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de Niceville, but the colour in A. apha is still richer ; in markings it 

 differs from that species in having an additional costal spot, and all 

 the spots are much smaller. 



Described from three males and one female in my collection. 



22. ARHOPALA ANELLA, n. sp., PI. P, Fig. 32, ?. 



Habitat : Perak, Malay Peninsula. 



Expanse : $ , 2*0 inches. 



Description : Female. Upperside, /bm^'w^ with the costa some- 

 what widely, the apex widely, and the outer margin widely and evenly 

 shining fuscous ; a narrow fuscous anteciliary line inwardly defined by 

 an equally fine whitish line ; the disco-cellular nervules defined by a 

 fuscous bar ; all the rest of the wing shining bluish-purple. Hindwing 

 with the costa, outer, and abdominal margins broadly shining fuscous; 

 the outer margin bearing a well-marked series of black lunules, one 

 in each interspace, outwardly defined by a narrow whitish anteciliary 

 line ; the upper disco-cellular nervule marked by a black bar ; the 

 rest of the wing shining bluish-purple. Tails three, fuscous tipped 

 with white, a short one at the termination of the second, a long one at 

 the termination of the first median nervule, and a short one (the 

 shortest of all) at the termination of the submedian nervure. Under- 

 side, both wings brown with a slight vinous suffusion, all the spots of 

 a darker shade of brown than the ground-colour, each outwardly 

 defined by a prominent narrow brown line of a much lighter shade of 

 brown than the ground-colour. Forewing with an oval spot towards 

 the base, a larger oval spot across the middle, and a still larger some- 

 what quadrate-shaped spot closing the discoidal cell ; a costal spot 

 above the middle spot in the cell ; a large oval spot at the base of the 

 first median interspace, posterior to which in the submedian interspace 

 is a large quadrate pale spot or area, which outwardly bears a pair of 

 geminated spots of the usual description ; a discal series of six spots, the 

 four anterior ones in a straight line, placed strongly outwardly 

 obliquely, the two posteriormost ones of the discal series strongly shifted 

 inwardly, placed one beneath the other in the median interspaces, 



