANIRIS HUEGELII. Lycana argiolus, Kollar, Hiigel's Kaschmir, iv. p. 423 (nee Linn.). Differs from C. ccelestina in its larger size. Male. Upperside similar in colour, but of a darker blue tint; fore wing with a more slender blackish marginal band ; hind wing with a clearly defined marginal line. Female more dusky throughout than in C. ccelestina ; fore wing with broader blackish marginal borders and discocellular lunule ; hind wing with the blackish costal border and marginal spots broader, the latter with well-defined inner pale dentate marks, the inner area beyond and the veins also dusky-black. Underside with similar but more distinct markings than in C. ccelestina, the discal series on the hind wing more linear in shape, the marginal spots and submarginal lunular band much more prominent. Expanse, S 2 1 A to ' A incn* Hab. N.W. Himalaya (Kaschmir; Simla; Masuri; Dharmsala). In coll. F. Moore and British Museum. This species has hitherto been considered to be Kollar's L. ccelestina ; but both his description and measurements undoubtedly agree with C. kasmira. CYANIRIS VARDHANA. Polyommatus vardhana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 572, pl. 66. f. 5. |