NYMPHALID^.-NYMPHALINiE. 



NEPTIS. II. 



v.— NEPTIS CALLINA. Figs. 1, 2. 



Neptis CaUina, H. Grose-Smith, " Anuals and Magazine of Natural 

 History," Series YII., Vol. I. (March, 1898). 



Exp. If inches. 



Upperside. Both wings dusky-brown ; anterior wings crossed beyond the 

 cell by a broad white band, placed rather obliquely and extending from the 

 subcostal nervure at the middle to the lowest median nervule ; the upper part 

 of the band at the end of the cell curves abruptly inwards, the lower part of 

 the band being narrower and indented on its outer edge ; a rather large white 

 patch on the middle of the inner margin, extending upwards to the lowest 

 median nervule ; beyond the band towards the apex are three narrow hastate 

 white markings, and traces of a fourth, enclosing a row of conical spots darker 

 than the ground-colour, followed by two submarginal brownish-white lines, 

 divided by the veins ; the cell is crossed beyond the middle by three dark lines 

 and a V-shaped marking towards the base, the spaces between which are paler 

 than the ground-colour. Posterior wings crossed about the middle by a broad 

 white band, the inner edge of which is regular and the outer edge is indented ; 

 towards the outer margin between the veins is a row of conical spots, darker 

 than the ground-colour, bordered on either side by dusky-white lines, followed 

 by a submarginal row of narrow lunulate dark bars, narrowly bordered on each 

 side by dusky white lines ; the cilia on both wings between the veins narrowly 

 white. 



Underside brighter and paler brown than above, with the white spots and 

 lines much brighter ; on the anterior wings the ground-colour of the cell is 

 brownish-white, and on the posterior wings there is a broad white streak above 

 the costal nervure. 



Hab. Cameroons. 



In Mr. Grose-Smith's Collection. 

 VOL. III., JULY, 1899. . . 



