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T. callinara is a quite distinct species from one I Lave in my collection 

 from the Deccan, the latter being the T. extricatus of Butler, which has 

 the markings on the underside much more linear and run together 

 than in T. callinara, in which they are rounded and well separated. 

 The correct synonymy of the species of this genus is doubtful as 

 neither T. nara, Kollar, nor T. theophrastus, Fabricius, can be identified 

 with any certainty without an examination of the type specimens. 

 T. callinara is I think without doubt identical with T. theophrastus 

 as identified in " Butterflies of India," though not with the T. theo- 

 phrastus of the British Museum, which includes several distinct species, 

 and Mr. Butler informs me he does not now consider his T. extricatus 

 to be distinct from T. nara as identified by him. T. callinara within 

 Burmese limits is strictly confined to the dry tracts of Central Burma. 

 T. alter atus, Moore, and T. venosus, Moore, both appear to be perfectly 

 distinct species. I therefore recognise five species of this genus 

 as occurring within Indian limits : T. plinius, which is found throughout 

 the Indian region from Ceylon all over Peninsula India to Assam 

 and Burma ; T. callinara, which probably sinks to T. theophrastus, and 

 is as widely distributed as T. plinius but affects drier localities ; T. ex- 

 tricatus, which probably sinks to T. nara, and is confined to the dry 

 regions of Western and North-Western India and the Western 

 Himalayas; T. alteratus, confined to the North- West Himalayas ; and 

 T. venosus, confined to the North- West Himalayas and the plains of 

 North- West India. Gast alius rosimon, Fabricius, and Polyommatus 

 boeticus, Linnaeus, occurred commonly, and a single specimen of Ambly- 

 podia anita, Hewitson, was obtained. I have recently been able to 

 examine the types of most of the described species of Amblypodia, and 

 find that the common purple species which occurs in Burma is certainly 

 the A. anita of Hewitson described from Siam, and that A. darana, 

 Moore, and A. naradoides, Moore, are also synonymous with it, the 

 males of the three named forms appear quite inseparable, while the 

 females in Southern India and Ceylon are dimorphic, i.e., either blue or 

 purple on the upperside, one form being almost as common as the 

 other; in Burma, however, the purple female is the prevailing form and 

 the blue female is excessively rare. This species occurs in Siam, the 

 Andamans and throughout the greater part of India. A. narada, Horsfield, 

 the type of which is in the British Museum and which was origi- 

 nally described from Java, is a quite distinct species, the male is much 

 more blue than A. anita, and the female, which is purple, has a large 

 extent of purple on the upperside of thehindwing. A. andersonii, Moore, 

 is, as stated in the " Butterflies of India," almost without doubt identi- 

 cal with A. narada, A third species of the genus is the A. erichsonii of 



