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culled the " long-tailed blue "in England, where it is very rare, though 

 common enough on the continent. The upperside of the wings 

 in the male appear to be frosted from the long scales with which the 

 other scales arc overlaid. It is very common, and a swift flyer. The 

 underside is brownish, with some narrow pale bars and one 

 conspicuous bar across the disc. It is found almost all over the world, 

 America being about the only portion it does not affect. 



73. AmbJijpodia naradoides, Moore (772). We now come to the 

 " robust folk " spoken of at the beginning of the " blues," the habits 

 of which are quite different to all the others hitherto mentioned. It 

 is extremely difficult to follow the flight of these robust creatures : 

 they seem to go past you with a " whirr," and as the Paddy said 

 of the snipe, " Before you can see them, they are out of sight, bedad." 

 A. naradoides is 'a purplish insect on the upperside, but the] under- 

 side is marked very like a dead leaf, and is in miniature like the 

 underside of the butterflies of the genus KalUma. The shape of the 

 wings when folded is also leaf -like, and when seated on the ground it 

 is difficult to distinguish the little creature from the dead leaves with 

 which it is surrounded. I met with this species in Chhatisgarh and 

 nowhere else. 



7 If. Iraota miecenas, Fabricius (776). I have only three ragged 

 males of this species, all taken by myself at Pachmarhi. I have 

 not met with it elsewhere in the Central Provinces. From the 

 appearance of the fragmentary specimens I possess, I should 

 imagine this to be a most lovely little insect, as the blue on the wing 

 is so vivid. The underside is reddish-brown, adorned with silvery 

 spots and marks, quite different from those of any other " blue " 

 I know of. 



75. Arhopala amantes, Hewitson (791). This is a most glorious 

 creature. The male is of a brilliant, intense blue colour, and the 

 female is even lovelier, as the blue is bordered with deep black. It 

 is a large insect as "blues" go, measuring something more than 

 two inches across the expanded wings. It flies very fast, and the 

 only way to catch it is to watch where it alights, and then, either 

 with a vigorous sweep or by dropping the net over it, capture it. 

 One year it appeared in numbers in company with the next 

 described species. on a faka tree (G trivia asiatico) in my garden. at 



