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In both sexes the apex of the primaries is produced into a short hook tip. 



This species is somewhat near paramuta de N., but may easily be recognised by the 

 paler and brighter blue, the cell being closed by a black spot on the upperside of the 

 primaries, and by its larger size, whilst the colour of the under surface is much smoother 

 and rather more uniform. The genitalia are very close to those of A. rama and dodonea, 

 with the penis strongly bent near the orifice. The clasps are, however, broader, and 

 the lateral supports of the tegumen straighter. 



Arhopala paramuta (de Niceville). (Pi ate IV. figs. 22 & 22 a.) 



Panchala? paramuta de Niceville, Journ. A. S. B. vol. liii. pt. 2, p. 81. n. 23, pi. ix. figs. 7 $ , 



7 a ? (1883). 

 Darasana newara Moore, torn. cit. p. 42 (1884) ; Waterhouse, Aid, pi. clxv. figs. 4, 4 a, <$ 



(1886). 

 Arhopala paramuta de Niceville, Butt. Ind. vol. iii. p. 268 (1890). 



Ilab. Nepal ; Sikkim ; Khasia Hills. 



Expanse, 6 & S , 34-36 mm. 



De Niceville says (I. c.) this is a common species in Sikkim, occurring in April and 

 May. It is very easily separated from those near it, being a very distinct little species. 

 The genitalia are distinct, having a compact heavy tegumen, with short, nearly straight 

 hooks ; the clasps are just the shape of a ham cut off sharply at the knuckle end. The 

 penis is nearly straight. 



Arhopala zeta (Moore). 



Amblypodia zeta Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, p. 590, pi. lviii. fig. 6, $ . 

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

 Arhopala zeta Moore; de Niceville, Butt. India, vol. iii. p. 268 (1890). 



Hab. S. Andaman Isles. 



Expanse, ? , 31 mm. 



? . Upperside : both wings brilliant pale blue ; primaries with costa broadly black 

 up to apex of cell, where it suddenly increases in width up to the apex, outer 

 margin very broadly black ; secondaries with very broad margins all round. Under 

 side : both wings warm cinnamon-brown, with darker spots palely encircled. Primaries 

 with three increasing cell-spots, below the third another spot in the lower median 

 angle ; transverse band composed of five (I six) spots ; both wings have been injured 

 here, and it is not possible to say whether there is a small spot on the costa or not ; 

 spots confluent, the first three forming a very slight arc, and the fourth and fifth having 

 a slight inward tendency, submarginal and marginal rows obscure ; subdiscal area 

 darker, submedian paler, than the ground-colour. Secondaries with four small basal 

 spots, the third shifted slightly outwards, followed by four larger spots below each 



