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rufous-yellow, and the spots are silvery-white, bordered with 

 pale brown. 



GENUS MILETUS. 



Miletus, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 71 (1816). 



Theda, sect. Hypochrysops, Felder, Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 243 



(1860). 

 Hypochrysops, Felder, Reise Novara, Lepid. ii. p. 251 (1865); 



Schatz & Rober, Exot. Schmett. ii. p. 272 (1892); 



H, H. Druce, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1891, p. 179. 

 This is one of the most characteristic genera of the Austro- 

 Malayan Region, and one of the most richly ornamented. On 

 the upper side it is generally blue, 01 blue and black, or brown, 

 frequently with a white blotch on the fore-wings, and 

 occasionally orange-tawny ; but beneath it is decorated with 

 red spots and bands bordered with silver, on a brown ground, 

 or with metallic blue lines and rows of spots bordered with 

 black or tawny, and set off by large masses of white on the 

 fore-wings. 



The type is M. polydetus (Linnaeus), from Ceram and 

 Amboina, which expands about an inch and a half. The 

 male is of a rich blue above, with black borders, and the 

 female is black, with more or less of the base greenish-blue. 

 The under surface is dark brown, with numerous red bands 

 bordered with black, and then. with golden-green. 



We now come to the immense group of small blue Butter- 

 flies, which have latterly been divided into numerous genera, 

 at least as regards the Indo-Malayan species. These genera 

 will be briefly noticed, with reference to those which contain 

 European (and especially British) species, and to one or two of 

 the more remarkable of the exotic forms. It must be remem- 

 bered that such names as Plcbeius^ Cupido, Lyc<zna> and 

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