MOTA; ZEPHYRUS. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
967 
A. canulia Hew. (147 h) is at once recognizable by the under surface showing no other markings canulia. 
but straight, slight transverse stripes in the marginal area and in the hindwing 2 discal transverse spots. Above 
the S' is gl oss y lilac, the $ has blackish, proximally blue forewings and violettish-blue liindwings with a very 
broad black margin. Philippines and Batjan. — The form sosias Fruhst. from the Molucca-Island of Obi is sosias. 
beneath whitish-grey instead of brownish-grey, and in the hindwing it has more distinct white -marginal dots. 
A. fulla Hew. (148 g) is above very similar to canulia, but on the brown under surface the forewings 
is without any markings except 2 darker nebulous stripes parallel to the margin in the marginal area; also 
on the hindwing the discal transverse spots have disappeared except, a nebulous trace. From the Andaman Is. 
—• In andamanica W.-Mas. (147 f) which is somewhat smaller and in the anal portion of the forewing much 
lighter, but in the marginal area of the hindwing much less brightened, the nebulous stripes beneath are still 
more indistinct, and the insect itself is said to be smaller. subfasciata Mr. resembles beneath again more 
typical fulla, but the stripes in the disc of the hindwing are absent, and the marginal dots are confined to few 
faint traces. — babbsi J. <£• T. (146 B a), from the Shouten Is., does not show any such traces at all; the 
marginal and basal areas beneath are almost of the same colour, separated by a broad dark shadow. - prasiae 
Fruhst., from Amboina, has a more intense lilac-blue upper surface than in the Andaman forms and those from 
Buru, from where the species was originally described, separated from typical fulla by a more greyish than 
smoky-brown colouring beneath; the broad postdiscal band of the hindwing is bordered with yellowish instead 
of whitish. 
fulla. 
andamani- 
ca 
sub fuse ia fa 
babbsi. 
prasiae . 
A. disparalis Fldr. (— disparilis Hew., courvoisieri Rbb.). Wings above in the <§ quite light blue, disparalis. 
in the 5 almost white with broad black margins. The $ almost looks like a Lampides] under surface white 
with a black double margin. Moluccas. - wildei Misk. (147 h), from Queensland, is quite similar, but the margin wildei. 
of the $ hindwing above is much broader, and the white under surface in the disc covered with numerous spots. 
- A form or species quite similar to it flies, according to Waterhouse db Lyell in the Aru Is. The insects 
mostly fly very high, so that they are difficult to capture and therefore rare in collections. 
A. critala Fldr. (142 h as cristala) has entirely adapted its exterior to the Thysonotis flying at the eritala. 
same habitat, and instead of the small verdigris anal spots on the hindwing beneath it exhibits a metallic bluish- 
green distal band. The upper surface is also like Thysonotis, the <$ azure with a median band showing light 
through from beneath; $ above white, broadly margined with black, without blue. Amboina. 
A. axiothea Hew. (= strophe Sm.) (146 Bb). This species also deviates more than most of the other axiothea. 
species of the genus froin the type of Arnblypodia, though above it resembles the brightly glistening asenia 
(149 g) and its allies from the same patria, but the under surface is light yellowish-or reddish-white with blackish- 
brown, compact broad transverse bands. New r Guinea *). 
Note. As the plates of the Lycaenidae were already brought to a conclusion in 1914 and the German edition was 
effected during the wad, the text can mostly only deal with the forms published until that time; the two forms described can 
only be published in the supplementary sheets. 
43. Genus: Mota Nic. 
This genus which hitherto contains but 1 species we insert here, since it cannot be well ranged with 
any other genus. The only species from Northern India was described as a Myrina, which genus is confined 
to-day to 6 forms known from Africa and having been described in Vol. XIII, p. 377 and all figured there. 
Whereas in these species there is but 1 little tail on the hindwing, having its base on or quite close at a small 
anal lobe, Mota has 2 separate small tails as fine as a hair, proceeding from the ends of the median branches 
and being remote from the anal lobe. The colouring above recalls that of many Amblypodia, whereas the marbled 
hindwing beneath offers a most characteristic appearance. 
A. massyla Hew. (146 B a). $ above lilac-blue with a narrow black margin; $ above blackish, with massyla. 
a violet reflection, the base of the wing as far as the centre violet. Hindwing beneath with a peculiar complicated 
marbling and a colouring similar to that of a small dry shrivelled leaf. Upper Assam (Sylhet); Bhutan. Rare. 
44. Genus: Zepliyriis Ddm. 
As the palearctic species betulae L. is stated as the type, the generic name Zephyrus, as N. D. Rtley 
has ascertained, would be synonymous with Thecla. In Vol. I. however, we took into consideration that Fabriciu.s 
also counts spini Schiff. to Thecla, to which, after eliminating betulae, the generic name of Thecla might be left. 
It is still quite uncertain for which species the generic name is decisive, whether for all the 1000 species (mostly 
*) Bbthune-Baker, in his monography on the Amblypodia- group, puts this species to the end of the genus; it might 
be more naturally ranged near fulgida (p. 960). 
