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AMBLYPODIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
leolcrates. are larger and their whitish-grey margins more prominent; this form is leokrates Fruhst. 
apidanus. 
antipaxus. 
viribus. 
berossus. 
ahamus. 
kartophilus. 
xisuthrus. 
arahat. 
carries. 
phalakron. 
area. 
iriya. 
himna. 
palawanus. 
A. apidanus Cr. (= dorinond Stoll) (149 c). All the forms of apidanus known to me agree in the 
basal parts of both wings, but particularly of the hindwing, being occupied by a deep dark brown spot, as 
if the basal quarter of the wings had been darkened by oil. Above the <§ is lustrous violettish-blue, the 
forewing with a linear dark margin; the $ is lustrous dark blue with a broad marginal band which on an average 
is 5 mm broad in the typical form from West Java. — antipaxus Fruhst., from East Java, already differs 
somewhat in a more faded under surface, the shadows being not so distinctly defined; the $ is above lighter 
blue with a distinct reddish reflection; the dark marginal band is less than 5 mm broad on an average. — 
viribus Fruhst., from West Borneo (Sintang). The only $ that was at the author’s hand has a rather 
broader black margin, at any rate broader than in the form phalakron', the <£ is above lighter and more 
glaringly violettish-blue; beneath the dark brown colour of the anal region is broader. ■— berossus Fruhst., 
from North Borneo, exhibits the marginal black above very much expanded, whereby the blue colour has 
decreased, with a faded under surface, saturatus Snell., from Billiton, forms a transition to these Borneo forms. 
- ahanius Doh. (= ahanus Fruhst.) exhibits beneath the chocolate-coloured basal part of the hindwing almost 
linearly cut off from the very much lighter disc of the wing; the dark marginal band above is about 4 mm 
broad; described from Margherita in Upper Assam. —- kartophilus Fruhst. occurs farther to the south, in 
the Peninsula of Malacca; here the S has again a broader marginal band than ahamus, the $ approaches the 
Nias form xisuthrus, but it has a chiefly whitish-violet ground-colour instead of the predominantly monotonous 
greyish-brown colour in specimens from Nias. — xisuthrus Fruhst., from Nias, shows above even in the $ 
a very narrow dark margin. The upper surface is of a very bright light blue, distally with a reddish reflection. 
Under surface dark, of a dull and faded red-brown, but in the subanal region the metallic bluish-green spot 
is very intense. — arahat Fruhst. from Bawean, is larger than the two Javanese forms and differs from 
them in more intensely prominent brown and lighter whitish violet places on the hindwing beneath. —- carries 
Fruhst., from Lombok, is very closely allied to typical apidanus, but the $$ are above darker and more lustrous 
blue, with a broader marginal band, and a more variegated under surface. — phalakron Fruhst., from Sumatra, 
differs from Malaccan $<$ in the narrower brown bands on the forewing beneath; marginal band above in the 
$ broad. The very distinct purple tinted violet reflection in the disc of the hindwing of kartophilus is here 
entirely absent. Anal spot of hindwing beneath lighter green and less prominent. — area Nic., as Bethtjne- 
Baker presumes, represents apidanus in Celebes; it is a large beautiful form; above — at least in the $ — 
the dark marginal band is narrower, and the ground-colour is dark brown with whitish lighter areas, without 
any pink or violet tinge. Fringes of wings conspicuous owing to the white tips. — iriya Fruhst. in the male 
exhibits a narrower dark margin of the hindwing, whereas the $ is above almost entirely darkened, only in 
the region of the discal cell at the base there is yet a bluish reflection. Beneath the basal spot is large, brownish- 
red, instead of the subanal metallic spot there is a grey band. Bazilan. — himna Fruhst. is the easternmost 
form from Mindanao. Of the blue colour above we hardly notice traces at the base of the wing, the under 
surface being entirely darkened without the lighter discal zone. —- palawanus Stgr. forms a transition to himna 
of such slight differences that Semper ranged the form as a synonym among his forms from the Philippines. 
On the whole, palawanus, is above darker blue. — himna is in some places very common, also near Manila. — 
The larva of apidanus is very carefully described and figured by Piepers and Snellen ; the adult larva is 
of a bright leaf-green colour with 3 dark longitudinal lines across the dorsum, and at the anterior and posterior 
ends with somewhat browner marking; on species of Eugenia and Lagerstroemia; the green pupa yielded the 
imago after 8 days. The imagines are very common in many of their habitats, and in hot districts they are 
met with almost throughout the year. On this species the name of the genus Flos Doh. was founded. 
fulgida. 
singhapura. 
zohar. 
tenea. 
t if at a. 
batis. 
A. fulgida Hew. (150 B g) is at once discernible beneath, where the dark cellular spot of the forewing, 
the median band and the postmedian band are confluent at the costa; all the bands are dark brown on a violet 
ground, but they are not edged with white, only on the forewing slightly encircled with light. At the anal 
portion of the hindwing beneath there are but few small golden scales. Above the <$ is dark violettish-blue; 
$ above lighter blue with a broad blackish-brown marginal band. From Northern India and the Philippines. 
—- singhapura Dist. is the form from Malacca, the $$ of which have above a much narrower marginal band. 
—- zohar Fruhst. has the wings shaped differently from singhapura, more like a diardi. It resembles the diardi- 
form amha also beneath, the spots on the hindwing beneath forming catenary bands. In the anal region there 
is a small crescent of a golden green gloss above the black marginal spot. Borneo. — tenea Fruhst. is the 
Javanese form; smaller, with more roundish contours of the wings and a shorter tail of the hindwing. The 
violettish blue colour above extends in the forewing to beyond the cell. Under surface darker, in the anal 
region of the hindwing 2 small metallic crescents. — tifata Fruhst. is likewise smaller than the Singapore- 
form, the longitudinal bands on the hindwing beneath are narrower. $ above somewhat lighter blue than 
the $ of zohar. These minute specimens originate from the Battak Mts.; an exceptionally large specimen 
from the same habitat exhibits a deeper dark bluish-violet colour and was therefore named: batis Fruhst. 
