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other, the hinder marginal space from these spots to the hinder angle very pale, almost 

 whitish ; a discal series of six conjoined squarish spots forming an almost even, out- 

 wardly curved band, the fifth spot being a little inwards. Ilindwing with the four 

 sub-basal spots and the usual three in a line of the second series, apparently present, 

 but very indistinct, a bar at the end of the cell, a square spot between it and the third 

 spot of the second series touching both ; a discal band of eight spots, the second larger 

 than the others, its lower edges touching both the cell bar and the upper inner edge of 

 the third spot, all the spots more or less square, the fourth and the sixth shifted rather 

 outwards, marginal line of both wings dark red-brown, a sub-marginal band, luuular on 

 the hindwing and between them a series of small lunular marks. 



Female. Upperside, both wings pale sub-lustrous azure-blue. Forewing with a 

 broad brown costa, very broad outej- margin and yet broader apical area. Hindwing 

 with very broad margins all round, broadest at the costa. Underside like the male, but 

 much paler and not so rich in colour, pattern just the same, but inclined to be rather 

 obscure. 



Expanse of wings, ^ $ ly'g inches. 



Habitat. — Burma, Assam, Java. 



DiSTRiBDTiON. — The type came from Java, de Niceville's type from Tenasserim ; 

 it is in the Berlin Museum from Assam, and we have several examples from the 

 Khasia Hills. 



ARHOPALA AGELASTUS. 

 Plate 694, figs. 1, ^, la, 9, lb, $. 



Amhlypodia agelastus, Hewitson, Cat. Lye. B. M. p. 12, pi. 6, figs. 61, 62, 9 (1862). 

 Narathura agelastus, Moore, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1886, p. 44. 

 ArJtopala agelastus, de Niceville (part), Butt, of India, iii. p. 278 (1890). 

 Arhopala agelastus, Bethune-Baker, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1903, p. 136. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside bright purplish-blue. Forewing with the costal band 

 narrowly black, the apex broadly black, narrowing gradually to little more than a thick 

 line before it reaches the hinder angle. Ilindwing with the costal space broadly black, 

 the outer marginal black band narrow and fairly uniform, abdominal fold blackish. 

 Cilia black, no tails. Underside pale ochreous-brown, markings slightly darker than 

 the ground colour, edged with greyish-ochreous. Forewing with three small cell spots, 

 the one at the end of the cell the largest, a small outwardly oblique spot below it, 

 another well separated small spot below the centre cell spot, a discal band of six con- 

 joined even-sized spots, the first smaller than the rest, the band very nearly straight 

 down, very slightly outwardly curved above its middle. Hindwing with four sub-basal 

 spots, the fourth a little inwards, followed by three larger spots in a line, the third 

 largest and somewhat triangular, a curved bar at the end of the cell, a spot between it 



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