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moelleri, this, however, is decidedly variable in the specimens before me of the latter 

 species. Under these circumstances 1 have no option but to sink de Niceville's 

 moelleri under chinensis Feld. My figure is taken from Felder's type. The genitalia 

 have the tegumen highly excavated, so that the apex is produced into a strong curved 

 hook, the hooks themselves are sharply angled, the clasps are in two portions, the fore 

 portion receding within the hinder portion to a large extent, the latter being rather 

 small. The penis is very stout and strongly curved. 



Arhopala aeeste (Hewitson). 



Amblypodia areste Hewitson, Cat. Lye. B.M. p. 10. n. 44, pi, v. figs. 43 & 44, $ (1862). 



Nilasera ? areste de Niceville, J. A. S. B. vol. lii. pt. 2, p. 97. n. 247 (1883). 



Satadra areste Moore, J. A. S. B. vol. liii. pt. 2, p. 41 (1884). 



Satadra patuna Moore, torn. cit. p. 40. 



Arhopala areste de Niceville, Butt. Ind. vol. iii. p. 271 (1890). 



Hab. Nepal ; Sikkim ; Khasia Hills. 



Expanse, 6 & 5 , 38-41 mm. 



This species is very close indeed to chinensis Feld., from which it may be separated 

 by the different colour and pattern of the underside of the secondaries, by the absence 

 of any metallic scales at the anal angle, and by the absence of any red at the base of 

 the primaries, and in a lesser degree by the fact that chinensis has an exceedingly 

 short tail, little more than a tooth perhaps, but in areste this is represented only by 

 the outline of the wings being strongly scalloped. 



. It has hitherto been taken only in Sikkim and Assam ; de Niceville says it is a rare 

 species, occurring at low elevations in August, September, and November, so that it is 

 one of the most restricted species of the genus. The genitalia are very close to the 

 previous species, but the clasps are more pointed and differently placed. 



Arhopala bazalus (Hewitson). 



Amblypodia bazalus Hewitson, Cat. Lye. B.M. p. 8. n. 38, pi. iv. figs. 37 & 38, $ (1862). 

 Satadra bazalus Moore, J. A. S. B. vol. liii. pt. 2, p. 39 (1884). 



Satadra teesta de Niceville, J. A. S. B. vol. Iv. pt. 2, p. 253. n. 6, pi. xi. fig. 3, S (1886). 

 Arhopala teesta de Niceville, Butt. Ind. vol. iii. p. 250. n. 806, pi. xxvii. fig. 197, <J (1890). 

 Arrhopala teesta de Niceville and Martin, J. A. S. B. vol. lxiv. pt. 2, p. 466. n. 400 (1895). 

 Nee Arhopala bazalus de Niceville, Butt. Ind. vol. iii. p. 249. n. 804 (1890). 



Hab. Sikkim ; Sylhet ; Upper Tenasserim ; Sumatra ; Borneo ; Japan. 



Expanse, c? & $ , 46—54 mm. 



<S . Upperside : both wings excessively deep dull purple, suffused with a silky- 

 brown lustre ; primaries with the costa very narrowly, and the outer margin less 

 narrowly black ; secondaries with the costa very broadly and the outer margin less 

 broadly blackish. Tail blackish, tipped with white, moderately long. Underside 

 exactly like that of singla de Nicev., except that in the primaries the transverse band 



