LYCAENOPSIS. By H. Eruiistorfer. 
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L. shelfordi Nic. (152 e). Only one form is known which was introduced by me as armenta. $ shelfordi. 
above marked like the $ of puspinus, the black costal margin, however, broader, the whitish antemarginal 
moon-spots of the hindwings smaller, the cilia darker, narrower. All the parts of both wings above, which are 
not margined with black, exhibit a bright dark blue reflection. Under surface greyish-white, darker than in 
puspa , approximating puspa in the distribution of the black dots, but all the maculae neater. South East Borneo, 
North Borneo, Lawas, Sarawak. Throughout the whole year rather common on Mount Matang, where shelfordi 
slowly flies over the bushes from 11 till 2 p. m. (Moulton). 
L. nedda. This Lycaenopsis being most variable above is found in the Papuan district, in the Moluccas, nedda. 
Celebes, and the islands of the Timor Sea. Uncus recognizable by a pointed continuation. — gradeniga Fruhst. gradeniga. 
(152 e). upper surface dark violet. Both wings with a uniformly broad marginal band occup 3 7 ing at least 
a third of the upper surface of the wings. Cell on both wings defined by a very small black*streak. Under 
surface greyish-white, marking as in placida, but stronger. North Celebes, East Celebes. It inhabits the plains. 
proba subsp. nov. was discovered by Dr. L. Martin in Palu, Central Celebes, and excels specimens from proba. 
the north and east of the island not only in size but also in the expansion of the black marginal area on both 
wings. On the under surface the differentiation is still farther advanced by the existence of a purely white 
area in the submarginal zone being absent in gradeniga, and from which the larger black dots and cuneiform 
spots distinctly and neatly stand out. — phuste Drc. from the Island of Timor is unknown to me in nature, phuste. 
According to Chapman it seems to occur in two forms: a) one as figured by Druce, and b) a deviation resembling 
cinctata Sm. fiom the Northern Moluccas. The $ approximates above much more the Papuan forms of nedda 
Sm. and artinia Fruhst. Ground-colour light blue with a very narrow, sharply defined distal margin. Under 
surface as in artinia (152 e), but with much smaller dots and small stripes. — labranda Fruhst. Amboina, Ceram, labranda. 
Upper surface violet, instead of blue as in shelfordi and nedda from New Guinea, paler than in gradeniga. The 
bordering of both wings is confined to a very narrow black margin. Hindwing with a series of indistinct, neat, 
anteterminal dots. -— cinctuta Sm. Ternate, Batjan, Halmalieira in every way resembles gradeniga and proba, cinctuta. 
its ground-colour being violettish-blue and the spotting beneath is analogous to specimens from South Celebes, 
the bordering of the wings, however, descreases in extent and thus forms the transition from the Celebes forms 
to that of the Southern Moluccas. — artinia Fruhst. (152 e). Upper surface light violettish-blue, the distal artinia. 
margin narrower than in cinctuta Sm., the anteterminal dots of the hindwings not being isolated as in labranda, 
but touching the distal margin. $ almost exactly, as the SB of L. vesontia and of shelfordi, but somewhat lighter 
blue, with a less strong lustre and a reduced brownish-black marginal area. British, Dutch and German New 
Guinea. — pullus Joicey & Talbot (154 g as puellus) is another form of the Papuan district. Upper surface bluish- pullus. 
violet with an uncommonly broad black marginal area covering almost the whole distal halves of the wings. 
Under surface velvety-grey, markings a little like in L. musina Snell. (152 h), though without the postal dots, 
thereby approaching more L. cara (152 g) from Celebes and L. acesina B.-Balc. Wandammen Hills, interior 
of the Geelvink Bay. November, at altitudes of 1000 to 1200 m. — lychorida is the excellent nedda-race considered lychorida. 
as lugra by Rtbbe in his Essay on the lepidopteral fauna of the Bismarck Archipelago. on both wings above 
a series of whitish crescents proximally bordering on a somewhat broader marginal band. Cell of fore wing 
closed by a black stripe. Under surface chalk-coloured, the black dots and undulate lines of artinia are here 
light brown. Kinigunang, New Pomerania. Type in the Munich Museum, nedda Smith itself originates from nedda. 
Dorey. 
L. archagathos Fruhst. Above discernible from L. shelfordi Nic. (152 e) only by cpiite insignificant 
colorial deviations, but anatomically so very different that we must for the present regard it as a species. 
Three insular races: hermarchus Fruhst. from Luzon is the race more scantily marked black from the Northern hermarchus. 
Philippines, as Semper illustrated it on fig. 12, being also smaller than archagathos from Bazilan and Mindanao. — 
vesontia Fruhst. (152 e). <$ smaller than <$<$ of shelfordi, slightly lighter blue and with a still more intense lustre vesontia. 
than Borneo-d'A- The black border of the forewing somewhat reduced, particularly along the costal, but expanded 
on the hindwing. The black punctiform spots of the hind wing more distinctly rounded and encircled by a 
purer white. The black marking beneath somewhat more closely together, and besides more prominent than 
in shelfordi. Philippine Islands: Mindoro, Samar. — archagathos Fruhst. The marginal area of both wings archagathos. 
decidedly narrower, the imagines larger than those of vesontia Fruhst. from Mindoro. Southern Philippines: 
Bazilan, Mindanao. 
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L. corythus Nic. (152 d) is anatomically highly interesting. Uncus something like in L. albocoeruleus corythus. 
Mr., though shorter, more curved. Tegumen with a peculiar hemispherical formation resembling a knob for 
opening doors. Valve broad, with comb- shaped teeth arranged as in L. shelfordi. One of the most beautiful 
and most conspicuous Lycaenopsis ; $ above similar to carna Nic. (152 d), but of a larger habitus and of 
a lighter blue and especially on the hindwing with a more extensive white area. The £ is somewhat like 
transpectus Mr.- 9 (152 f), also of a pure white ground-colour, but with rounder wings and no brown submarginal 
