254 On Three new LycaenidaB /rom New Guinea. 



ArJiopala leo^ sp. n. 



Alied to A. hercules^ Hew. 

 r?. Upperside a more brilliant and bluer shade of purple. 



Underside li^-lit shining silvery emerald-green, with ban<'ls 

 and spots arranged as in A. hercules^ but the two spots in the 

 cell of the fore vving, the one under the costal nervure, and 

 the two within the cell of the hind wing deep black with 

 whitish rings ; the band on both wings is also bordered with 

 whitish, and the spots and markings on the upper part of the 

 anal margin of the hind wing are either very minute or have 

 entirely disappeared. 



? . Upperside differs considerably from A. hercuJes ? by 

 the more violaceous and much more extensive blue colour, the 

 outer margin of the fore wing being narrowly and that of the 

 liind wing very narrowly brown. There is also no trace of the 

 distinct brown mark which closes the cell of the hind wing of 

 A. hercuJes ? . 



Underside as in male, but slightly duller. 



The lobe in both sexes is less produced than in A. hercuhs. 



Expanse, ^ 2nr, ? 2^ inches. 



Hah. Humboldt Bay (September and October). 



Distinguished from its ally by its smaller size, altogether 

 different female, and by the wings of both sexes being more 

 transparent, and so enabling the spots and bands on the under- 

 side to be seen through on the upperside, and by the light 

 colour of the underside. 



M. Kirsch (MT. Mus. Dresd. i. p. 127, 1877), in describing 

 two specimens received from Ansus, which he refers to 

 A. hercules, Hew., states that the female was unknown to 

 Hewitson and Felder and that it is bright brown on the 

 upperside without a trace of violet-blue ; but it does not 

 appear clear whether that remark applies to a specimen from 

 Ansus or Java. I have not seen a specimen from Java or 

 Makassar (whence the type was derived), but have before me 

 several females from ]\linahassa which have the blue on the 

 disks very distinct and are much like Felder's figure of 

 A. araxes $ . Dr. Staudingcr (Exot. Tagf. p. 280), who is 

 of opinion that Boisduval's locality, " Java," is incorrect, 

 describes the form found in Waigiou under the name hercu- 

 lina, and states that it has two forms of female, one 

 nearly all blue on the upperside, the other with no blue at 

 all. Messrs. CJodman and iSalvin's collection contains both 

 sexes from Waigiou, the female having the blue on the upper- 

 side quite as extensive as A. Ico $ , but of a decided violet 

 shade ; and 1 think it probable that those female specimens 



