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and the rainy season brood considerably darker in every respect, with the markings under- 
neath very much more prominent. I have observed this species nowhere else.” 
908. Aphnaus abnormis, Moore. 
A, abnormis, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 526, pl. xlix, fig. 4, sale. 
HaBitTaT: Coonoor, Nilgiri Hills. 
EXPANSE: @, 1°5 inches. 
DEscRIPTION: ‘‘MALE. UPPERSIDE, forewing dusky violet-brown, basal area from 
below the costal nervure dull greenish-grey, or, in certain lights, pale blue, the marginal 
line brown. AHindwing of the same dull greenish-grey, or light blue, with the anal lobe dull 
ochreous-brown. UNDERSIDE, 0¢h wings dull ochreous-brown. Forewing with three indis- 
tinctly-detined, oblique, transverse, very slightly-silvered bands, and a submarginal line. Hind- 
wing witha similar medial transverse band and less distinct submarginal band.” (Afoore, 1. c.) 
FEMALE. UPPERSIDE, forewzxg with all but the costa narrowly and the outer margin somewhat 
widely but decreasingly to the anal angle which are black, shining plumbeous-silvery.* Aindwing 
also shining plumbeous-silvery, the outer margin with a distinct black line, widening out into 
a patch at the apex, the anal lobe very dull red. UNDERSIDE, forewing pale reddish-brown, 
the inner margin broadly paler ; an indistinct spot near the base of the cell, or short band from 
the costa to the origin of the first median nervule, an oblique band beyond from the costa to 
near the anal angle, not quite reaching the submedian nervure ; two small spots one above the 
other just beyond the last band, the upper spot touching the costa, the lower one just 
beneath it ; two other spots beyond almost forming a band at twice the distance from the 
two preceding spots as those are from the long discal band ; a submarginal narrow macular 
band :—all these bands and spots of a darker colour than the ground, outwardly more or 
less defined by a blackish line, and sparsely centred with silver. Adxdwing with three 
obscure basal spots, a long narrow straight discal band, a short band from the apex to 
the third median nervule, and a narrow submarginal band, these bands similar to those 
on the forewing. Jody above and below concolorous with the wings, the abdomen dull 
red on the sides. Described from a single example from the Nilgiris in Mr. G. F. Hamp: 
son’s collection, 
I have not seen a male of this species. It must be very rare. 
go9. Aphnaus syama, Horsfield. 
Amblypodia syama, Horsfield, Cat. Lep. E. I. C., p. 107, n. 39 (1829) 3 Aphneus syama, Hewitson, Ill. 
Diurn. Lep., p. 61, n. 3, pl. xxv, fig. 7, male (1865); id., Staudinger, Ex. Schmett., p. 274, pl. xcv, male 
(1888); Spindasis syama, Distant, Rhop. Malay., p. 243, n. 1, pl. xxiii, figs. 8, 9, female (1884); Amblypodia 
syma, Westwood, Gen. Diurn. Lep., vol. ii, p. 478, n. 20 (1852); Aphneus peguanus, Moore, Journ. A, S. B., 
vol, liii, pt. 2, p. 26 (1884); A. orissanus, id., 1. c., p. 27. 
Hasirat: Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Burma, Orissa, Malay Peninsula, Java, Philippines. 
EXPANSE: 6, 9, I'I to 1°7 inches. 
DESCRIPTION: “ UPPERSIDE, oth wings fuscous clouded with hoary-whitish, obsoletely 
marked with the fascize of the underside ; the anal angle of the hindwing fulvous bearing 
two very black dots, the exterior larger and subocellate, each inwardly increased by a small 
silvery streak ; of the MALE with the anal [inner] area of the forewing and almost the whole 
surface of the hindwing shot with violet. UNDERSIDE, 60¢2 wings sulphurous, with the 
intermediate black or silvery fascize continuous or interrupted. Forewing with six fasciz, two 
marginal complete, the outer unadorned, the third halved to which the fourth shortest is parallel, 
the fifth complete tending towards the anal angle, the posterior half dilated and finally attenu- 
ated, the sixth halved reaching the fuscous band (¢enéam) of the anal [basal] area, in addition 
a black basal longitudinal litura. Aédwing with four fasciz parallel with the margin, the 
exterior one shortened, interrupted, the second arched across the anal region making for 
the inner margin, the third halved, the fourth complete abruptly inflected in the anal region, 
es Exactly of the same shade of colour as is seen on the upperside of the females of A. z fra and A, sani, 
