138 A LIST OF THE BUTTERFLIES OF BORNEO. 
the other wing of the same specimen shows this even better, 
thus indicating that too much reliance should not be placed 
on so variable a character as this transverse hand. 
Injury. 28, Jarge piece removed from hind-margin of right 
hind-wing, just missing the tail. 
434. Arhopala abseus, Hew. 
Amblypodia abseus, Hewitson, Cat. Lye. B. M. p. 9, n. 
40 (1862). 
Arhopala amphea, Felder, Reise Novara, Lep. p. 234. tab. 
XXIX. fig. 19 (1865). 
Labuan (Low); Kuching. (Sar. Mus.). 
Distribution: India to Malaya: Philippines. 
A common species in the neighbourhood of Kuching, Sara- 
wak. 
Bethune-Baker notices that Bornean males are * quite glossy 
puUEpler a saGe)e 
435. Arhopala diardi, Hew. 
Amblypodia diardi, Hewitson, Cat. Lyc. B. M. p. 9, n. 45, 
(1862), 
Amblypodia capeta, Hewitson, UH]. Diurn. Lep. Suppl. p. 
22, -pleVv Ines? O-and Til (isT eye 
Amblypodia viardi, Staudinger, Iris, Vol. IL. p. 130 
(1889). 
Labuan (Mus. Staudinger) ; Mt. Matang—3,200 ft., and Mt. 
Santubong—2,600 ft. (Sar. Mus.) ; 8S. E. Borneo (Ribbe). 
Distribution: India, Assam, Malacca, Sumatra, Java and 
Philippines. © ~ | | 
A good series in the Sarawak Museum shows a certain 
amount of variation in the two transverse bands of the fore- 
wing; in some they are of equal width, in others the outer is 
narrower; in some there is hardly any ground-colour left be- 
tween, while in others a strip of ground-colour remains about 
equal in width to one of the transverse bands. 
436. Arhopala fulgida, Hew. 
Amblypodia fulgida, Hewitson, Ill. Diurn. Lep. Lye. p. 
WL a9 spe soo Oo ELS Gane 
Panchala singapura, Distant, Rhop. Malay. p. 273, fig. 
84 (1885). 
A single female captured on Mt. Matang at an altitude of 
2000 ft. constitutes the first record of this species for Borneo 
‘(Sar. Mus.). 
Distribution: North India and Philippines to Malay Penin- 
sula, Billiton and Sumatra. 
The underside of the Sarawak example differs from Distant’s 
figure in having but two fulgent spots at the anal angle instead 
Jour, Straits Branch 
