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AMBLYPODIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
mackwoodi. 
amphea. 
oghatinna. 
nava. 
indica. 
irregularis. 
anella. 
kiihni. 
morphina. 
sidicina. 
chinensis. 
moelleri. 
areste. 
bazalus. 
pratinas. 
nebenius. 
proximal border of the marginal band on the forewing, which sends forth teeth towards the base on the veins; 
the hindwing has besides 3 small tails of which that in the middle is long, whilst that before the anal angle and 
that on the middle median branch are short. Typical abseus occur in Northern India (Silhet, Sikkim), though the 
species extends over Indo-China through Malacca to Sumatra. - The Indian form changes its character in the 
extreme south, so that Ceylon specimens were denominated mackwoodi Riley (in which the marginal black 
is only half as broad). — The species proceeds to the east, appearing in the Philippine Is. as amphea Fldr. with 
a narrower dark marginal band and a deeper blue upper surface. Transitions to this form occur, according 
to Druce, in Borneo; according to Bethune-Baker the Ac? of the latter which he knows are all above lustrous 
violet. - Specimens from Bazilan and Mindoro exhibit above and beneath a darkened colouring and were 
separated as oghatinna Fruhst. — nava Fruhst., from Borneo, forms the intermediate stage between North- 
Indian and Philippine specimens; the black marginal band of the 9$ is narrower than in specimens from Sikkim, 
but broader than in such from the Philippines. The colouring beneath is red-brown with very distinct dark 
bands. - Another transition from Sikkim specimens to those from the Philippines is indica Riley the range 
of which is chiefly the western part of Indo-China and extends to Tenasserim. 
A. irregularis Rob. (150 d) is similar to the preceding species, but considerably larger, the marking 
beneath also very irregular, though not so variegated as in abseus ; the A above has a broader dark marginal band 
and a very dark blue on the upper surface. From Bangkai and Celebes. 
A. anella Nic. is similar to irregulari sand has also more than 1 small tail, but in the $ (the A is unknown 
the blue above is more extensive, beneath the ground-colour is paler, more ochreous, the spots are less numerous 
and more remote from each other. Perak. 
A. kiihni Rob. (150 d) is easily recognizable by the marking beneath to be seen from the figure, in 
which the deep dark brown basal part in both wings is conspicuous. Above the A is dark brown with a very 
dull violet reflection; in the $ the dark marginal band is so much widened that in the hindwing only the 
discal cell, in the forewing also yet part of the disc below and behind it remains blue. The blue colour and 
the dark marginal portion of the wings exhibit a red-brown gloss. Isle of Bankai. 
A. morphina Dist. (150 e). Above the A is °f a magnificent ultramarine gloss, the $ pale violettisli- 
blue with a broad blackish-brown margin. The most characteristic, however, is the under surface; the proximal 
half of the forewing is dark brown without markings, and the base of the hindwing is deep chocolate-coloured; 
parallel to the distal border of this brown colour is an irregular median band. Malacca, Sumatra, Borneo. - 
sidicina Fruhst. is probably only an alpine form from the Battak Mts.; very much smaller, and the A above 
instead of lustrous ultramarine dull violettish-blue. — This species has no tails whatever. 
A. chinensis Fldr. (150 e) is like morphina without tails, but on the ends of the lower median branches 
there are very slight points in the margin of the hindwing. Above magnificently Morpho- blue, in the costal 
region of the forewing somewhat deeper. In the hindwing the deep chocolate basal third of the under surface 
is traversed by a s nail light oblique band, and in the cell of the forewing there is, as the continuation of it, 
a light spot (about in the centre of the cell) which seems to be absent in Indian specimens — moelleri 
Nic. (= lazula Mr.). Besides also the distal delimitation of the dark basal spot in the hindwing beneath is 
more irregular, more notched in Indian specimens than in typical chinensis. — To the south this species extends 
as far as Assam, to the north it is reported as far as palearctic China from where it is said to have been 
described; but it is presumably rare in Shanghai, if it really occurs there. 
A. areste Hew'. (= patuna Mr.) (150 e as aresta). The upper surface of the A is deep dark blue with a 
but narrow marginal black, almost as in chinensis ; the under surface, however, is much darker and the marking 
more irregular. Nevertheless both are very similar. The species is apparently confined to the North-Indian 
districts of the Himalaya and, according to de Niceville, it flies in the latter part of autumn. 
A. bazalus Heiv. (= teesta Nic.) (149 e) is the Indian representative of the South Japanese turbata 
having been dealt with in Vol. I, p. 275, where the A i' s almost without any blue lustre; both wings are of a 
dull dark brown colour, only in a certain light the upper surface exhibits a feebly bluish, somewhat silvery 
reflection. In the $ we notice a deep violettish-blue spot in the basal portions of the wings. Beneath as in 
the following singla. Typical bazalus are from Assam. — pratinas Fruhst. (= bazaloides Piep. <Se Snell.) is the 
Java-form; smaller than the type, A above with a very deep dark blue gloss from which the black marginal 
band contrasts so little that it can only be noticed when looked upon from the side; this marginal band is much 
narrower. Beneath the bands of the forewing are more distinct, the bands of the hindwing broader and more 
coherent. — nebenius Fruhst., from Sumatra, has a 9 being above similar to pratinas, mostly larger and with 
more blue on the upper surface; beneath less purple grey colouring. —- The different forms of this form have 
often been wrongly identified; all of them are invariably recognizable by the peculiar stunted shape of the 
apex of the A forewing, to which I have already referred in the palearctic form (Vol. I, p. 275). 
