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can find no records of it at all. With a distinct species like this we may expect to 

 find the genitalia somewhat specialised ; as will be seen from fig. 12, Plate IV., the 

 clasps are peculiar, and the tegumen is not so ample, whilst the penis is small. 



Arhopala elfeta (Hewitson). 

 Amblypodia elfeta Hewitson, 111. Diurn. Lep., Lye. p. 14 b, pi. iii a. fig. 40, ? (1865) . 



Hal. Sulu (Celebes). 



Expanse, 2 , 54 mm. 



$ . Upperside : both wings brown, with a slight scattering of very pale silvery-blue 

 scales over the basal area, not extending beyond the cell. Tail present but broken. 

 Underside dull brown, with all the spots but slightly darker than the ground and 

 distinctly encircled with pale greyish or whitish. Primaries with three large cell-spots, 

 the third very large and irregular, extending down to the lower median nervule, with a 

 very small spot above it on the costa. Transverse band consisting of six spots — first 

 spot small, second, third, and fourth evenly and obliquely inclined outwards and 

 shifted well out from the first small spot ; fifth spot shifted well inwards, almost touching 

 the third large cell-spot ; sixth spot below the fifth but with an outward inclination ; 

 below this is another very small spot ; subraarginal row fairly distinct, marginal row 

 obscure ; subdiscal area dark, submedian area pale. Secondaries with four large basal 

 spots, the fourth shifted inwards ; above the uppermost is another on the extreme basal 

 edge of the costa ; these are followed by three large spots below each other, the lowest 

 being prolonged outwards. Cell closed by an irregular spot, below which is a small 

 one in the lower median angle. Transverse band composed of eight distinct spots — the 

 second shifted outwards, the third and fourth shifted outwards, fifth inwards, sixth 

 outwards, seventh angular spot well inwards and touching the eighth which is unusually 

 long and straight ; submarginal row distinct and crescentic, marginal row fairly 

 distinct; three blackish spots at the anal angle, the middle one almost covered with 

 submetallic pale bluish scales. 



This species is a very close ally of azata de Niceville, of which at present only the 

 male is known ; the spots are larger, especially that closing the cell, but the pattern is 

 similar, and I expect when more material comes to hand that de Niceville's name will 

 probably fall as a synonym of this. 



Aehopala azata de Niceville. 

 Arhopala azata de Niceville, Journ. A. S. B. vol. lxiv. pt. ii. p. 466. n. 404 (1895) ; id. Joum. 

 Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. x. p. 172. n. 21, pi. T. figs. 32 6> 33 ? (1896). 



Hab. Malay Peninsula (Perak) ; Sumatra. 

 Expanse, <$ , 4S mm. 



This species, coming between padus Felder and eridanus Felder, may be known 

 from the former by its much smaller size, the colour of the upperside is very much 



