THE GENUS " AMBLYPODIA" AUCTORUM. 51 



THE GENUS "AMBLYPODIA " AUCTORUM (DE NICE- 



VILLE, MOOEE, SWINHOE, ETC.), NEC HORSFIELD 



(LEP. RHOP.). 



By N. D. Riley, F.E.S., F.Z.S. 



(Continued from p. 29.) 

 (g) H. n. batjana, ssp. nov. 



<? . Upperside : Somewhat similar to plateni, the distal black 

 border being very broad; its inner edge, however, is very much 

 curved (not nearly straight as in plateni), and it does not extend 

 at all into the basal portions of areas 4, 5, 6 or even 7. On the 

 hind wing the blue reaches partly into area 6. The underside is 

 distinctly greenish. 



B.M. type No. Rh. 205, $\ Batchian (Dr. Platen), e^Godman 

 and Salvin Coll. 



Very distinct from the next species (H. annetta), which was 

 also obtained from Batchian by Dr. Platen. Its genitalia are 

 decidedly of the narada type. 



(h) H. n. confusa, ssp. nov. 



<J . Upperside : The blue is much thinner and paler and is 

 restricted on the fore wing to the cell, the proximal quarter of 

 area 2, the proximal two-thirds of area lb and the whole of la ; 

 on the hind wing it occupies the cell, the bulk of area 2 and most 

 of the proximal halves of areas 3 to 6. The underside is light, 

 glossy purplish brown, the diagonal line prominent, very wavy. 



B.M. type No. Rh. 206, $ ; Macassar, ex Hewitson Coll. 



This specimen very closely resembles the next species in 

 colour and markings and in the great reduction of the blue areas 

 of the wings ; in fact, it stood as annetta in the collection. Its 

 genitalia, however, show it unquestionably to belong to narada. 



(3) HORSFIELDIA ANNETTA, Staud. 



The oblique transverse line on the underside of fore wing in 

 this species does not run to the apex, but towards the costa 

 some little way short of the apex, though seldom, if ever, 

 actually reaching the costa. 



(a) H. a. annetta, Staud. 



Amblypodia annetta, Staud. 



Typical annetta was described by Staudinger from examples 

 sent him by Dr. Platen, and he gives an excellent figure of it 

 (Ex. Schmett, pi. 96). It is characterised by the small area 

 occupied by the rather purplish blue of the upper side, and its 

 extremely dark underside, against which the grey marginal and 

 submarginal bands of the hind wing show up very conspicuously. 

 Any of these characters will at once separate it from H. u. 



