RHOPALOCEliA MA LA YA NA. 



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classed as male and female S* vedymomL The only reason why that course is not followed 

 here, is owing to the fact, that the female S. ckitra has a more curved upper tail -like appendage 

 than the male S, nedymortdt and the ground colour heneath being somewhat diverse. When 

 the insects are bred the ii\>ow supposition may tiul improbably prove correct. 



Genus HYPOLYCiENA. 



Uypofytmat FeMer, Wien. Ent. Mon, vi. p. 203 (1602) ; Moore, J, A. S. Beng. vol* liii. pt. ii. do, 1, p, 14 

 (1884). 



Anterior wings subtriangular, costal margin arched at base, the apex subacute, outer margin slightly 

 convex, inner margin slightly concave. Cestui nervurc terminating nearly opposite end of cell; jirat 

 subcostal nervulo emitted a little beyond middle of cell, second a little closer to first than third, the last of 

 which is emitted a little before end of cell, which reaches to about the middle of whig; first and second 

 median nemdes emitted close together at end of cell* Posterior wings subovate, the costal margin at 

 a sbort distance from bust- oblique lo apex, which is rounded, outer margin oblique, blightly waved and 

 produced at second median nervulo and with two slender tail-like appendages, one at apex of third median 

 nervtile and the othvr at apex of su I > median nervurc ; abdominal margin somewhat concavely cleft near 

 anal angle, which is moderately lobular. Costal nervurc strongly arched at base and reaching apex of 

 wing, first subcostal nervnle emitted at about one-third before the end of cell ; first and second median 

 nervules with an apparently eoniniou origin at end of cell Palpi porrect, Second joint stout, but scarcely 

 extending before the eyes, third joint slender, very long, of nearly equal length to second; antennas 

 moderately long, with a gradually thickened but well-formed apical club. 



This is a widely distributed genus, and extends from Continental India through the Malay 

 Peninsula, and throughout the Malayan Archipelago. It is also probably eommon to Tropical 

 Africa, a number of species found there being apparently congeneric* 



1. Hypolycaena erylus. (Tab. XX,, Jig. 5 <? ; 0 ? .) 



Pulyummatia Erylus, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. G83, n. 00 (1828). 



AmHypodia Stylus, Horsf.Cftt. Lop. E.I.C. p. 111, n. 43 (182y> 



MyrtHft Knjlut, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus, E.I.G. vol. i. p. CO, n. 84 (1857}. 



Hj/pd^ma Eryht*. Hew. 111. Diura. Lep. p. 40, n, 1, t. 21, f. 1, 2, 4 (I860); Druce, Proc. Zool. Sec. 1873, 

 p f 351, n. 1 ; Wood-Mas. Se de Nic. J, A, S. Beng. vol. xlix. p. 232, n. 14 (1«80| ; de Nie. J. A. S, 

 Bong. vol. l. pt. ii. p. 52, n. 4b (1881) ; ButL Trims. Linn. fcSoc, ser. ii, ZooL vol. i. p. 549, n. 1 (1877} ; 

 Moore, J. A. 8. Beng. vol. liii. pL ii. no. 1, p. 15 1,1884); Klieil, Hoop, dor lusel. Nias, p. 31, in 97 

 (1884). 



tlitl>'>lxj*;,n Andanutna, Moore, Proc. ZooL Sou. 1877, p. 589, 

 Htfimlymmt Erilus. Snell. Tijd. Knt, xxi. p. 23, u. 1)5 U878). 



Male. Wings above dark indigo-blue ; anterior wings with a discal patch of blackish scales at end of 

 cell ; posterior wings with a whitish subniargiual line extending from second median nervine to anal angle ; 

 fringe greyish ; tail-like appendages with their margins pale greyish ; a dark spot at anal angle margined 

 with white. Wings beneath dark grey, tinged with greenish. Anterior wings with two brown disco- 

 cellular lines at end of cell, followed by a narrow dark brown fascia, margined W'ith greyish, commencing 

 near costa and terminating at the submedian m rvure, and a paler brownish submarginal fascia, between 

 which and the outer margin the colour is more or k-ss tinged with brownish; fringe brown, tipped 



