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of the secondaries as well as the large dark spots which are so prominent in Hewitson's 

 species. 



Akhopala agaba (Hewitson). 

 Amblypodia agaba Hewitson, Cat. Lycsenidse B.M. p. 8. n. 39, pi. iv. figs. 39 & 40, ? (1862). 

 Satadra agaba Moore, Journ. A. S. B. vol. liii. pt. 2, p. 38 (1884) ; Elwesand de Niceville, Journ. 



A. S. B. vol. Iv. pt. 2, p. 430. n. 104 (1886). 

 Arhopala agaba do Niceville, Butt. Ind. vol. ni. p. 244. n. 797 (1890) ; Doherty, Journ. A. S. B. 

 vol. Iviii. pt. 2, p. 422. n. 20 (1889). 



Hal. India ; Mergui Archipelago ; Upper Tenasserim ; Tavoy. 



Expanse, 3 & 2 , 44-47 mm. 



6 . Upperside : both wings bluish purple ; primaries with the costa having a verj 

 line linear black line and a narrow black outer margin ; secondaries with a broad 

 blackish costa and narrow black outer margin ; abdominal fold grey ; tail long, black, 

 tipped with white. Underside: both wings brown tinged with purple, with a super- 

 imposed strong lilac gloss, with darker spots margined with very pale lilac. Primaries 

 with the lilac gloss confined to the costal half of the wing ; three increasing spots in 

 the cell, above the third spot a small one close to the costa, below it (the third spot) a 

 larger one; subdiscal area dark; transverse band oblique, outwardly almost straight, 

 but occasionally slightly bent at or below the fourth spot, the band being composed of 

 seven spots, not quite evenly placed, but in the main in a fairly straight direction ; 

 submarginal row distinct, submedian area pale yellowish grey. Secondaries with the 

 lilac gloss more or less all over, but strongest near the base and at the apex ; four basal 

 spots, the third shifted slightly outwards and the fourth well inwards, followed by 

 three larger spots below each other ; cell closed by a subquadrate spot, below which is 

 a small one connecting it with the lowest of the three just mentioned, the spot closing 

 the cell also touching the transverse band giving it a bifurcated appearance; transverse 

 band composed of eight spots, the first two below each other and large, the third 

 shifted well outwards, fourth further out, fifth slightly inwards, sixth outwards, seventh 

 angular spot well inwards, eighth long spot outwards but inclined upwards to 

 the internal nervure ; submarginal band distinct, largish, somewhat indefinite, a 

 black spot on the small anal lobe, beyond which a few greenish-metallic scales are 

 sprinkled. 



2. Upperside: both wings bright ultramarine-blue, tinged with purple in certain 

 lights ; primaries with costa broadly, outer margin more broadly, and apical area still 

 more broadly black; secondaries with very broad margins all round, but decreasing 

 towards the anal angle. Underside like that of the male, but often with much loss 

 of the lilac glossing. 



This is probably a somewhat local species, though not rare in its own localities. 

 From havilandi it may be at once separated by its decidedly smaller size ami its much 



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