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AMBLYPODIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
mindanen- 
sis. 
myrtale. 
a'ida. 
dohertyi. 
labuana. 
arsenius. 
vihara. 
adorea. 
georgias. 
phaenops. 
sandakani. 
aytonia. 
qucrcoides. 
narrowest place (above the tornus) still 2% mm broad, in the $ even broader. The upper surface of the q is 
of a bright ultramarine-blue colour and shows an intense gloss in a certain light. The differences of the bands 
on the forewing beneath are to be seen in the figures. 
A. mindanensis B.-Bak. (148 d). The light transverse bands on the forewing beneath are reduced by 
one, whereby it deviates from the preceding species. The upper surface is not ultramarine but violettisli blue, 
and the black distal margin of the forewing is much narrower in the $; the $ exhibits on the violettish-brown 
forewing a small violettish-blue spot extending through the discal and submedian area, but not crossing the 
submedian. The under surface is also lighter than in myrtha and particularly light on the hindwing. The species 
occurs in the Mergui Archipelago, in Singapore, and in the Philippine Is. 
A. myrtale Stgr. (148 d as myrtala) is at once discernible by the under surface, where the transverse 
bands are more distinctly prominent, extending through the wing in almost equal distances. The upper surface 
is of a deep violettish blue, the dark marginal band in the hardly 1 to 2 mm broad. Palawan, Borneo. 
A. a'ida Nic. In this species, in which even the few specimens that were at the author’s disposal for 
his diagnose differ from each other, the upper surface of the $ is lilac (similar to tephlis 149 e), the black 
marginal band on both wings above equally broad. The under surface is brown with a distinct violet gloss; 
forewing with a light hindmarginal area. The $ is above bluer, lighter than the q, and has a much broader 
black margin. Burmah and Labuan (Borneo). Smaller than adatha (149 b). 
A. dohertyi B.-Bak. (148 d) is very similar to a'ida on the under surface; but above deep violettish- 
blue, the black marginal band is very broad, in the forewing as much as 4 mm, in the hindwing extending 
almost to the centre of the wing. Celebes. 
A. labuana B.-Bak. (148 c). The upper surface in the <§ is lighter, the blue colour is more of an ultra- 
marine than violet tint. Beneath similar to dohertyi, the transverse bands in the forewing straighter and more 
regular, in the hindwing, however, more interrupted than in dohertyi. The $ is above of a very bright- 
blue with a broad (4% mm) black, more distinctly defined distal band. Philippines, Borneo. 
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A. arsenius Fldr. (= arzenius B.-Bak.) is smaller than labuana, with a very broad black margin above, 
particularly in the $. Beneath the margins of the transverse bands in the forewing are not undulate, but the 
bands are quite uniform, whereas in the hindwing the discal arcuate bands are several times interrupted. 
40 to 41 mm. From Angat- (May) and Bataam (November), both in Luzon. — Bethune-Baker also states 
Bat j an as pat-ria. 
A. vihara Fldr. (150 c). Upper surface in the of a bright ultramarine colour with a violet reflection. 
Distal margin of the wings hardly 1 mm broad black, only in the anal portion of the hindwing and in the $ 
broader. The bands beneath, the shape of which is to be seen from the figure, are dark, distinctly surrounded 
by light brown, on a golden brown ground. Malacca, Sumatra with Nias, Borneo. 
A. adorea Nic. (150 B c). The usual form is above dark brown in both sexes, the with a very narrow 
black margin. Besides, another form is said to occur exhibiting a more ultramarine or violet tint. Beneath 
the distal transverse bands are almost of the ground-colour of the wing, the discal spots and the postmedian 
band of the forewing being filled up with a darker brown. Tne form thereby already greatly resembles atosia 
Hew. (148 e). though it is considerably larger; the $ of atosia is above of a brighter blue, and the wings 
are somewhat more broadly margined with black. Singapore; its range extends to the north across Tenasserim, 
Burma, Assam to Sikkim, to the south as far as Sumatra and Java. -— The Javanese form which was separated 
by Fruhstorfer as georgias exhibits, in a figure by Piepers and Snellen, the postmedian band of the 
forewing beneath more distinctly interrupted behind the lower cell-angle. The $ of this form has above a very 
broad black margin. 
A. phaenops Fldr. (148 c) is smaller, of a brighter blue, and above all discernible by the under surface, 
where the small rings of the proximal half of the hindwing are very small and therefore more remote from 
each other. The transverse bands in the marginal area of the forewing, which in adorea are interrupted on 
the median, run here uniformly. Philippines. Not rare; also near Manila. 
A. sandakani B.-Bak. & Drc. (150 B e) is still brighter blue on the upper surface of the $; the proximal 
ring-spots are here likewise very small, but filled with a much darker colour, in the same way as the transverse 
bands. Above the black margin of the wings is somewhat broader, about 1 % to 2 mm in the <$. The postmedian 
band of the forewing beneath is here not only interrupted, but the two ends of the interruption are also distantly 
remote from each other. The species is known from Borneo. — Fruhstorfer also captured it in Java, though 
somewhat deviating specimens which he named aytonia. 
A. quercoides Rob. (148 c). This species being common in Celebes is above dark ultramarine. On the 
under surface the postmedian band is near the costa strongly bent towards the base; the discal bands of the 
hindwing are several times interrupted. 
