AMBLYPODIA. 14 e 



86. Amblypodia Alesia. 



Arhopala Alesia, Felder, Novum Expedition, pi. 29. f. 18, p. 235. 

 A beautiful thing, unlike any other species. 



87. Amblypodia (Enea, Hewitson. Plate III. c. fig. 55. 



Upperside. Male. — Violet-blue : the margins dark brown, narrow. 

 Underside rufous. Both wings with several very indistinct bands of a slightly darker 

 colour. Anterior wing with the transverse band unbroken, and of equal breadth. 

 Exp. 1^ inch. 

 In the Collection of Mr. W. S. Atkinson, from Darjeeling. 



88. Amblypodia Aronya, Hewitson. Plate III. b. figs. 45, 46. 



Upperside cerulean-blue mingled with white : the margins broadly brown. Anterior 

 wing marked by two brown spots, one at the end of the cell, the other near the apex. 

 Posterior wing rufous-grey near the costal margin, crossed obliquely by some lines of white 

 (seen through) . 



Underside. Both wings dark brown, with some circular spots near the base, and nume- 

 rous transverse linear bands of white. Posterior wing with the two black spots, the anal spot 

 crowned with pale blue, the other and the spot between them irrorated with the same blue. 



Exp. li^ inch. 



In the Collection of Mr. George Semper, from Mindanao. 



Nearest to A. Helms and A. Anthore. 



89. Amblypodia albopunctata, Hewitson. Plate III. b. j figs. 43, 44. 



Upperside. Male. — Brilliant cerulean-blue, with the fringe rufous. Anterior wing with 

 the costal and outer margins very slightly brown. Posterior wing with a white line before 

 the fringe. 



Underside rufous-brown, with numerous lines and minute spots of white. Anterior 

 wing with four white lines within and one at the termination of the cell : a bifid white spot 

 at the apex. Posterior wing with three white spots more conspicuous than the rest near the 

 basal half of the costal margin, and two black spots crowned with blue at the anal angle. 



Female does not differ from the male, except that it is of a paler dull blue, 

 and that the apex is broadly brown. 



Exp. m inch. 



In the Collection of Mr. W. S. Atkinson, of Calcutta, from Maulmain. 



