LAMPIDIN^. 67 



Lampides selianus, var. agnnta. Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 228 (1844). 

 Plebeius malaccanus, Rober, Iris, i. p. 57, pi. 4, fig. 3, ^ (1886). 



Wet-season Brood (Figs. 1, $, la, ?, lb, $). 



Imago. — Male. Upperside bluish-white ; terminal line on both wings black, the 

 white lines of the underside showing through the wings. Hindioing with a black sul>- 

 terminal spot in interspace 2, and a black line from this spot to the anal angle running 

 a little way up the abdominal margin. Cilia white, grey at the tips. Underside 

 chocolate-brown, lines white. Forewing, with an oblique line from near the costa (with 

 a dot above its commencement) to the white hinder marginal space, a line across the 

 end of the cell with a dot above it, a line from near the costa (with a dot above it) to 

 the hinder margin, almost meeting there, the inner of the two sub-terminal lines ; a 

 line from near the costa to vein 3, with a slight outward curve, followed immediately 

 by two parallel lines which follow the shape of the outer margin, and are composed of 

 lunular marks joined together ; the last of these lines is rather near the margin, and 

 between it and the white anteciliary line is a series of blackish lunular spots. Hindiving 

 with six lines, the second, third and fourth terminating hindwards in angles, these lines 

 wdth the two sub-terminal lines cover the whole wing, and are for the most part at 

 equal distances apart, and extend right across the wing, with the exception of lines 

 4 and 5 ; the fourth commences on the median vein at the end of the cell, and the 

 fifth commences at the costa and ends on vein 3 ; nearly all the lines are formed of 

 broken parts ; the two sub-terminal lines are composed of broken lunular marks, and 

 are interrupted in interspace 2 by a large orange patch which caps a large black sub- 

 terminal spot, and there is another very small black spot at the anal angle with some 

 orange on it, the terminal lines of both wings are black, edged inwardly by a fine white 

 line ; tails black, tipped with white. Antennae black, ringed with white ; head and 

 body brown above, white beneath. 



Female. Upperside darker and duller than the male, especially on the inner 

 portions. Forewing with a broad black outer marginal band, broadest at the apex, 

 and extended a little on to the costa, the black running in a little on the veins, and 

 sometimes there is some black suff"usion on the outer portion of the hinder margin. 

 Hindioing with the costal space broadly blackish, a marginal black even band, containing 

 large white spots in the interspaces, with black, somewhat lunular spots inside them ; 

 terminal line black. Underside as in the male. 



Expanse of wings, $ % \\ inches. 



Dry-season Brood (Figs. Ic, $, Id, ?, le, $). 



Male and female on the upperside similar to the Wet-season form, except that the 

 marginal band on both wings in the female is paler and narrower. On the underside 



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