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fully as large as ordinary olinda and likewise almost identical in colour, whilst the 

 general pattern of the underside is quite inseparable. They appear to obtain in exactly 

 the same localities, and I think they must be synonymous. 



Arhopala alit^us (Hewitson). (Plate IV. tigs. 19 & 19 a.) 

 Amblypodia alitmus Hewitson, Cat. Lye. B.M. p. 7. n. 29, pi. v. figs. 45 & 46, $ (1862) ; id. 



111. Diurn. Lep., Lye. p. 8 (1865). 

 Amblypodia viviana Rober, Iris, vol. i. p. 200, Taf. ix. figs. 13 & 14 (1887). 



Bab. Makassar ; South Celebes ; Banka ; Mindoro. 



Expanse, d 3-3, $ 32 mm. 



Rober has described specimens from Banka as viviana which, without doubt, belong to 

 this species ; both male and female are exactly like Hewitson's insect in every particular, 

 except that the posterior border of the latter is slightly wider. The form found in 

 Celebes is much brighter blue, though dark, and not violaceous, whilst in the female 

 the bine is brighter still and confined to a small spot just below and at the end of the 

 cell of the primaries, and the underside is a little more strongly marked, but exactly 

 the same pattern. Dr. Staudinger has sent me a specimen from Mindoro, and there is 

 also one in Semper's Philippine collection. It is at once recognisable from its allies 

 and is fairly well figured by Hewitson. The genitalia are less robust, the hooks are 

 spatulate, the clasps subtriangular, with a moderately robust penis. 



Arhopala mikabella Doherty. 

 Arhopala mirabella Doherty, J. A. S. B. 1889, vol. lviii. pt. 2, p. 420. n. 13. 



Rah. Mergui; Myitta. 



I have not seen this species ; from the description it appears to be an exceedingly 

 close ally of alitceus Hewitson, so near that, without seeing the specimens, it is scarcely 

 possible to differentiate them ; but with species that are so close, as in this genus they 

 are, an opinion can scarcely be formed in the absence of a good figure or the specimen 

 itself. 



Arhopala mtrtha (Staudinger). (Plate I. fig. 23, d .) 

 Amblypodia myrtha Staudinger, Iris, vol. ii. p. 127 (1889). 



Hal. Palawan. 



Expanse, d , 35 mm. 



d ■ Upperside : both wings deep ultramarine-blue, quite lustrous as it catches the 

 light, but in some lights very deeply subdued. Primaries with a very broad blackish 

 posterior margin ; fore part of costa narrowly brown up to the costal nervure. 

 Secondaries with broad blackish margins all round ; abdominal fold greyish ; tail 

 black, tipped with white. Underside : both wings warm cinnamon-brown, spots and 

 fascia scarcely darker than ground, palely encircled. Primaries: three discal spots 



