118 W. J. HOLLAND. 



Genus lUf EPTIS Fabr. 



36. Xeptis Hordoiiia Stoll, Suppl. Cram. PL 33, figs. 4 and 4D (1770); 

 N. Plmiiosa Moore, Proc. Eat. Soc. London, 1878, p. 830 ; N. Eihodona Moore, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1878, p. 697. 



Several specimens, male and female. 



I am convinced, after a careful study <->f the whole matter aided 

 by long suites of specimens from various Eastern localities, that N. 

 Plagiosa Moore, and N. Rihodona Moore, are but varietal forms of 

 Hordoiiia Stoll. The Hainan specimens before me answer partly to 

 the description of Rihodona, partly to that of Plagiosa. DeNiceville 

 suggests that Plagiosa, with its densely mottled under-surface, is the 

 winter form of Hordonia Stoll. This is also the apparent judgment 

 of collectors on the ground. The Rev. L. C. Biggs, Mr. H. G^ 

 Durnford, and Mr. William Doherty, have sent me specimens marked 

 Hordoiiia, which are referable partly to the typical Hordonia of 

 Stoll, partly to the two recently erected species of ^loore, and show 

 intergrades between all. The slightly increased or diminished width 

 of a band or a spot, the presence of a few more or less speckles on the 

 underside of a wing are hardly sufficient grounds for the erection of 

 new species. 



37. Neptis EuryiiOEiie Westw., in Donovan's Ins. China PI. XXXV, fig. 

 4 1 1842) ; Papilio Lencothoe Donovan, 1st edit. ; X. Eurynome Distant, Rliopal. 

 Malayana, p. 156, PI. XVI, fig. 14. 



Numerous sj^ecimens % and 9 • 



38. IVeptis Opliiaiiii Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1872, p. 561 ; Distant, 

 Ehop. JIalay. p. 153, Tab. XVII, fig. 12 ; Marsball and DeX., Vol. II, p. 105. 



One fine female. 



39. Neptis iiiiorojuegetlies n. sp. 



This species belongs to the second group indicated by DeNiceville. 

 Its expanse is 1.5 inches. The ground color is black, the markings 

 pure white. The discal streak of the fore wings is broad and long, 

 slightly indented at end of cell and not reaching below^ the third 

 submedian nervule. Three large oblique spots near the apex and 

 four large spots reversely oblique to the middle of the posterior mar- 

 gib. A submarginal band of small white spots interrupted opposite 

 the extremity of the discal streak and bordered on either side by a 

 pale line. Fringe white. Hind wing with discal bund broad, straight 

 and even, followed by a pale line, the submarginal white band straight, 

 prominent, gradually diminishing in width from the anal to the outer 

 angle ; a pale marginal line beyond. The underside exactly as the 

 upperside, exce2)t that the deep black of the upper surface is replaced 

 by fuscous, and the light markings are more prominent and distinct. 



