78 ME. G-. T. BETHTJNE-BAKER : A EE VISION OE THE 



Arhopala antharita Grose-Smith. 



Arhopala antharita Grose-Smith, Novit. Zool. vol. i. p. 583 (1894) ; id. Rhop. Exot. part 44, 

 Lye. no. 8, pi. xv. figs. 9 & 10, ? (1898). 



Hah. New Guinea \ 



Expanse, $ , 78 mm. 



I admit this species with doubt. It is described from a single specimen, and has, as 

 Mr. Grose-Smith says, a very strong resemblance to anunda Hew., which species is 

 decidedly variable, even in its females, some of which are entirely brown on the upper- 

 side, as this species is. There being only one specimen extant, it is impossible to 

 say more than this at present. 



Arhopala anthelus (Doubleday and Hewitson). 



Amblypodia anthelus Doubleday and Hewitson, Gen. Diurn. Lep. vol. ii. p. 478. n. 5, pi. lxxiv. 

 fig. 6, S (1852) ; Hewitson, Cat. Lycjenidce B.M. p. 5. n. 22, pi. iii. figs. 23 & 24, $ (1862). 

 Satadra anthelus Moore, Journ. A. S. B. vol. iii. pt. 2, p. 38 (1884). 

 Narathura anthelus Distant, Rhop. Malay, p. 263. n. 3. 

 Arhopala anthelus de Niceville, Butt. Ind. vol. iii. p. 259. n. 818 (1890). 



Hab. Moulmein ; Upper Tenasserim and % Mergui. 



Expanse, i 65-66, ? 60-62 mm. 



d . Upperside : both wings brilliant, lustrous, rather deep morpho-blue, deepening 

 slightly on the outer edges ; primaries with a rather narrow brown costa and wider 

 black outer margin ; secondaries with broad black costa, narrow outer margin, and a 

 broadish patch of blackish at the anal angle. Lobe only moderately developed. Tail 

 stout, long, black, tipped with white, the nervule on each side of which is slightly 

 elongated so as to form a very short tooth. Underside : both wings very uniform, soft, 

 rather pale ochreous brown, with spots, some very dark, and some with only an inner 

 linear edging of dark brown, edged rather palely. Primaries with a heavy dark double 

 spot at base of cell ; a much larger treble confluent spot in the middle, the two upper 

 spots having paler central irrorations ; cell closed by a very large distinct spot, above 

 and below which is another one, the upper one having the greyish central scaling ; all 

 these spots are almost black ; subdiscal area very dark brown ; transverse band 

 composed of six spots, the upper four palish with a double edging, the inner dark, the 

 outer slightly paler than ground, the fifth and sixth almost black ; the second spot is 

 shifted well outwards, third very slightly inwards, fourth (a darker spot than the 

 previous ones) outwards but with an inward inclination, fifth spot large, shifted inwards, 

 sixth very large, with an outward inclination ; a trace of a submarginal very dark row. 

 Secondaries with a rather dark narrow costal stripe ; a blackish spot at the basal 

 extremity of the costa, with another blackish spot beside it ; four basal spots, the 



