HO ME. G. T. BETHUNE-BAKEE : A EEVISION OF THE 



angle ; secondaries with very broad brown margins all round. Underside : both wings 

 brown, with spots and fascia edged with white. Primaries with three large increasing 

 discal spots ; in the snbmedian area below the first two are two large confluent blotches 

 making the whole basal area dark, with a pale mark showing the juncture in the 

 middle ; below the third is another spot, and above it (the third, which is very irregular 

 and large) are two small spots, one touching it, the other on the costa ; transverse band 

 very irregular and very broad, touching the third spot and that below it and ending on 

 the submedian nervure ; the first spot on the costa is small, the second and third each 

 larger, fourth larger still and shifted outwards, fifth and sixth larger still and 

 each shifted inwards, the sixth only as to its inner margin, seventh spot smaller, 

 but still smaller at its lower extremity, area between this and the dark basal spots 

 whitish ; submarginal row very finely and obscurely edged with whitish ; extreme 

 margin white with an interior dark spotted row ; internal area whitish grey. 

 Secondaries with a spot at the costal base, four basal spots, the upper three touching a 

 very large dark patch, occupying the central and upper part of the wing from the costal 

 to the median nervines ; the spots in the centre of the cell and closing it marking its 

 lower extremity at the costal nervure, a white mark showing that the spots have become 

 confluent ; transverse band beginning on the lower discoidal nervure and touching the 

 large patch ; the second oval spot is shifted inwards, third outwards, fourth very large 

 angular spot inwards and confluent with the fifth long spot ; subapical area whitish 

 grey ; submarginal row indefinite, the three lower spots being very dark with obscure 

 internal definitions ; lobe fairly developed, with a black spot followed by two subanal 

 black spots, the middle one being almost obliterated with bright blue-metallic scales, 

 which also edge the other two spots above ; tail brown, white-tipped, over the metallic 

 spots is a greyish irroration ; margin finely whitish. 



I have only one male before me, but it appears to be quite a distinct species, 

 the pattern beneath being very distinctive. The very striking and handsome 

 underside of this species should separate it without the least difficulty from all 

 its allies. 



Arhopala anella de N. 

 Arhopala anella de Niceville, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. is. p. 289, pi. P. fig. 32 

 (1895). 



Hab. Perak, Malay Peninsula. 



Expanse, ? , 51 mm. 



The unique type specimen is before me and is certainly a distinct species, its nearest 

 ally being irregularis Rober, also a three-tailed species ; it has, however, a much 

 larger area of blue on the upperside, whilst beneath the colour is very much paler and 

 ochreous, and the spots fewer and more separated than in Rober's species. 



