238 LYCANIDA. ARHOPALA. 
DESCRIPTION : MALE. UPPERSIDE, do0fh wings bluish-purple. Forewing with the outer 
margin narrowly black. Aindwing with the costa and apex widely, and the outer margin less 
widely, black, the abdominal margin pale. UNDERSIDE, both wings dull brown, the markings 
darker brown with pale edges. Forewing with the inner margin broadly paler ; a rather small 
round spot near the base of the cell, a larger oval spot across its middle, a still larger somewhat 
quadrate spot closing the cell, with a small round spot on the costa above it; a discal catenu- 
lated band of seven spots arranged in echelon, the first group consisting of four spots trending 
obliquely outwards, the second spot from the costa of these four larger than the spot 
on either side of it, the fourth spot larger than the third but not as large as the second; 
the next group of two spots divided by the second median nervule shifted inwards ; 
the last group consisting of a single spot in the submedian interspace also shifted inwards ; a 
rather prominent submarginal and obscure marginal fasciz. Hindwing with a double series of 
subbasal spots, the inner series of four, the outer of three spots ; the usual bifurcating irre- 
gular catenulated band across the disc ; submarginal and marginal very obscure fasciz ; the 
inner portion of the submarginal fascia sprinkled with dull metallic green scales ; the anal 
lobe large, bearing a prominent large deep black spot, with some dull metallic green scales on 
the margin beyond, an elongated black spot on the margin in the first median interspace slightly 
sprinkled with green scales ; ¢aé/ black above, brown below, tipped with white. FEMALE. UPPER: 
SIDE, both wings of a brighter and lighter blue colour than in the- male. Forewing with the 
costa and outer margin broadly, the apex very broadly black, the blue colour occupying about 
two-thirds of the area of the wing. Ainzdwing with the blue area occupying about half the 
wing, confined to the disc and base, the rest of the wing black. UNDERSIDE, o/h wings as in 
the male. 
Apparently one of the rarest species of the genus. Hewitson recorded it from Sylhet ; in 
the Indian Museum, Calcutta, isa single female from that locality. I possess a male from 
Jalpaiguri. These are the only specimens known to me. The female very closely resembles 
the female of A. ewmolphus, Cramer (= A. dupola, Hewitson), but may be known by the 
greater extent of the blue coloration onthe upperside, by the more rufous ground-colour of 
the underside entirely lacking the silky gloss which is one of the characteristics of that species, 
and by the anal lobe to the hindwing being fully twice as large. 
789. Arhopala adorea, n. sp. (FRONTISPIECE, Fic. 139 @). 
Hasitat: Sikkim ; Khasi Hills ; Tenasserim Valley, Burma ; Singapore. 
EXPANSE: ¢@, 2°0to 2°23; 9, 2°2 inches. 
DEscrIPTION: MALE. UPPERSIDE, doth wings deep bluisk-purple. Forewzng with the 
costa and outer margin narrowly black. Anrdwing with the costa broadly black, the outer 
margin a little more broadly black than in the forewing, the abdominal margin pale ; the 
anal lobe black, crowned witha pure white spot UNDERSIDE, doth wings dull brown, all the 
spots and bands of a darker shade of brown than the ground, outwardly defined with grey. 
Forewing with three prominent increasing spots in the cell ; a costal spot above the disco-cellular 
spot ; two large spots beneath the median nervure divided by the first median nervule ; a discal 
series of seven spots, the four uppermest forming a curved compact band, the two next divided 
by the second median nervule shifted inwardly from the line of the rest, the lowest spot in the 
submedian interspace large, placed obliquely outwards ; a rather prominent dark submarginal 
macular band outwardly defined with grey. Azxdwing with the spots and bands as usual; 
the anal lobe with a large intensely black spot, the anal area more broadly overlaid with 
metallic green scales than usual; ¢az/ black, tipped with white. FEMALE. UPpPERSIDE, 
both wings of a lighter shade of purple than in the male, /ovewzng with the costa and outer 
margin broadly black. /Z:zdwing with the costal, outer, and abdominal margins broadly black. 
UNDERSIDE, doth wings like the male. 
The male of A. adorea differs from that sex of A. adatha, Hewitson (Cat. Lycenide 
B. M., pl. iv, figs. 29, 30) in being rather larger, in the outer black border on the upperside 
