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Arhopala (ene.v (Hewitson). (Plate V. figs. 21 & 21 a.) 

 Amblypodia aenea Hewitson, 111. Diurn. Lep., Lye. p. 1 te, pi. iii c. fig. 55 (1869). 

 Arhopala cenea de Niceville, Butt. Ind. vol. iii. p. 243 (1890). 



Hab. Sikkim ; Khasia Hills. 



Expanse, 6 & 2 , 41-44 mm. 



This species is local, but not uncommon where it occurs ; it may be readily distin- 

 guished from its neighbours by its brighter colour, larger size, and the clear, clean-looking 

 ochre-brown of the under surface. The genitalia have the tegumen excavated and open 

 at the apex, and the hooks, jointed at the elbow, are from that point long and slender; 

 the clasps are very deep, excavated at the tips, forming a sort of jaw, the upper part of 

 which is resolved into a long, curved, sharp book. The penis is long and slender. 



Abhopala rama (Kollar). (Plate V. figs. 22 & 22 a.) 

 Thecla rama [Collar, Hiigel's Kaschmir, vol. iv. pt. 2, p. 112. n. 1, pi. iv. figs. 1, 2, tf (1848). 

 Amblypodia nana Hewitson, Cat. Lycaenidse B.M. p. 13. n. 59, pi. vii. figs. 69, 70 $, 71 ? 



(1862); Leech, Trans. Ent. Soe. Loud. 1889, p. 111. n.51. 

 Panchala rama Moure, Proc. Zool. Soe. Loud. 1882, p. 252; Doherty, Joura. A. S. 15. vol. Iv. 

 pt. 2, p. 126. n. 122 (1886); Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. i. p. 145. n. 38 

 (1888). 

 Amblypodia querceti Moore; Horsfield and Moore, Cat, Lep. Mas. E.I.C. vol. i. p. 43. n. (if 



(1857). 

 Arhopala rama de Niceville, Butt. Ind. vol. iii. p. 251 (1890). 

 Amblypodia violacea Holier, Iris, vol. i. p. 72, Taf. v. fig. 6 (1K86). 



1 1 ah. Himalayas; Burma; China; Sikkim. 



Expanse, 6 35, ? 33-35 mm. 



Herr Rober has described bis violacea, from " the East Indies," as a distinct species, 

 but it agrees in every respect with this insect — there is not one small point in which 1 

 can differentiate it. It may be known from cenea Hew. by the broadish outer margins, 

 by the pale colour of the underside, by the tail being little more than a long tooth, 

 and by the absence of an anal black spot and any metallic scaling. 



The exceedingly broad dark margins of the secondaries are also a marked charac- 

 teristic of the species. The genitalia are not unlike those of cenea Wew., but the 

 tegumen-hooks are short and not elbowed ; the clasps are broader, with the upper 

 part of the jaw pointed but broader. The penis is decidedly stouter. 



Arhopala atrax (Hewitson). (Plate III. fij 

 Amblypodia atrax Hewitson, Cat. Lye. B.M. p. 13. 

 Moore, Proc. Zool. Soe. Loud. 1865, p. 774; 11 

 Satadra atrax Moore, J. A. 8. 15. vol. liii. pt. 2, p. 39 (1884). 

 Arhopala atrax de Niceville, Butt. India, vol. iii. p. 246 (1890) 



