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Show 248 MR. F. MOORE ON LEPIDOPTERA [Feb. 21, wing attenuated anteriorly and extending to costal border ; the band on hind wing very broad and irregular ; anal and subanal spots small. Female. Paler; discal spot very large and oval; band on underside as in male. Expanse, 6* 5 l-r% inch. Hab. N.W. Himalaya (Deyra Doon ; Dharmsala). Taken by Mr. Hocking on quince tree, at 6000 feet elevation. The type specimen described above is now in the British-Museum collection. Its locality label is "Himalaya," not Burmah, as stated in m y original description. H O R A G A VIOLA, n. sp. Male. Violet-brown ; fore wing with a small white discal spot. Female. Violet-brown, palest on the hind wing; lower basal and discal area of both wings dull cyaneous blue, discal white spot larger. Underside darkish violaceous brownish-ochreous, the white discal spot continued to posterior margin; the band on hind wing narrowly white in both sexes. Expanse, S y V $ 1 inch. Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. ILERDA TAMU. Polyommatus tamu, Kollar, Hiigel's Kasch. iv. p. 417, pl. 5.f. 7,8, c$ . Ilerda tamu, Hewitson, Illust. D. Lep. p. 57. Allied to I. androcles. Male. Upperside blackish brown ; with the medial, basal, and discal area of fore wing and medial area of hind wing sparsely covered with dull metallic greenish-blue scales, these scales scarcely appearing below the submedian vein on the fore wing and being less thickly disposed on the hind wing ; anal red lunules narrow and distinct. Female paler brown ; fore wing with an oblique discal slightly-curved short red band; hind wing with a marginal narrow sinuous red band. Underside dull saffron-yellow ; markings similar to those of J. androcles. Expanse ly^ inch. Hab. N.W. Himalayas, Masuri (Lang); Dharmsala (Hocking). In coll. F. Moore and British Museum. ILERDA CORUSCANS, n. sp. Smaller than I. androcles. Male of a denser blackish-brown colour: fore wing with the lower basal and discal area, and medial area of hind wing entirely covered with glittering metallic blue scales, which in some lights are of a smalt-blue tint; two slender, short, red anal lunules. Female paler brown: fore wing with a narrow red oblique band, and hind wing with a marginal sinuous red band. Expanse l-jSff inch. Hab. N.W. Himalaya : Bisabur, between Sarhan and Tranda (Hellard) ; Dharmsala (Hocking). In coll. F. Moore and British Museum. |