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marked contrast to the bright tawny colour of the species; 
in this instance there is a diminution of the ordinary wing 
scales immediately around the sex patch, there being only 
one layer, the bottom one, instead of two, with the result 
that the androconia overlie them entirely on their edges; 
they (the androconia) are set at different angles as usual, 
and are closely packed with the usual deep overlap; they are 
considerably shorter and very considerably narrower than 
the surrounding scales, being only about a third as wide, 
they are oblong, with base and termination of almost the same 
curve. The ordinary scales in this species are large, and are 
of quite unusual width considering the size of the species. 
In Callophrys rubi the brand is very similar to those of 
Strymon. The androconia are a sort of dull neutral grey 
when seen in a good white light, and they are at a different 
angle from the ordinary scales; they are not however inset at 
nearly so high an angle as in Strymon, neither is there the 
same overlap; they are of moderate length (the ordinary 
surrounding scales in rubc are unusually long) narrow, of 
almost equal width, but have a slight taper just before the 
apex which is slightly excised, thus making the extremity 
shortly bifid. The scales of the underside of the secondaries 
of this species call for special comment. They are finely 
ribbed, long, somewhat narrow, with deeply serrated apices, 
having two and three deep narrow incisions, this pattern 
scale prevails practically over all the wing; the basal third 
of the scale is uniform in colour, being a warm brown gradu- 
ally changing into the green tint; under transmitted light 
the colour is grey gradually altering to a brownish-red. 
The shape and disposition of the scales in the Indian species 
I have examined are different from those we have considered 
before, and it will therefore be well to describe them. In 
Lampides aelianus the thick costal cable is composed of very 
long, narrow scales, tapering but slightly with bifid extremities, 
these scales are both very pale brownish, and bluish-white ; 
those in the subcostal area are also long but broadish, tapering 
wider to the apices which have four deepish crenulations, 
the two central points being the longest; these obtain to 
beyond the cell, whilst in the postmedian area they become 
