AMBLYPODIA. 



Genus AMBLYPODIA. 



Amblypodia, Horsfield. 

 Arhopala, Boisduval. 



The genus Amblypodia of the " Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera " seems to me to con- 

 tain materials for several genera. 1 have included here the first thirteen species only 

 of that work. These, and the numerous beautiful new species from the Collection of 

 Mr. Wallace, form a very natural group. A. Narada and A. Anita, though somewhat 

 aberrant (the males having a fourth branch from the subcostal nervure), are well placed 

 where they are, and I think that it would be a mistake to separate them. Of the true 

 position of A. Lycesnaria of Felder and A. Cceca of the plate I have more doubt — they are 

 of much more slender proportions than the rest of the genus. A. Vtvarna, A. Amisena, 

 and A. Quercetorum are perhaps not very well placed here — their presence seems some- 

 what to mar the uniformity of the genus ; but as I know of no better position for 

 them at present, I prefer to keep them where they are rather than to place them (as 

 Dr. Felder proposes to do) in the genus Myrina. 



1. Amblypodia Hercules. 



Arhopala Hercules, Boisduval, MS. 



Amblypodia Hercules, Hewitson, Brit. Mus. Cat. Lye. pi. 8. f. 92, 93. 



2. Amblypodia Centaurus. 



Amblypodia Centaurus, Horsfield, Cat. Lep. E.I. C.Mas, p. 102. 

 Polyommatus Helus, Oodart, Enc. Meth. p. 652. 

 Amblypodia Pseudo-Centaurus, Douhleday, Brit. Mas. List. 

 Amblypodia Nakula, Felder, Lep. Malayica, Wien. Ent. Monats. iv. p. 395. 



3. Amblypodia Acerba, Hewitson. Plate I. c? fig. 5. 



Upperside. Male. — Brilliant ultramarine blue : the margins very narrow, black. 

 Underside rufous-brown clouded, the spots and bands indistinct. Anterior wing with 



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