Publ. 14. X. 1926. 
AMBLYPODIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
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A. anthore Hew. (149 c). $ above particularly in the costal area of the forewing more darkened, which anthore. 
colouring comprises yet the greatest part of the cell. Beneath similar to sangira (148 b), but the white trans¬ 
verse stripes are thinner and several times interrupted. Northern Moluccas. 
A. thamyras L. (= lielius Cr., phryxus Bsd., sophax Math., helianthes Sin.). Above light silvery thamyras. 
blue, forewing with a blackish margin, but less darkened in the costal area, otherwise quite similar to anthore ; 
beneath, however, the white streaks are replaced again by the usual ring-chains of the genus. From the Southern 
Moluccas across New Guinea to the Aru and Key Is. — The Aru-form exhibits the metallic blue reflection, 
which in specimens from Amboina is very extensive, in the anal part of the hind wing reduced to 2 small crescenti- 
form spots; this is anthelius Stgr. (148 b as helius). — minetta Btlr. shows the whole under surface of a paler anthelius. 
colouring; it represents the species in the Duke of York Island, but it also occurs in New Guinea and New nv ' mefia - 
Britain. — The great number of synonyms is probably due to the fact that this otherwise very constant species 
was mistaken owing to Cramer’s wrong statement of its patria (,,Surinam") and Linne’s brief description. 
— potidaea Fruhst. is distinguished from Amboina-specimens and from anthore in the q nearly only by its potidaea. 
smaller size, whereas the $ has a narrower black margin which on the forewing leaves yet free three blue spots 
behind the cell, whilst on the hindwing it does not extend at all beyond the region at the costal angle. Island 
of Obi. — - latimarginata Strd., from German New Guinea, on the contrary exhibits an especially very broad latimargi- 
black distal margin, but it is still excelled in this respect by teuthrone Fruhst. from Dutch New Guinea (Island f ^ naia. 
River); the latter form besides shows a somewhat darker blue. — zelea Fruhst. exhibits the ring-markings ~ e j ea- 
in the disc of the hindwing beneath not so distinct as our figure of anthelius (,, helius' ‘) ; the metallic blue of 
the anal region is more faded, but more extensive, about as much as in the typical form thamyras-, from the 
Entrecasteaux Is. — calaureia Fruhst., from Mysole, approximates again anthelius, but the ring-marking beneath calaureia. 
is not so distinctly marked as in Amboina-specimens, though not so faded as in the race from Waigeu, which 
was denominated phryxus Bsd. and in which the single spots are sometimes quite confluent (the latter form phryxus. 
= ab. interniplaga Strd.). — This beautiful species is one of the most common species in its range, where it intemipla- 
occurs in nearly all the islands. But it is to be doubted whether the insular races may be separated from each ( J a - 
other as has been tried. The Island of New Guinea alone probably produces different forms which partly form 
transitions to the neighbouring races. 
A. albopunctata Hew. (150 b). $ above Morpho- blue, $ likewise of a bright blue, though not reflecting albopuncta- 
so much, with a broad black marginal band of the forewing which begins thin before the centre of the costa, ia - 
growing 5 mm broad behind the cell, and ending again thin at the anal angle. The under surface is particularly 
characteristic, since on the dark chestnut-brown ground all the rings and bands are broken up into small 
commata and dots, so that the chains are hardly noticeable. Thereby a certain resemblance is produced in 
the flying imago to species of Lampides flying at the same places. Burmah. 
A. lycaenaria Fldr. (= buxtoni Hew.) (148 b) is chiefly separated from albopunctata by much more lycaenaria. 
feebly marked under surface; the light, not white, small commata of albopunctata are here replaced by light 
brown arcuate and ring-shaped markings; the upper surface is of a bright metallic cyanid blue in the <§, whereas 
in the $ it is more lilac or lavender blue, and here with a broad black margin. — As the form, according to 
Bethune-Baker, was founded upon a somewhat delicate specimen, stionger specimens were not correctly 
ascertained and distinguished as olinda Drc.\ but they are reported to fly at the same habitats as typical olinda. 
lycaenaria. In Borneo, however, only genuine olinda occur, which cannot be united with Felder’s lycaenaria-, 
the latter come from Malacca and Sumatra. — The insects seem to be rather rare or local, since many collections 
from those districts are without them. 
A. alitaeus Hew. (148b) is a relatively small species, near to typical lycaenaria, but the light brown alitaeus. 
rings beneath are more distinct, mostly complete and closed, whereas in lycaenaria they are, at least on the 
forewing, above or beneath open (in the figure of the type with Felder above). —■ alitaeus continues the preceding 
species in the east, but the upper surface is not lilac but more dark blue and has not such an intense metallic 
gloss. Moreover, the specimens from different habitats also differ here somewhat. The type is from Macassar 
(Celebes) and shows beneath dark brown spots and bands on the greyish-brown ground; all the markings are 
distinctly defined by white. -— viviana Rob., from Bangkai, has a more uni-coloured under surface, and the viviana. 
dark marginal band on the upper surface is somewhat broader in the A specimen from the Philippine Islands, 
which is before me from the Coll. Semper, seems to be of a duller blue than those from Celebes; besides the 
colour of the bands beneath is not different from the ground-colour between them. Tnese forms also seem to 
be rarer than most of the other species of the genus. — mirabella Doh. is probably only the representative of mirabella. 
this widely distributed species in the Mergui Islands, but there are not many specimens of this form to be 
found in the collections, and for the present it cannot be decided whether the insignificant differences having 
been stated are sufficient for the denomination of a race. 
A. myrtha Stgr. (148 d) represents alitaeus in Palawan; the specimens are small, beneath very regularly myrtha. 
marked, the black marginal band of the upper surface near the apex in the q more than 4 mm broad, at the 
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