230 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



touching each other between it and the upper spot of the discal series, a short 

 outwardly oblique spot touching the lower end of the discoidal spot, another but 

 longer outwardly oblique spot below its inner end, and a spot in the next lower 

 interspace all touching each other, the space outside all these spots up to the discal 

 series and the entire space below them whitish. Hlndwing with a rather large costal 

 spot at the base, four sub-basal spots, the upper one well separated from the costa, all 

 four rather close together, the fourth well inwards near the abdominal margin, followed 

 l>y three larger spots also rather close together, the upper one nearly touching the costa 

 and limiting and half obliterated by a large square whitish patch, which on its other 

 side is limited by and half obliterates the upper spot of the discal series, a curved bar, 

 slightly constricted at its middle, at the end of the cell, with a spot between its lower 

 inner end and the third spot of the second series, touching both ; a discal, well curved 

 series of eight spots, the first two from the costa, the lower inner end of the second 

 touching the upper outer end of the discoidal bar, the next two below well separated 

 from the two upper ones, placed well outwards, and nearer the outer margin than is 

 usual, the upper outer end of the fifth touching the lower inner end of the fourth, 

 joined to the sixth, which is long with a thin end curving below the seventh, which is 

 curved as usual, and joins the eighth, which runs inwards and upwards to the abdominal 

 margin below its middle, both wings with a sub-marginal lunular series, terminal brown 

 line, with a whitish inner line, with small lunular marks attached, a black spot at the 

 anal angle, a smaller black spot in each of the following interspaces, all capped with a 

 few metallic blue scales. 



Female. Upperside pale blue. Forewlng, with the costal and outer margins broadly 

 black, a black spot at the end of the cell touching the black costal band, a white patch 

 within the end of the cell, and another beyond the black discoidal spot. Hindwing 

 with the costal space broadly black, the outer marginal black band narrow. Underside 

 as in the male. 



Expanse of wings, $ $ ly\ to l-j^ inches. 



Habitat. — Burma. 



Distribution. — The types came from Tilin Yaw, de Niceville also records it from 

 Maulmein, and Bethune-Baker from Tenasserim. 



ARHOPALA AMMONIDES. 



Plate 697, figs. 1, ^, la, <J . 



Acesina ammonides, Doherty, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1890, p. 34. 



Arhijiala ammonides, Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 630, pi. 44, fig. 7. Bethune-Baker, Trans. 



Zool. Soc. 1903, p. 143, pi. 3, fig. 31, ^. 

 Arhopala ammon, de NiceviUe (part). Butt, of- India, iii. p. 243 (1890). 



Imago. — Male. Upperside brilliant blue, or dark morpho-blue ; the borders very 



