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outermost pale line ; a submarginal fuscous fascia, continuous, increas- 

 ing, rather prominent in the forewing, macular and obsolete in the 

 hindwing. Forewing with the inner margin up to the first median 

 nervule pale ; a small oval spot towards the base, a larger oval 

 one at the middle, and a still larger quadrate one at the end of 

 the discoidal cell ; above the latter is a prominent costal spot ; 

 a large spot in the submedian interspace at the point where the 

 first median nervule arises ; a smaller one at the base of the first 

 median interspace ; the discal band twice dislocated, consisting of four, 

 then two, then a single spot. Hindwing with the usual four small 

 round spots across the base ; a subcostal spot ; a round spot in the 

 middle, and an oblong one closing the cell ; the latter followed by a 

 small spot near the base of the first median interspace, and then by a 

 large one across the middle of the submedian interspace ; the discal 

 band highly dislocated, the anterior pair of spots far removed from 

 the pair next to it, touching and placed almost in a line with the 

 terminal spot in the cell, the second and third pairs of spots touching 

 each other, the seventh spot V-shaped, the eighth elongated, touch- 

 ing the internal nervure, both these latter spots standing alone ; 

 anal lobe large, bearing a deep black spot, anteriorly with a few 

 metallic green scales ; a few similar scales on the margin between 

 the anal lobe and the base of the tail ; anterior to the anal lobe is 

 a lengthened obscure irrorated fascia composed of black and white 

 scales ; tail black tipped with white. 



This species belongs to a large and difficult group of the genus 

 Arhopala. It is near to fig. 29, pi. iv, of Hewitson's Cat. Lycamidm 

 Brit. Mus. (1862), named "Amblypodza" adatha on the plate, from 

 Singapore probably, but differs in the ground-colour of the underside 

 being pale ochreous-brown instead of rufous, and in having an 

 additional spot on the costa of the forewing on the underside. It is 

 also very near to A. silhetensis, Hewitson, figs. 27, 28 of the same 

 plate, from Sylhet, but if I have correctly identified that species the 

 shape of the wings is different, -as is also the shade of blue of the 

 upperside, A. silhetensis being of a much lighter colour. It is also 

 near to A. adorea, de Niceville,* the types of which are now in the 



* Butt, of India, Burma an i Ceylon, vol. iii, p. 238, n. 789, pi. Frontispiece, fig. 139, 

 male (1890). 



