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46. Amblypodia Etolus. Aim supra anticce nigra basi ccerulescente, posticee ccerulescentes 

 angulo apicali exteriore punctisque duobus analibus distantibus nigris : subtiis anticce testaceo- 



fuscce salvd basi oblique definitd ccerulescente, strigis tribus saturatioribus, cmteriore abbreviatd 

 gemind discoidali, altera mediana insigni ad aream analem abrupte terminatd, tertid obsoletd 



fere complctd margini apicali paralleld antici evanescente ; posticee pallidi ccerulescentes puncto 

 insigni aterrimo albo cincto versus basin ad costam sito ; tunc pone discum strigd tenui interrupts 

 ex lineolis ferrugineis et in regione anali ex notis nigris flexuoso-undulatis linedque interiore 

 obliqud ad marginem interior em tendente ; intra marginem posticum denique serie duplici ex strigis 



ferrugineis juxta unguium exteriorem diffusis indeterminatis versus medium attenuatis, strigd 

 interiore in regione anali puncto oblongo nigro definitd, exteriore vero in eadem regione maculis 

 duabus maximis ocellaribus aterrimis tcenidque marginali albo irroratd intermedia efformatd ; 

 liturd insuper marginali attenuatd introrsum cuspidatd punctis viridi-argenteis irroratd ocello 

 interiori adnata; margine extremo lined atrd undulatd albo-fimbriatd limbato. (Exp. alar, 

 lin. 13.) 



Papilio P. E. Etolus. Fab. Mant. Ins. torn. 2. p. 66. No. 620. 

 Polyommatus Etolus. MM. Latr. et Godt. Enc. Meth. Hist Nat. ix. 639. 



Anterior wings above black with a bluish base, hinder wings light blue and silvery, with an 

 oblong abbreviated black patch at the outer apical angle and two circular distant subocellate 

 black spots in the anal region : underneath greatest portion of the surface of the fore wings 

 testaceous brown, separated by an oblique boundary from the bluish base ; surface marked with 

 a short double litura on the disk, a distinct abbreviated medial and a very faint almost com- 

 plete posterior band, all these marks having a more saturated brown tint than the ground ; 

 hinder wings pale blue, with a whitish lustre, bearing near the base, in contact with the costa, 

 a very distinct black dot enclosed in a faint white ring ; then, behind the disk, a very delicate 

 striga of interrupted ferruginous lineolae followed in the anal region by an irregularly flexuose 

 black line passing obliquely to the inner margin; posterior margin marked with a double series 

 consisting of two parallel ferruginous strigae, clouded and diffuse at the outer apical angle, 

 attenuated towards the middle of the wing, the interior of these strigae terminating by a distinct 

 oblong dot between the ocellate spots, the exterior bearing a small black dot at the middle of 

 the margin, after which follow in the same line two very large intensely black round ocellate 

 spots with an intermediate group of white irrorations, which are more thickly disposed and 

 covered with a greenish silvery cast on a black wedge-shaped dash at the edge of the inner ocellus, 

 having its point directed towards the disk. Body brown above, sparingly clothed with bluish 

 hairs, whitish and downy underneath ; antennae brown, delicately annulated with white to the 

 club, which is terminated by a ferruginous tip; legs banded alternately white and black. 



Fabricius alone, as far as I have observed, has hitherto given a description of this species ; it is there- 

 fore important to confirm his very concise indication by the more detailed description of a specimen in 

 excellent preservation. Being peculiar in its sectional character, it is accordingly placed at the end of the 

 series described ; and it remains to be determined whether it be really a distinct type, or whether the 

 hiatus remaining may be supplied by intermediate forms. Several peculiarities in the form, painting, and 

 external habit of this species lead us to those insects which will be described in the next genus. 



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