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Amblypodia annetta Staudinger. 



Amblypodia annetta Staudinger, Exot. Schmett. p. 281, Taf. 96, c? (1889). 

 Amblypodia annetta var. anna Staudinger, Exot. Schmett. p. 282 (1889). 



Hah. Batchian ; Waigeoe ; Saparua ; Amboina. 



Expanse, d 45-49, 2 53-55 mm. 



6 . Upperside : both wings very dark brown, primaries with a discal and submedian 

 patch of submetallic purplish blue ; secondaries with the blue confined almost to the 

 discal and median areas. The colour of this patch is given to vary somewhat, as I have 

 a specimen in which it is metallic deep azure and another in which it is metallic blue 

 of lavender tinge. Underside : both wings uniformly rather dark brown, occasionally 

 with a purple tinge ; primaries without any mark at all : secondaries with a submarginal 

 lunulated whitish interrupted stripe, preceded internally by a most obscure dark line ; 

 there is also a marginal pale spotted row most obscure at the apex, but quite distinct 

 at and near the anal angle ; lobe-spot blackish. I have two specimens from Waigeoe, 

 in both of which there is a distinct trace of the transverse line extending through 

 both wings ; this is entirely wanting in the type specimens from Batchian. 



? . Upperside : both wings dark brown, with a much more limited patch (even than 

 the male) of very pale greyish lustrous blue. Underside : both wings pale purplish 

 greyish brown, with a dark oblique stripe through both wings ; the posterior margin of 

 primaries broadly brown (not grey or purplish) ; secondaries with a submarginal tapering 

 spotted row palely edged on both sides, lobe-spot blackish. This description is taken 

 from Waigeoe specimens, as I do not possess a male from Batchian. 



The var. anna Staudinger is really not worthy of a name, the only difference being that 

 the blue has a slightly lavender tinge, and this, as we have seen, is variable, as also is 

 the pattern of the underside, or more accurately, I might say, absence of pattern ; the 

 female on the underside is precisely the same as the type female, but the blue of the 

 upperside has a slight greenish tinge, otherwise there is no difference. 



The species may be recognised from the others by the very small expanse of blue in 

 the males and by the different shape of the wings. 



Amblypodia paisina Ribbe. 



Amblypodia faisina Ribbe, Iris, vol. xii. p. 252, Taf. iv. fig. 16, ? (1899). 



Hal). Faisi Island (Bismarck Archipelago). 



This species is very near A. annetta Stgr., having been described from a unique 

 female which is the exact colour above of a female of Staudinger's species ; but Ribbe's 

 insect is smaller and can also be recognised by the broad pale band on the underside 

 of both wings. 



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