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the fifth and sixth in a line from the inner part of the fourth, the seventh spot out- 

 wardly oblique, a little inwards and smaller than the others. Hindwing with four 

 sub-basal spots, the third a very little outwards, the fourth well inwards, close to the 

 abdominal margin, followed by three larger spots in a line, the upper two somewhat 

 oval, the third of irregular shape, a sub-quadrate spot at the end of the cell, with a 

 smaller spot attached to its inner, lower end ; a discal series of eight spots, the upper 

 two one above the other, the inner, lower end of the second touching the upper, outer 

 end of the discoidal spot, the third spot of the discal series is placed outwards, its upper, 

 inner end just touching the lower, outer end of the second, the fourth a little moi-e 

 outwards, the fifth and sixth inwards one above the other, all the above are attached to 

 each other, the seventh spot is angular and is detached and well inwards, and with the 

 eighth, which is more or less square and is much inwards and near the abdominal margin, 

 form a well turned curve to the series ; both wings with sub-terminal spots, more ur 

 less lunular, a terminal brown line, edged inwardly by a whitish line ; a black anal spot, 

 black lunular sub-terminal marks in the two next interspaces, capped with metallic 

 blue-green scales. 



Female. Upperside pale violet. Forewing with a black costal band suddenly 

 expanding from the middle, the band very broad at the apex and running very broadly 

 down the outer margin. Ilindicing with the costa broadly black, the outer margin 

 with a moderately broad black band. Underside as in the male. 



Expanse of wings, $ % lyV to I^q inches. 



Habitat. — Burma, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines. 



Distribution. — The type came from Sumatra, we have it from Borneo, de Niceville 

 records it from Singapore, Mergui and Tenasserim, Elwes from Eastern Pegu, and it is 

 iu the B. M. also from the Ye Valley. 



It closely resembles A. epimuta, Moore, but that species has no tails. 



ARHOPALA ^DIAS. 



Plate 684, figs. 3, <? , 3a, ? , 3b, $ . 



AnMypodia sedias, Hewifcson, Cat. Lye. B. M. p. 6, pi. 4, fig. 36, ^ (1862) ; id. 111. Diurn. Lep. Lye. 



p.- 7 (1865). 

 Arhopala sedias, Bethune-Baker, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1903, p. 124, pi. 3, fig. 4, ^ .■ 



Imago. — Male. Upperside pale lilac-blue, metallic in certain lights, the blue 

 colour with a dark shading towards the margins making the wings look in certain lights 

 as if they had broad marginal bands of a pale lilac colour, costal and outer marginal 

 lines black, tails long, black, tipped with white, abdominal fold grey, a black anal spot 

 with a small white spot on its fringe. Cilia blackish, with white tips on each side of 

 the tails. Underside pale chestnut-brown, markings slightly darker brown with 



