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rib" line being almost entirely obscured in the male, faintly 

 present in the female. , 



(d) H. anita andamanica, ssp. nov. 



Keadily distinguished from A. anita in the male by the more 

 bluish coloration of the upperside and the very dark underside ; 

 in the female by the larger bright blue area of the fore wing and 

 the repetition of the same colour over a large area centrally on 

 the hind wing. On the underside of the female there seem to- 

 be no distinguishing features. 



B.M. Types No. Kb. 201 S , 202 2 , Andamans (ex Hewitson 

 Coll.). 



Confined to the Andamans. 



This race has been variously regarded as erichsoni, narada or 

 anita by different authors. The genitalia of the male prove it 

 to belong to anita. • 



(e) H. anita hainana, Crowley. 



The largest and most brilliant race of anita, only known from 

 the type specimen in the British Museum. The genitalia prove 

 it to belong to anita. 



(2) HORSFIELDIA NARADA, Horsf . 



(a) H. n. taooana, Moore. 



The upperside in the male is very brilliant blue, and the 

 black marginal band is about 2 mm. wide at the inner angle, 

 5 mm. in area 5. The underside varies from reddish to dark 

 purplish brown. 



Occurs in Burmah and Tennasserim, Malacca and E. 

 Sumatra. 



(b) H. n. fara, Friihst. 



Friihstorfer describes tins as " larger, with rounder wings 

 than Javan examples, male of a more intense and brilliant blue 

 than in narada [probably narada narada intended] , female darker 

 than anita from Pahang [? narada taooana intended] . Underside 

 darker than in examples from the mainland and Java, with two 

 prominently displayed whitish-grey submarginal bands on the 

 hind wing." He then goes on to say that it occurs in two seasonal 

 forms, one " with a violet suffusion and yellow-brown underside 

 from N.E. Sumatra, dry season "; the other almost " sage-blue," 

 whatever colour that may be, and violet-brown underside. What 

 I assume to be the latter is the only form I have seen. It comes 

 from Nias, and also apparently from W. Sumatra. 



