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58. Ambl5rpodia Atrax. 



Amblypodia Atrax, Hewitson. Pl. VII. 2 f. 80, 82. 



Upperside. Male. — Brilliaut violet-blue : the margins with a broad border, as in the last-de- 

 scribed. 



Underside rufons-brown, tinted with lilac. The transverse hand of the anterior wing hroken nt 

 the middle, the lower half at a greater distance from the margin. The posterior iviny has the central band 

 with its two branches unbroken : the anal angle irrorated with silvery-blue. 



Female. — Rufous-brown on the upjierside. The anterior wing only with a large spot 

 of lilac-blue from the base to the middle. It diffe^-s from the male in having the band of the anterior wing 

 unbroken : the upper branch of the band of the posterior wi?ig broken off. 



In the Collection of the British Museum from India. 



I have had much difficulty in making out these last two species to my satisfaction. I beheve that I am correct 

 with regard to the sexes of A. Atrax ; they may, however, belong to different species. 



59. Amblypodia Rama. 



Amblypodia Rama. Pl. VII. i f. 69, 70, 2 f. 71. 

 S . Thecla Rama, Kollar in Hugel's Kashmir, p. 412. pl. -1. f. 1, 2. 



Amblypodia Querceti, Boisd. MS. Boubl. Brit. Mas. List. Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. Miis. p. 43. 

 2 . Ambly])odia Dodonsea, Moore in Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. Mas. p. 43. pl. 1 a. f. 8. 



In the Collection of the British Museum from India. 



This species may be known by the silky gloss of the underside. It is the same in both sexes. 



60. Amblypodia Ganesa. 



Ambh'podia Ganesa. Pl. VII. S f- 72. 

 Amblypodia Ganesa, Moore in Horsf ^- Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. Mus. p. 44. pl. 1 a. f. 9. 

 In the Collection of the British Museum from Northern India. 



61. Amblypodia Vivama. 



Amblypodia Vivama. Pl. VII. J f. 7^, 77, 2 f. 75. 

 Amblypodia Vivama, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E. I. C. Mus. p. 99. Westw. in Boubl. ^ Hewits. Gen. Diur. Lep. 

 p. 478. Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. Mus. p. 39. 

 In the Collection of the British Museum from Java. 



Variety a. With the anterior wing somewhat more jiointed at the apex : the transverse band on the under- 

 side of the anterior wing straighter and less undulated. The anal angle of the posterior wing irrorated with 

 silvery-blue. 



In the Collection of A. R. Wallace from Singapore. 



Dr. Boisduval will have it that this is the Centauries of Fabricius ; he has nevertheless given the name of 

 Pseudo-Centaurus to a butterfly four times the size of this, and in no wise resembling it, which is really the 

 Fabriciau Centaurus. 



62. Amblypodia Amisena. 



Amblypodia Amisena, Hewitson. Pl. VII. f. 74, 78. 



Upperside dull lilac-blue. Anterior wing with the margins suffused with brown. Posterior wing 

 rufous-brown, glossed with blue in the middle. The transverse band of the anterior wing different from that of 



