18 ME. G. T. BETHUNE-BAKER : A REVISION OF THE 



Amblypodia axita Hewitson. 



Amblypodia anita Hewitson, Cat. Lycaenidae B.M. p. 14. n. 66, pi. viii. figs. 90, 91, S (1862) ; 



Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1883, p. 147. n. 8; Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, 



p. 403. 

 Amblypodia narada var. ericksonii Wood-Mason and de Niceville, J. A. S. B. vol. xlix. pt. 2, p. 234. 



n. 53 (1880) ; et vol. 1. pt. 2, p. 250. n. 74 (1881) ; de Niceville, Butt. Ind. vol. iii. p. 211 



(1890). 

 Amblypodia naradoldes Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1879, p. 141; et Lep. Cey. vol. i. p. 114, 



pi. xliii. figs. 1, 1 a, ? (1881) ; de Niceville, Butt. Ind. vol. iii. p. 212 (1890). 

 Amblypodia darana Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1879, p. 141; et Lep. Cey. vol. i. p. 114, 



pi. xliii. fig. 2, ? (1881) ; de Niceville, Butt. Ind. vol. iii. p. 212 (1890). 

 Ambhjpodia arracana Grose-Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. xx. p. 268 (1887) ; 



de Niceville, Butt. Ind. vol. iii. p. 213 (1890). 

 Ambhjpodia anita Druce, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1895, p. 587. 



Hal. Siam, Madras, Sikkim, Sumatra, Ceylon, Arracan Hills ; Mangioli, Sula Island. 



Expanse, 6 & 2 , 50-57 mm. 



d . Upperside : both wings dull violet. Primaries with the posterior margin rather 

 broadly blackish, and the costa less broadly so. Secondaries with costa very broadly 

 and posterior margin narrowly blackish, lobe dull red. Tail stout. Underside : both 

 wings rufous brown, with an oblique transverse black line from the apex of the 

 primaries going right through both wings to the middle of the abdominal margin ; from 

 this line both wings are more or less suffused with dark scales — this, however, is very 

 variable indeed, the wings being occasionally almost uniform in colour. The primaries 

 have a very obscure submarginal spotted row, frequently almost obsolete, and the 

 secondaries, as well as the lobe-spot of the secondaries, are black, and there is also an 

 obscure black marginal spot between the second and lower median nervules. 



? . Upperside : both wings blackish brown, with the submedian and discal areas 

 dull slightly lustrous violet ; in the secondaries this colour is confined to the discal and 

 median areas. I have before me another form of this sex in which the patches on the 

 wings are brightish purplish blue. Underside of both just like male, but with the 

 transverse lines more marked and a slight grey scaling at the anal angle. 



I am quite unable to differentiate Mr. Moore's species and have most reluctantly 

 been compelled to sink his names, as I really cannot find any true points of distinction. 

 When the males are quite indistinguishable I do not consider it wise to make a species 

 on account of the female being of a different form to that usually found : this surely 

 points to nothing else than a dimorphic female, the original one probably being brown, 

 whilst the purplish one is a more recent development. 



The colour of §this species being so constant, it appears to be advisable to retain the 

 name as distinct from narada, it being an easily recognisable form. 



