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2 . Upperside : both wings black ; primaries with a very small, pale blue, basal area ; 

 secondaries with the least trace of a pale blue dusting close to the base, very much less 

 in each case than mparaganesa de N. Underside: both wings darkish brown, with a 

 slight violet tint and no lilac dusting ; otherwise just like the male. 



This species is quite distinct from paraganesa de N. ; the upperside is quite different, 

 being very much darker blue, whilst the secondaries have a very much less extent of 

 blue ; beneath it is fairly uniform in tone, with very little white indeed, almost confined 

 to the costal spot of the secondaries. 



Aehopala ganesa (Moore). (Plate IV. figs. 24 & 24 a.) 

 Amblypodia ganesa Moore; Horsfield and Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E.I.C. vol. i. p. 44. n. <30, 



pi. in. fig. 9 (1857). 

 Panchala ganesa Moure, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1882, p. 252; Doherty, Journ. A. S. 13. vol. iv. 



pt. 2, p. 126. n. 121 (1886). 

 Arhopala ganesa Staudinger, Ex. Schmett. p. 281, pi. xcvi., d (1888); de Niceville, Butt, hub 

 vol. iii. p. 282 (1890). 



Ilah. Western Himalayas. 



Expanse, d & ?, 28-31 mm. 



This species may be recognised from all its neighbours by the entire paleness of the 

 underside of the secondaries; the primaries are also very much paler than any of its 

 allies. The underside pattern is close to this subgroup of the genus, to which it is 

 more nearly related than to dodonea Moore, near which it has usually been placed. 



De Niceville says (/. c.) it appears to be confined to an altitude of 5500 to G500 feet 

 in forests. It has a wide range, occurring in Kashmir on the west to Kumaon on the 

 east, always in oak-forests, where it is rather common. 



The genitalia are similar to those of faraganesa de N., but the clasps are of a 

 different shape, and the curve of the penis is nearer the base. 



Arhopala loomisi Pryer. 

 Arhopala loomisi Pryer, Rhop. Nih. p. 11, pi. ii. fig. 15 (1886). 

 Arhopala ganesa var. seminigra Leech, Entomologist, xxiii. p. 41. 

 Arhopala ganesa var. loomisi Pryer ; Leech, Butt. China, pt. ii. p. 343, pi. xxx. fig. 11 (1893). 



lliih. Japan ; Chang-yang (Central China) ; Chow-pin-sa (Western China). 



Expanse 32 mm. 



" Male. Primaries blue, paler beyond the cell ; costa and outer margin deeply bordered 

 with black ; the discoidal spot, which is within the costal border, is more intensely 

 black. Secondaries black, suffused with blue, most pronounced along the central area. 

 Fringes fuscous grey. Under surface (primaries) pale brownish grey, with four whitish 

 wavy-edged darker bands, the first two are basal, the thud is abbreviated, the fourth 

 broad and the only one which is clearly defined; submarginal line slender and 



