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fourth at two-thirds from third and terminating at the apex, fifth from end of cell ; 

 upper discocellular shortest, oblique, lower erect, radial from their angle ; cell long, 

 more than half length of wing ; middle median at one-fifth and lower at two-fifths 

 before end of the cell ; submedian straight : hindwing broadly oval ; apical border 

 very convex, a short thickish tail from lower median vein, anal angle somewhat 

 pointed and not lobed ; costal vein abruptly arched from base ; first subcostal at 

 nearly one-half before end of the cell; upper discocellular shortest, outwardly 

 oblique, lower recurved, radial from their angle ; middle median at one-sixth and 

 lower at one-third before end of the cell ; submedian nearly straight, internal 

 recurved. Body robust, thorax stout; palpi porrect, second joint very fl.at, 

 attenuated towards the apex, squamose, projecting half beyond the head, third joint 

 slender in female, one-third length of second ; legs squamose ; antennse gradually 

 thickening towards the end, tip more slender. 

 Type, N. Centaurus, Fabr. 



NIIASERA AMANTES (Platk 44, Fig. 2, 2a, 26, ^ 9, 2c, larva). 

 Amblypodia Amantes, Hewitson, Catal. Lycaenidse Brit. Mu3. p. 4, pi. 2, fig. 1, 2, 3, ^ 5 (1862). 



Male. Upper side deep ultramarine-blue ; costal and exterior margin with a 

 slender black band. Female paler blue, inclining to cobalt ; with broader marginal 

 bands. Underside purple-grey : forewing with three white-bordered brown discoidal 

 spots, a broad catenulated discal band, and a streak below end of the cell, two pale 

 streaks below the cell, and two indistinct submarginal lunular fascia : hindwing with 

 pale-bordered black-ringed basal spots, discocellular streak, and an irregular discal" 

 band ; two indistinct submarginal fascise ; a black spot at anal angle and green- 

 speckled streak beyond. 



Expanse 2^ inches. 



Larva elongated, oval, depressed at the ends, anterior segment scutate, with a 

 lateral row of fine short hair ; green, with two subdorsal reddish lines, a patch on 

 second and last segments, the interdorsal space marked with blackish spots and lines; 

 a lateral row of spots. Pupa broad, thorax convex, head slightly produced ; thorax 

 and wing cases greenish, abdomen reddish. 



" Colombo. Shrubby parts of cinnamon gardens, about May to end of June. 

 Flight strong, rapid; conceals itself under leaves with wings always folded" 

 (Hutchison). 



" Common at Colombo" (Wade). 



" Colombo. Cinnamon gardens and low country generally, fond of resting on 

 the leaves of the Mango-tree " (Mackwood). 



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