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to this section. The resemblance to " agesias " 1 cannot quite follow, as that is a very 

 different-looking and strongly-marked species. 



Arhopala dubssa Doherty. 

 Arhopala duessa Dohertjj Journ. A. S. B. vol. Iviii. pt. :.', p. 110, pi. xxiii. tig. 6 (1889) ; de Niceville, 

 Butt. [nd. vol. iii. p. 271 (1890). 



Huh. Myitta ; Dannat Range; Tenasserim. 



Expanse 3(3-38 mm. 



This species is near epimete Stgr., but the brilliancy of the blue of the upperside 

 will at once separate it from that insect. The underside of Staudinger's species is so 

 close to this that 1 believe the one is probably a local form of the other. 



Arhopala ammonides (Doherty). (Plate III. fig. 31, 6 .) 

 Acesina ammonides Doherty, J. A. S. 13. vol. lx. pt. :.', p. 34. n. ."> (1890). 



llnh. Tenasserim. 



Expanse. & . 30-31 mm. 



This species is very close to duessa Doh. in the colour of its upperside, but is paler, 

 and it has a tail, which duessa lias not ; beneath it is deeper in general tone, whilst the 

 light parts are whiter, and it lias the marked whitish spot on the costa of the secondaries. 

 It forms an excellent link from the tailless group we have just been considering with the 

 tailed group named by Moore Acesina. 1 do not see my way, however, to retain this 

 genus, as the characters given are quite inconstant in the various species that should 

 form the subgenus, and would apply equally well to others widely separated from these. 



Arhopala ammon (Hewitson). 

 Amblypodia minium Hewitson, Cat. Lycaenidse B.M. p. 9. n. II, pi. v. tigs. it), 50, ? (1862). 

 Narathura ammon Distaut, Rhop. Malay, p. .'27;!. n. 19, woodcut n. <SJ, $> (1885). 

 Arhopala amnion de Niceville, Butt. 1ml. vol. iii. p. 243 (1890). 

 Arrhopala ammon de Niceville and .Martin, J. A. S. B. vol. lxiv. pt. 2, p. 470(1895). 



Hob. Malacca ; Sumatra. 



Expanse, d & 2 , 32-35 mm. 



This species may be easily separated from ammonides Doh. by the lilac tone and 

 the narrow borders of the primaries, and also by the uniform colour of the under 

 surface. 



Arhopala myk/.ala Hewitson. 

 Ambhjjiodia myrzala Hewitson, 111. Diurn. Lep., Lye. p. 1 I <-. pi. iii i>. tigs. 11 & 1.., ,-' I L865). 

 Jlah. Mindanao; Philippine Islands. 



Expanse, , : ; & 5 , l'j mm. 



