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William Chapman Hewitson, [1865] 1862-1878 Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae. London, John van Voorst Amblypodia Acetes, Hewitson. Pl. III. female f. 14, 15. In the Collection of A. R. Wallace from Makassar. Valid name Arhopala acetes (Hewitson, 1862) Amblypodia Anarte, Hewitson. Pl. III. male f. 16, 17. In the Collection of the Hope Museum at Oxford. Valid name Arhopala anarte (Hewitson, 1862) Amblypodia Alce, Hewitson. Pl. III. female f. 18, 19, male f. 20. In the Collection of A. R. Wallace from Aru. Valid name Arhopala nobilis (Felder, 1860) ssp. alce (Hewitson, 1862) Amblypodia Anthelus. Pl. III. female f. 23, 24. In the Collection of the British Museum from Moulmein, East Indies. Valid name Arhopala anthelus (Westwood, 1851) Amblypodia annulata Plate III. fig. 21. Valid name Arhopala annulata (Felder, 1860) Amblypodia Aexone. Plate III. figs. male 20, female 24. Valid name Arhopala aexone (Hewitson, 1863) In the Collection of A. R. Wallace, from Waigiou. This is one of a group of several species of great beauty, unsurpassed, except in size, by the glorious Morphos of the New World. A. Helius of Cramer, A. Theba of Boisduval, A. Anthore and A. Acron of the Museum Catalogue, A. Aexone, A. Azenia and A. Axiothea of this work, although resembling each other, above, in the same inimitable blue, are singularly different underneath, and 1 think few would turn over this species, after gazing on the effulgence of its upper surface, without an exclamation of surprise at the unexpected contrast. Amblypodia Camdeo. Pl. III. male f. 25, 26. Variety a. Smaller than the examples from Sylhet, and somewhat darker underside. Amblypodia Eridanus, Felder, Lep. Amboin. Sitz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 1860. In the Collection of Dr. Felder from Ambovna. Valid name Arhopala camdeo (Moore, [1858]) Amblypodia Azenia, Hewitson. Plate III. male figs. 22, 23. In the Collections of A. R. Wallace and W. C. Hewitson, from Waigiou. Valid name Arhopala acron (Hewit