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Arhopala drucei Bethune-Baker. 

 Arhopala drucei Bethune- Baker & Druce, P. Z. S. Lond. 1896, p. 661, pi. xxx. figs. 1 (J, 2 ? . 



Hab. Kina Balu, Borneo. 



Expanse, d 55, 2 50 mm. 



This is a very marked species and should be recognisable immediately ; I have only 

 seen a male and two females, all from Kina Balu, as mentioned in my original 

 description (I. c). 



Arhopala apha de Niceville. 



Arhopala apha de Niceville, Joum. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. ix. p. 287. n. 21, pi. O. fig. 31, $ 

 (1895). 



Hab. Tenasserim ; Burma ; Lombok. 



Expanse, a 48-58, 2 48 mm. 



This species is a very close ally of adatha Hew., but its under surface is of a pinker 

 and richer brown, whilst the spots are very much darker than in Hewitson's species. 

 The upperside of apha is of a very much brighter and more shining blue and its outer 

 borders are rather broader : there should be no difficulty in separating these species. 

 I have recently received a pair of apha from Herr Fruhstorfer, taken in the Isle of 

 Lombok. 



Arhopala adatha (Hewitson). 



Amblypodia adatha Hewitson, Cat. Lye. B.M. pi. iv. figs. 29, 30, & 31, $ (1862) ; id. 111. Diurn. 



Lep., LycEenidse, p. 8. n. 28 (1865) ; Butler, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., ser. 2, Zoology, vol. i. 



p. 548. n. 4 (1877). 

 Narathura adatha Distant, Rhop. Malay, p. 265 (figures incorrect) (1885). 

 Arhopala adatha de Niceville, Butt. Ind. vol. iii. p. 247. 



Hab. Amboina ; Malacca ; Singapore ; Celebes ; Philippine Islands (Mindanao 

 and Mindoro). 



Expanse, d & 2 , 48-54 mm. 



d ■ Upperside : both wings dark, somewhat purplish blue, primaries with costa 

 narrowly and posterior margin less narrowly black, secondaries with costa very broadly 

 and posterior margin rather narrowly blackish ; lobe spot black, edged above with 

 whitish ; tail blackish, white-tipped. Underside : both wings rufous brown, with dark 

 spots palely encircled. Primaries with three increasing discal spots ; above the third is 

 a small spot on the costa and below it (the third) is another in the lower median angle, 

 the subdiscal area is darker ; submedian area quite pale up to the submarginal row ; 

 transverse band oblique, composed of six confluent spots, the first on the costa being the 

 smallest, the second, third, and fourth are continuous, fifth very slightly shifted inwards, 



