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the markings, although of the same character, are less prominent than in the male. Bovy 
blackish above, and brown or gray underneath. Axdenne@ almost uniformly brown to the tip, 
which is ferruginous.” (Horsfeld, |. c.) 
LARVA pale green, with a dark (probably pulsating) dorsal line, on either side of which the 
body is narrowly whitish ; the head black, the second segment and the three anal segments marked 
with black. Pura pale green, shaded with darker green. Described from Dr. Horsfield’s figures. 
Mr. Doherty records 4, zarada from Mergui, thus bringing it into the Indian region, 
while Mr. Distant records it from the Malay Peninsula. Mr. Doherty remarks that ‘* The Mergui 
form (A. andersonii, Moore) of A. narada seems identical with that found in the Malay 
Peninsula. It is of a brighterand richer blue than the North Indian variety.” 4. narada 
is probably inseparable from A. faooana, Moore, and A. andersonii, Moore, and not impro- 
bably the 4. arzracana of Grose Smith should be ranked as another synonym, though I have 
placed it in the purple group, as it it described as of that colour, but, as the typical specimen may 
be a female, and as purple specimens of this sex sometimes occur in the blue group, the species 
may really belong to the blue group. <4. zarvada appears to be a rare species in India, 
769. Amblypodia tacoana, Moore. 
A. taooana, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, p. 835. 
HaBitTat: Taoo, 3,500 feet, Unper Tenasserim. 
EXPANSE: 2°0 inches. 
Descriprion: ‘‘ Differs from 4. zarada, Horsfield, and A. axita, Hewitson, in its larger 
size, the UPPERSIDE being ofa very brilliant blue colour as in Arhofala silhetensis, Wewitson, 
and the outer black marginal band twice the width of that of those species. UNDERSIDE, 
both wings purplish-ochreous, the transverse black-speckled band and basal speckled mark- 
ings prominent, the band on the /orewing being much curved, the outer markings also pro- 
minent.”’ (AZoore, 1. c.) 
Mr. Moore did not state the sex of the specimen he was describing, but I have little 
doubt that it was a female, which would account for the breadth of the outer black marginal 
band of the upperside. I have not seen any specimen of the species. 
770. Amblypodia andersonil, Moore. 
A. andersonit, Moore, Journ. A. S. B., vol. lili, pt. 2, p. 43 Give idem, id., Journ. Linn. Soc, Lond., 
Zoology, vol. xxi, p. 44, pl. iv, fig. 4, sale (1886). 
HasBiraT: Sampu, Sullivan Island, Mergui Archipelago (January), 
EXPANSE: 6, 1°75 inches. 
DescripTION: ‘f MALE. Smaller than A. ¢aooana, Moore. UPPERSIDE, Joth wings of a 
similar tint of ultramarine-blue, with a much narrower black marginal border- 
both wings much darker-coloured, but similarly marked.” (AZoore, 1. c.) 
The type and only known specimen of this species is preserved in the Indian Museum, 
Calcutta. The blue coloration of the upperside is very rich and beautiful, and at once distin- 
guishes it from every other specimen of the genus I have ever seen, except one of the true 
A. narada, Horsfield, in my collection from the Malay Peninsula, with which it entirely agrees. 
The expanse of the typical specimen, obtained by measuring from the apex of the wing to the 
middle of the thorax and then doubling the result (which is, I consider, the only correct way to 
take the expanse of Lepidopterous insects), is exactly two inches. Mr. Moore gives two inches 
as the expanse of his 4. ¢acoana, but measured in the above manner it is probably greater. 
771. Amblypodia anita, Hewitson. (PLATE XXVII, Fic. 191 2). 
Amblypodia anita, Hewitson, Cat. Lycenide B. M., p. 14, n. 66, pl. viii, figs. 90, 91, male (1862); id., 
Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 147, n.83 id., Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1888, p. 403, n. 336; 
A. narada, var. erichsonit, Wood-Mason and de Nicéville, Journ. A. S. B., vol. xlix, pt. 2, p. 234, ND. 53 (1880) ; 
idem, id., }. c., vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 250, n. 74 (1881). 
Habitat: Siam (Hewitsoz), Madras (Buéler), Sikkim (Z/zwes). 
EXPANSE: 6, 1°8 inches. 
UNDERSIDE, 
