NYMPHALID.E.-NYMPHALIN^. 



NEPTIS. lY. 



XIII.— NEPTIS HELIOPOLIS. $ . Figs. 1, 2. j. Fig. 3. 



Phcechjma Heliopolis, Feld., Eeise Nov. Lep. III., p. 427, No. 677 (1867). 



Exp. i. 2| inches. ?. Scinches. 



Male. Upperside. Dark brown ; anterior wings with a narrow basal streak 

 in the cell, a lunulate spot in the middle, and a triangular spot at the end, 

 irrorated towards its apex with dark scales, two sub-ovate spots on the disc 

 towards the costa, two others between the median nervules, larger than the 

 l)receding and nearer the base, and a small elongate spot on the inner margin 

 at one-fourth from the outer margin, a row of transverse submarginal spots, of 

 which the two uppermost are most distinct, the others being nearly obsolete. 



Posterior wings with a row of six spots crossing the wings horizontally 

 a little before the middle, of which the spot towards the end of the cell is 

 considerably elongated, and the spot next it, nearer the inner margin, is 

 minute ; three indistinct rows of pale spots or bars cross the disc. All the spots 

 are white. 



Underside. Paler brown than on the upperside, with the spots as on the 

 upperside ; both wings crossed beyond the middle by three rows of brownish 

 spots or markings, which are more developed than on the upperside. On the 

 posterior wings the costa at the base is white, and there is an indistinct whitish 

 patch at the base of the cell. 



Female. Upperside resembles the male, but the spots and markings are 

 smaller and clouded by brownish scales ; the ground-colour is also paler brown. 

 The underside is likewise paler brown, but the spots and markings are larger 

 and brighter than on the upperside. 



Hab. Halmaheira, Dodinga, Batchian, Ternate, Morty. 



In the Collections of Mr. G-rose-Smith and others. 



The figure of the male is taken from a specimen from Ternate, and of the female fro m a 

 Batchian specimen. 



VOL. III., JANUAET, 1900. F F 



