ARHOPALINAE 
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ARHOPALA 
The wmg m£u;gins of tins butterlly above are aot so dark as in of hers of (he o.enus, nor so broad 
as m amyUs amyUs. Its dull purple colour and bro.vn margins give it a somewhat sombre appearZe 
m comparison wdli its allies. Cbillagoe is a remarkable locality for this subspecies, but wi \iave no 
reason to doub its accuracy: the late Mr. A. B. Bell, who sent us the examples, d^-ew our attention 
at tlie time to the singularity of this and other coastal species being found so far inland. 
l/8b. A. centaurus asopus nov. 
o'’. AnovE. Forewing dull purplish brown: costa, apex and termen 
wing dull ]mrplisli brown: termen narrowly dull brown. ’ 
very iiarroAvly dull brown. 
TTind- 
(lull brown: apex faintly suffused purplish: markings typical, brown faintly 
Huidwmg dull brown faintly suffused inirplisli: markings ty] 3 ieal, brown faintly ed"-e’d 
whitish: subeaudal area dusted metallic blue. o ji , o i xcomi^v eu^eu 
$ . Above. 
dull broAvn. 
broAvn. 
ForeAving 
Iliudwin 
purplisli brown: base tinged blue: costa narrowly, apex and termen broadly, 
& puiplisli broAvn: base tinged blue: costa broadly^ and termen narroA\dy, dull 
Beneath as in male; purplisli suffusions absent. 
Log. DarAAun 9 11 12. 6d^ Sg. 
A duller subspecies than the eastern race. 
o'’ . Above. 
dull black, 
black. 
179. Arhopala wildei Miskiii. Fig. (l^ 278, 469. 
Synonymical Catalogue Rhopalocera Australia, p. 71, 1891. 
ForeAving pale dull blue: costa narroAvly and termen broadly, dull black: A^eins irreo-ularly 
HindAving pale dull blue: termen broadly dull black: costa Avliitisli; veins irregulaily dull 
Beneath. ForeAving Avlute: costa, apex and termen Avitli a series of marginal lines, pale broAvn: 
tAvo large spots in cell, and a broad bar at end of cell, pale biwn: a band of broad subapical spots, 
and a pair of discal spots in area 2 and area 3, pale biwn. liindAving Avhite: a series of basal spots, 
t at in cell at onethird, pale broAvn: a spot in cell at twotliirds, Avith one aboA'e cell in area 7, and 
an obscure one below cell in area la, pale broAvn: a bar at end of cell, pale brown: a curved series of 
iiTegular diseal spots, that on costa inucli the largest, pale brown: termen Avith a black line, a series 
ot small lunular spots, dark broAvn, and a series of siibterminal and siibtornal interruiited lines, pale 
brown: subeaudal area Avitli metallic scales absent. 
(Bill black; a central area, entering cell but not reaching base or dorsum. Avhite: 
base below subcostal, dull black dusted pale dull blue: a sjmt at end of cell, dull black. Hindwing 
(ul black: an irregular central area, Avhitish Avitli veins irregularly dull black; costa whitish: base 
dull black dusted pale blue; a spot at end of cell, dull black. 
Beneath as in male. 
hoc. Kuranda 1 4 5 8 10 11. locf 5 5 . 
Most of the specimens have been taken by Mr. F. P. Dodd, avIio tells ns that the butterlly Hies very 
ugli and IS difficult, to capture, Avhich probably accounts in some measure for its rarity. Its distribu¬ 
tion may be much Avider that at present recorded, f(Ar Ave have a single female of a verv closely allied 
species from the Aru Islands. 
Subfamily THECLINAE. 
OvuH. Flattened at base and apex: densely pitted. 
Parana. Flattened: often rugged: head retractile, concealed Avhen at rest: often gregarious; Avith 
secretory dorsal glands: alwaA^s attended by ants. 
Pupa. Short, stout, ovoid in section: attached by the tail and a central silken girdle beneath stones 
or bark, or in crevices in stems of foodplant: rarely exjmsed, but in one species pupates gregariously 
upon small silken Avebs in the tips of branches of food23lant. (Fig. P451). 
