AMBLYPODIA GROUP OP THE LTC^ENID^E. Ill 



xlRHOPALA IRREGULARIS, 11. Sp. (Plate II. fig. 18, ? .) 



Hob. Celebes, Banka. 



Expanse, «j 38-13, ? 35-38 mm. 



6 . Upperside : both wings very deep, slightly shining, violet-blue ; the primaries 

 with costa broadly, apical and posterior marginal areas very broadly purplish black ; 

 secondaries with very broad margins all round, anteciliary line black, edged internally 

 from the upper median nervule to the anal angle with white ; fringes to both wings 

 tipped with white. Three tails fine brown, each white-tipped, central one very long. 

 Underside : both wings greyish brown, with very dark spots edged with white. Primaries 

 with a small spot at the extreme base of the cell, followed by two larger roundish ones, 

 the third well before the end of the cell ; two small spots are over the second and in 

 advance of it, the upper one touching the costa, one spot is over the third and in 

 advance of it, and touches a very broad irregular fascia which crosses the end of the 

 cell ; this fascia is narrower on the costa and terminates very widely on the lower median 

 nervule, and in its centre is a faint white dash indicating the end of the cell. Trans- 

 verse fascia very irregular, edged laterally only ; the second spot with its outer margin 

 shifted outwards, third with the inner margin shifted inwards, fourth outwards and 

 angulated in the centre of its inner margin, fifth right inwards, with its outer margin 

 slanting outwards and its inner very oblique and slightly angulated, sixth spot shifted 

 slightly inwards and oblique ; below this under the lower median nervule is an indefi- 

 nite small oblique dash ; submarginal row distinct, the lower spots very much suffused 

 inwardly and large, the three upper ones being quite > -shaped and much suffused 

 inwardly with whitish ; marginal stripe dark almost obsolete in centre ; anteciliary line 

 dark, edged internally with whitish ; submedian area greyish white, underneath the 

 base of the cell slightly darker. Secondaries darker than the primaries, with a good- 

 sized spot at the costal base ; a basal row of five spots all touching, the third and fourth 

 shifted outwards, the fifth beyond the internal nervure unusually large, followed by 

 three large spots, the upper one pear-shaped ; cell closed by a large spot with a pale 

 central dash, below which is a narrow suboval spot : transverse band very irregular 

 and edged laterally only, the upper spot having a double curve, followed by a larger 

 one whose lower inner margin touches the large spot closing the cell ; third spot 

 shifted right outwards, fourth outwards again, the fifth spot oblique, shifted inwards, 

 sixth merely a very dark narrow stripe, seventh and eighth also confluent, shifted right 

 inwards and little more than a very dark narrow stripe ; outside the three upper spots 

 there is a very dark suffusion up to the pale edging of the narrow scalloped submarginal 

 stripe, which stripe is continued from the costa right round above the metallic scaling 

 to the internal nervure ; a black spot at the anal angle and between the second and 

 lower median nervules, the space between and over Avhich is broadly filled with 

 brilliant bluish or greenish-bronzy metallic scales, which also extend into the upper 

 median space ; anteciliary line very dark, edged internally with whitish. 



