AMBLYPODIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
955 
A. drucei B.-Bak. (148 c). From the Kina Balu in Borneo. The under surface is well recognisable 
from the figure. Above the B is deep dark ultramarine, with a black margin of 1 % mm width, whilst in 
the $ it is 4 mm broad. The upper surface, particularly in the shows a distinct lilac reflection. 
A. adatha Hew. (149 b). The species is dark; the author already figured 2 evidently different 
specimens as $ and whilst Bethttne-Baker considered them not to be different forms, but one form to be 
an aberration of the other. The specimen figured here neither corresponds exactly with Hewitson’s figures 
nor with those of Distant. The range of the species extends from the Moluccas and Philippines to Malacca, 
and there are both local and individual variations. In the type the postmedian band of the forewing is not 
so distinctly interrupted as in our figure. A characteristic feature is the very much widened metallic spot 
before the little tail. The upper surface is of a glaring violettish blue, in specimens from Singapore somewhat 
darker (Distant). 
A. apha Nic. is very similar to adatha , but the under surface is more abundantly brown and with a 
flesh-coloured ground, whereas the spots and bands are darker. The upper surface is of a brighter and more 
lustrous blue, and the black margin is broader. Malacca; also from Lombok; probably also in Java. 
A. malayica B.-Bak. (148 c). Whilst the upper surface is of a similar lilac-blue colour as for instance 
in tephlis (149 e) and also similarly margined with black, the under-surface exhibits all the spots dark and 
distinct, as is to be seen from the figure. The $ has a broad black costal margin and distal margin. The species 
is also mentioned from Java, though such specimens are presumably more similar to apha. 
A. silhetensis Hew. (= arama Nic.) (150 B c). Above very similar to malaijica, but easily discernible 
by the reduction of the marking beneath, where the spots in the forewing are almost obsolete and the submarginal 
band is only represented by a nebulous stripe. The $ is not unlike that of eumolphus, but easily distinguishable 
by the blue colouring above and the less lustrous under surface. Sikkim, Sylhet, and Burmah; evidently a 
very rare species. 
A. nicevillei B.-Bak. (148 d) is also similar to the preceding species, but above lighter violettish-blue, 
the forewing much more narrowly bordered with dark, under surface lighter and warming into grey, the very 
dark spots being very prominent, whereas in silhetensis they are almost extinct. Jhe anal lobe is here as long 
again as in silhetensis ; also the small tail, which is probably broken off in the figured specimen, is longer. 
Range of the preceding species. 
A. nobilis Fldr. (= alee Ebb. nec Hew.) (149 f) is a large beautiful form with a very blight ultramarine 
($) or cyanid blue ($) upper surface, the $ being narrowly, the $ broadly margined with black. Easily recognisable 
by the postmedian band on the forewing beneath exhibiting two of the spots behind the cell-end pushed out 
of the chain towards the margin. Ceram, Amboina. — alcestis 8m., from Milne Bay, is easily discernible by 
the two proximal thirds of the costal area on the hindwing beneath being dark brown, the rest of the hindwing 
being of an ochreous ground-colour. -— In athara Sto., from Stephansort in Kaiser Wilhelmsland, only the anal 
portion of the hindwing beneath is ochreous-grey, whereas the other ground-colour of the hindwing is light 
reddish-brown and the basal portions of the wings are shaded with brown. — ajusa Fruhst. shows the upper 
surface of a more intense though duller blue than in nobilis, with a broader black marginal band. Beneath 
the whole markings are dark coffee-brown, with a smaller light anal area exhibiting brighter though darker 
metallic spots there; from Halmaheira. — nobilior Fruhst. approximates ajusa, but it is of a somewhat lighter 
blue, with a narrower dark margin of the wings. Beneath the discal spots are not so conspicuous in the ground¬ 
colour. The metallic spots in the anal portion of the hindwing are here reduced. Island of Obi. — alee Hew. 
(150b) has intensely brown spots beneath, with a darker brown ground-colour, and intense metallic spots at 
the anal angle; the small tail, which is absent in the figure, is really present. She specimen figured is a $; 
in the <§ the under surface is lighter and thereby more similar to the form athara. From the Aru Islands. 
— A $ of this speciesuhe habitat of which is unknown and which has an entirely brown upper surface has been 
named: antharita Srp. 
A. anunda Hew. (149 g as amunda ) is to be recognized by. the abundant panther-like stripes of 
the under surface, on which the prominent dark spots are surrounded by a bright ochreous-yellow colour. In 
the $ the whole distal halves of the wings above are darkened, the black margin of the wings being 3 to 
4 mm broad. Borneo. — anthelus Dist. is beneath more uni-coloured, with duller edges of the spots, and a darker 
upper surface. Malacca. — The species also occurs in the Philippines and in Sumatra and Java. Both the 
and $ are dimorphous; the <$q may be above violettish-blue and light blue (vid. our figure); the $$ are 
mostly above blue with a black margin, but they may also be cpiite brown. The Javanese $$ being morpho- blue 
above are: jabadia Fruhst. —- sotades Fruhst., from the Philippines, is likewise of a glaring light blue, but larger, 
the $ sometimes with a greenish lustre above; ground-colour beneath more intensely smoke-brown. — maje- 
statis Fruhst., from Nias, is above deep blue, with a very bright gloss. 
A. agnis Fldr. In this species the bands beneath are only yet in some places more distinct by their 
edges; particularly the marginal parts of the wings are more blank. The upper surface of the q is mostly glaringly 
drucei. 
adatha. 
apha. 
malayica. 
silhetensis. 
nicevillei. 
nobilis. 
alcestis. 
athara. 
ajusa. 
nobilior. 
alee. 
antharita. 
anunda. 
anthelus. 
jabadia. 
sotades. 
majestatis. 
agnis. 
