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Arhopala muta (Hewitson). (Plate V. figs. 13 & 13 a.) 



Amblypodia muta Hewitson, Cat. Lycjenidse B.M. p. 11. n. 50, pi. vi. figs. 57 & 58, $ (1862) ; 

 id. 111. Diurn. Lep., Lye. p. 12 (1865). 



Rob. Java. 



Expanse, d 31-37, 2 31 mm. 



The genitalia have the hooks strongly curved downwards, with the attachment on 

 the inside of the tegumen ; the clasps are very broad at the base and at a third along 

 the upper margin are highly excavated, the rest of the clasp being very considerably 

 narrower. 



This is a species that is recognisable at a glance. 



Arhopala alaconia (Hewitson). 



Amblypodia alaconia Hewitson, 111. Diurn. Lep., Lye. p. 14, pi. iii. figs. 52 & 53 (1865). 

 Arhopala alaconia "Druce, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1895, p. 593. 



Hah. Borneo. 



Expanse, d & 2 , 42-44 mm. 



6 . Upperside : both wings dull violet, with unusually broad blackish borders all 

 round both wings. Underside : both wings dark and olivaceous brown, with darker 

 spots edged with cream-colour. Primaries with three increasing cell-spots ; below the 

 second and third are two others divided by the lower median nervule ; transverse 

 band composed of six spots, the first much compressed, third to sixth almost confluent, 

 shifted outwards, and having a slight oblique outward tendency ; the submarginal row 

 distinct to the lower median nervule, a patch of creamy scaling between the upper 

 three spots of the transverse band and the apex. Secondaries with spot at the basal 

 extremity of the costa and four basal spots, the second and fourth shifted inwards, 

 followed by four large ones below each other, the first and fourth of which touch the 

 previous row ; cell closed by an irregular spot ; transverse band composed of eight spots, 

 the first two excessively large, confluent, and irregular, third and fourth shifted outwards, 

 fifth smaller inwards, sixth outwards, seventh subangular, confluent with the small eighth ; 

 submarginal row distinct sublunular, with the second to fourth marks very dark; a 

 very small metallic-blue spot near the anal angle and a dark spot at the angle. 



The male and female of this species are precisely like each other. Oberthuri Stgr. 

 is its nearest ally, but it may at once be separated by the difference in colour of the 

 upperside, and the underside of the secondaries is much more uniform than is 

 Stan dinger's insect. 



Arhopala oberthuri (Staudinger). (Plate II. fig. 16, d .) 

 Amblypodia oberthuri Staudinger, Iris, vol. ii. p. 132, pi. ii. fig. 4 (1889). 

 Hah. Palawan ; Burma ; Upper Tenasserim. 

 Expanse, d 37-38, $ 40 mm. 



