LAMPIDES. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
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spots and the marginal line large black spots. -—- margarita Martin from Sumatra most closely approximates margarita. 
the Borneo-form lividus (153 a), but it seems to be somewhat smaller, as a rule. — courvoisieri Fruhst. from courvoisieri. 
Nias resembles the Sumatran form ( margarita ), but in the <$ it is somewhat lighter blue, the black subanal 
spot of the hindwing above is more prominent; the honey-coloured subanal spot beneath on the hindwing like¬ 
wise larger. More different is the $ exhibiting a doe-coloured antemarginal transverse band. — leiothrix Fruhst. leiothrix. 
from Engano. <$ more whitish blue, $ with a broader black distal part of the wings above. -—- vardusia Fruhst. vardusia. 
from Java is smaller, darker blue and beneath of a more intense slate-colour; in the $ the black submarginal 
band above of leiothrix is brown as in courvoisieri. — viosa Fruhst. (= margarita Nic. nec Martin) flies in Sum- viosa. 
bawa and Lombok; larger and with a darker blue than the Javanese; beneath similar to margarita Mart., 
and distinguished from vardusia by the smaller orange spot in the subanal region. — In zella-from Celebes sella. 
the reddish-yellow subanal lunae of the hindwing beneath have almost disappeared. The are very large 
and the black spots in the marginal area of the hindwing beneath are higher and more pointed than in the other 
races of amphissa. —- megdora Fruhst. has a very pure, milky whitish-blue upper surface in the rf; the $ is megdora. 
like that of madara, but with a narrower brown distal margin of the forewing. Hindwing with a soft 
blackish-grey submarginal band. From the Island of Obi. •—- hellada Fruhst. from the Sula Islands is in the hellada. 
colouring the transition between megdora and zelea, but it is smaller than they are. Beneath similar to typical 
amphissa, without a distinct honey-spot in the subanal region. — aruanus Bob. of which I only know the figure aruanus. 
of the $ (Iris I, t. 4, fig. 12), shows above a jet-black, though proximally very irregularly defined distal part 
of both wings; beneath the disc of the forewing is all white, the transverse stripes of the hindwing are divided 
into small, white, comma-like streaks; Aru Islands. — madara Fruhst. from the Key Islands entirely differs madara. 
from the $ of the Aru Islands, but approximates more the typical amphissa. $ with a bright reflection on 
the upper surface. — areos Drc. and georgiana Ribbe are Papuan; the former originates from Alu and Quadel- areos. 
canar, the latter from New Georgia; they differ little from the forms of the neighbouring islands. * 
L. nemea Fldr. is easily discernible from the allied species by its smaller size (rf expanse 30 mm) nemea. 
and the distinct black, rather thick marginal line. Besides the marking beneath is characterized by a propor¬ 
tionate width of the white lines, so that the intermediate grey shades and black spots appear smaller. The 
arrangement of the spots itself resembles that of callistus. The impression of nemea is about that of a small, 
stunted race, perhaps of the said callistus, but Fruhstorfer takes it to be an independent, though very rare 
species. The typical form originates from Amboina and, according to Holland, it also occurs in Buru. —■ 
echeilea Fruhst. (misprinted as ,,ccheilea“) is the form from Celebes. Hindwing only with a distinct subanal echeilea. 
spot before the small tail, in the anal angle with 2 parallel, undulate, short lines in the anal angle. The $ 
somewhat resembles very dark of elpis or kondulana and exhibits a black costal margin and very 
broad distal margin. The costal-marginal part of the hindwing likewise broad black, the blue disc of both 
wings smoky brown. —- sanaya Fruhst. from Obi approximates amphissa megdora -$ from the same habitat; sanaya. 
the upper surface of the $ in its blue tint forms about the transition from megdora to kondulana. 
L. snelleni Rob. The $ hindwing exhibits before the margin a dark nebulous line which in the anal snelleni. 
third flows together with the marginal black into a broad band. Thereby it cannot be mistaken for any other 
species. South Celebes. 
L. festiv is Rob. This species is easily discernible from all the preceding by the white lines beneath festivus. 
not only in the hindwing but also in the forewing extending almost to the base of the wing; thus, counting from 
the base to the apex, there are 6 very straight and regular transverse stripes, of which only the two distal ones 
are interrupted, then 2 chains of white cucullate spots and furthermore the light marginal line (before the broad 
dark fringes). Celebes. 
L. Orestes Rob. The smallest Lampides, only as large as a Zizera lysimon ; it has an expanse of onty orcstcs. 
21 mm. Beneath with very scanty markings, the basal halves of both wings unmarked, hindwing without' 
the honey-coloured spot near the anal angle. The $ is above almost white with a very broad uniform marginal 
band. Pik von Bonthain (South Celebes). 
L. alenas Fldr. This species flying together with certain Thysonoti.s (t. 143) is decidedly influenced alenas. 
by their exterior. It deviates from all the Lampides hitherto described by both wings exhibiting a white band¬ 
like stripe obliquely across the upper surface. In an anatomical respect it is said to be allied to L. kankena 
(151 a) which, however, it resembles neither above nor beneath. The upper surface is also entirely of the soft, 
though radiant azure-blue which we have already noticed in some Thysonotis and which resembles more blue 
silk than blue metal. The typical form is from Mysol, very rarely met with in collections compared with coe- coolestis. 
lestis Misk. (142 b) figured by us, in which only the white and blue cucullate spots in the marginal area beneath 
prove it to belong to the Lampides. The $ is above broadly margined with black and the white band broadly 
bordered with a greyish blue. Queensland. •—• allectus 8m., from which Fruhstorfer separates another form alledus. 
pholes, is the form from New Guinea, with a narrower white discal band. In allectus -§ this band is not more pholes. 
than 4 to 5 mm broad at its broadest places, and in the form pholes it is still more reduced; besides the $ is 
without the greyisli-blue border. —■ alcas Fldr. (= areas Fruhst.) is from Waigiu, the $ exhibits above a very alcas. 
