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Arhopala alemon de Niceville. (Plate V. figs. 24 & 24 a.) 



Arhopala alemon de Niceville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. p. 371, pi. F. figs. 20 $ , 21 ? 

 (1891). 



Hob. Burma. 



Expanse, s 40, $ 46 mm. 



De Niceville likens this species to A. rama Kollar, but it is a much closer ally of 

 A. hewitsoni mihi; indeed the males are difficult to separate; alemon is somewhat 

 larger, with the violet colour rather more subdued, slightly more extensive and 

 indefinite as to its outer margins ; the females are, however, more easily separated, 

 being very much larger, with the whitish patch pupilled with black closing the cell, 

 whilst below the ground-colour is without any violet tinge, decidedly paler than 

 A. heivitsoui, the spots consequently showing proportionately darker. 



I have at present seen only this species from Burma, where it probably replaces 

 A. heivitsoni in certain districts. The genitalia are slighter in proportion than those 

 of the previous species, the hooks are longer, and the clasps smaller. The penis is 

 nearly straight. 



Arhopala canaraica (Moore). 



Satadra canaraica Moore, Journ. A. S. B. vol. liii. pt. 2, p. 39 (1884); Water-house, Aid, pi. clxv. 



figs. 5, 5 a, S (1886). 

 Arhopala canaraica de Niceville, Butt. India, vol. iii. p. 245. n. 799 (1890). 



Hah. Canara, S. India {Moore) ; Travancore (de Niceville). 



Expanse, d 40-45, 2 44-45 mm. 



This species is somewhat near alemon de N., but can be easily separated by the blue 

 colour of the upperside and by the purplish tinge of the brown of the under surface, 

 which is also decidedly darker than in alemon ; the pattern is likewise smaller and 

 darker, 



Arhopala alea (Hewitson). 



Amblypodia alea Hewitson, Cat. Lycsenida; B.M. p. 12. n. 57, pi. vii. figs. 79, 81, $ (1862). 

 Satadra alea Moore, J. A. S. B. vol. liii. pt. 2, p. 38 (1884). 

 Arhopala alea de Niceville, Butt. Ind. vol. iii. p. 246 (1890). 



Hal. India. 



" Male. Upperside : both wings violet-blue ; fore wing with the outer margin rather 

 broad. Hind wing with the margins as broad as in the females of other species. 

 Underside : both wings brown, tinted with lilac. Tore wing with the transverse band 

 long and narrow, slightly curved. Hind wing with the band broken, ill-defined ; the 

 anal angle irrorated with white.'' (Hewitson, I. c.) 



This species Hewitson described from a specimen in the National Collection which 



