RHOPALOCEBA MA LA YA NA . 



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curved and angulated fascia commencing at end of Iirown costal area and terminating at lowor median 

 nervule, followed by a more regularly curved fascia extending from costa to lower median nervule, and 

 a narrow marginal and submarginal fascia fused together near apex; posterior wings with a basal 

 costal spot, followed by eight very irregularly sized spots (some more or less fused and one long and 

 fascia-like extending from costa to base of upper median nervule) on discal half, again followed liy an 

 outer dislocated narrow fascia, which is merged in a purplish-brown i)atch near iipex, a faint lunnhite 

 marginal fascia uieluding some very small spots, and three large marginal spots of metallic greenish scales 

 near anal angle, the first and third of which contain a black spot. Body above and beneath more or less 

 coneolorous with wings ; legs concolorous, the tarsi greyish. 



Exp. wings, 2 , 42 millim. 



Hab. — Malay Teninsula ; Malacca (Piuwill—ISrit. Mus.).— Singapore (coll. Godfcry) ; Siani ; Na.hcon- 

 chaisee (Druce). 



The male, as figured by Hewitsou, is uuicolorous, violaceous-blue al 



)ove. 



Fig. ^^4. — Pancltala sinijliainira J . 



2. Panchala singhapura, n. sp. 



Male. Wings above dark violaceous-blue, the fringe dark fuscous. 

 Wings beneath violaceous-brown, with the following dark purplish-brown 

 markings and fasciie : —anterior wings marked as in P. diaidi ; posterior 

 wings with a basal costal spot, a broad transverse fascia crossing wing at 

 basal third, followed by a central fasciate spot extending from costal 

 nervure to base of third median nervule, where it is connected with an 

 upper spot situate between the median and the submedian nervures ; other markings as in P. diiuiJi, save 

 that the anal angular greenish marginal spots are situate in a broad dark purplish-brown patch. 



The ground colour of the under surface of the posterior wdngs is much more violaceous than that of 

 the anterior wings. 



Female. — Wings above much paler violaceous-blue than in male ; anterior wings with the costal 

 and outer margins (broadest at apex and extending to upper disco-cellular nervules) broadly dark fuscous ; 

 posterior wings with the costal, outer and abdominal margins dark fuscous. Wings beneath as in male. 



Exp. wings, <? and $ , 40 to 42 millim. 



Hab. — Malay Peninsula ; Singapore (Kerr and Biggs — coll. Dist.). 



This species is closely related to P. diardi, as may be seen by comparing the figures liore 

 given, the specific differences being most emphatically illustrated by the distinct markings on 

 the under surface of the posterior wings. It is also vcrii closely allied to the Philippine 

 species, P.fuhjida, Hew., from which it is most readily discriminated by the much larger 

 bluish area on the upper surface of the wings in i\\e female sex. 



3. Panchala apidanus. 



PapiUo Apiilanu.s, Cramer, Pap. Ex. ii. t. 137, F, G (1779). 

 Pajniw Doriiiiunil, Stoll, Suppl. Cram. t. 27, f. 4, 4 D (1790). 

 Polyommatiis Apidanus, Godt. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 652, n. 118 (1823). 

 Amhlypodea apidanus, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E. I. C. p. 100, n. 32 (1829); 



Horsf. & Moore, Cat.Lep.Mus. E.I. C. vol. i. p. 39, n. 53 (1857) ; 



Snell. Tijd. Eut. xix. p. IG, n. 54 (1876) ; Bntl. Trans. Linu. Soc. 



ser. 2, Zool. vol. i. p. 549, u. 12 (1877). 

 Aiiibh/poilia Aphidanus, Druce, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 353, n. 7. 

 Satadra apidanus, Moore, J. A. S. Beug. vol. liii. pt. 2, no. 1, p. 26 (1884). 

 Febeuaey 20, 1885. 4 a 



Fig. .so. — Panclmla apidanus J , sliuwiug 

 niutilation eSecteJ liy the attack of 

 a bird. 



