AMBLYPODIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
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A. eurisus Drc. (150 B a) is recognisable by the lighter and more silvery tint of the upper surface, eurisus. 
in both sexes; otherwise rather similar to philander. Salomon Is., New Britain. — tindali RhL seems, according tindali. 
to Bethttxe-Baker, to be merely a darker form of eurisus. 
A. meander Bsd. (= menander Hew. i. tab.) (147 f) is above in the male deep dark blue. Beneath the meander. 
spots of the proximal half of the wing is larger, rounder, and the white bordering is more distinctly prominent 
in the shape of distinct rings. The postmedian transverse band of the hindwing ist in the $ three times inter¬ 
rupted, in the $ which is beneath more red-brown, at the places of interruption strongly notched. — ab. appianus appianus. 
Gr.-Sm. denotes specimens in which the costal part of the cross-band of the hindwing beneath is almost twice 
as broad as the distal part. — In ab. adherbal Gr. Sm., the ground-colour being densely darkened, flows across adherbal. 
the upper part of this band, so that the contours of the latter are entirely effaced and the whole under surface 
is of a brighter red-brown tint. — The form madytus Fruhst., from Queensland, is above lighter bluish-violet, madytus. 
Beneath particularly the forewing shows dark longitudinal stripes on the hoary whitish-grey ground. — gazella gazellu. 
Fruhst., from New Pomerania, exhibits more brightly blue-coloured $$, and the under-surface is of a deeper 
red-brown with a slight violet or purple reflection, the metallic spots of the anal region are of a magnificent 
emerald-green gloss. — - anicius Fruhst. is the most similar to appianus ; here the white, hoary covering of the anicii 
under surface is particularly intense, so that the very narrow longitudinal stripes extending in the direction 
of the veins are very prominent; Salomon Is. — The typical form of this species is distributed across the Malayan 
Archipelago, particularly its Papuan parts, in New Guinea. Bethune-Baker’s statement that the species 
is found in New Zealand, is a mistake, for Mioko which is mentioned as habitat belongs to New Lauenburg, 
where the species actually occurs. I also doubt the statement that the following species (from Port Blair) is 
only an aberration of meander. 
A. constanceae Nic. (150 B a) is founded upon a single $ from the Andamans, being above brightly constanceae. 
lustrous dark blue with rather equally broad black margins. Beneath it is compared with ate which, however, it 
resembles very little. The under surface is rather similar to a small micale (149 f), though darker, the spots 
of the forewing more ring-shaped, and the postmeclian band of the hindwing more curved. 
A. amytis Hew. (149 f). Wings above of a wonderful morpho- blue colour with a very intense gloss; amytis. 
the $ has a but slightly broader black margin than the figured <$. Beneath much more variegated than most 
of the species, but of a variable marking. The species is easily recognisable by the whitish ground-colour beneath, 
which is particularly conspicuous in the $ and extends across the cell of the hindwing and through the sub¬ 
terminal areas of both wings. This colour greatly contrasts with the purple brown of the proximal half of the 
forewing and of the hindmarginal portion of the hindwing. The marking beneath in the A somewhat approximates 
that of hercules. Queensland and Duke of York Island. — cyronthe Misk. (= cryonthe B.-Bak.) is the insular form cyronfhe. 
of it from the Darnley and Murray Islands, which, however, also occurs as a single aberration at Cape York. 
Here the wings above are dark silvery blue, with a violet tint, more than in madytus. — ribbei Rob., from the ribbei. 
Aru Islands, is beneath like the typical form, but above profusely purple blue or violettish-blue, the forewing 
in the G with a very narrow dark margin; the $ is above somewhat paler blue and of a more violet tint. This 
form also occurs singly among the other forms of amytis and was already taken in Waigeu, Key, also in New 
Guinea (near Ati-Ati-Onin). — In the Key Islands also the form leptines Fruhst. occurs, being beneath somewhat leptines. 
similar to centaurus (150 a), but above showing the same morpho-gloss as typical amytis. — In androtion Fruhst., androtion. 
from the Yule Island, the bluish-white areas of the ground-colour in the apical part of the forewing and in 
the disc of the hindwing are particularly distinct, but they may vaiy a great deal in specimens from the same 
district. — selymbria Fruhst. seems to be the form generally occurring in Waigeu, distinguished by the very selymbria. 
fine black border of the forewing from continental amytis. The postmedian band of the hindwing is not very 
conspicuous. Like many species, also some forms of amytis have dimorphous $$ which may be above sometimes 
more deep blue, sometimes more violettish-blue. 
A. aexone Hew. (147 g). This species is at once recognisable by the almost equably darkened under aexone. 
surface, whereby the hindwing is without any marking from the base to the marginal area. $ above lustrous 
silvery morpho- blue, towards the costa of the forewing .tinted purple; ; $ above slightly darker blue than the 
$, with a broad black margin. Waigeu. — herana Fruhst. is the form from German New-Guinea; larger, the herana. 
light parts on the forewing beneath more confined, but in the hindwing more extensive than in specimens from 
Waigeu. notanda Fruhst. is likewise larger than the typical form , with a very fin£ black margin of the forewing ndtanda. 
above in the (J; the $ above shows more distinct black longitudinal stripes of the hindwing. Beneath the lighter 
submarginal parts are more intensely covered with reddish. Fergusson Island and Kiriwina. — chrysoana chrysoana. 
Fruhst. is larger than aexone from Waigeu, the under surface more blackish-brown; the metallic green areas 
beneath in the cell of the forewing and the anal region of the hindwing are more prominent; the greyish-yellow 
zone of the hindwing is narrower and more distinctly defined than in the typical form; from Halmaheira. - 
Although the marking of the under surface of this mostly Papuan species seems to differ very much from the 
other Amblypodia, yet single specimens are reported, in which traces of the crossband of the hindwing and 
of the discal spots can be found out by the ground-colour covering them. 
