14 NYMPHALIDJE. — NYMPHALINiE. — NEPTIS. 



XIV.— NEPTIS POLION. $ . Figs. 4, 5. ? . Fig. G. 



Exp. 2| inches. 



Male. Uppeuside, dark brown ; anterior wings with a round spot in the 

 middle, and another, larger, at the end of the cell, two oval spots on the disc 

 towards the costa, and two others, confluent, between the median ncrvules ; a 

 small spot on the inner margin at one-fourth from the outer angle ; two rows 

 of small spots cross the disc towards the outer margin more or less obsolete. 



Posterior wings with the disc crossed by a broad band of spots divided by the 

 dark veins, the three middle spots being the largest, the spot nearest the apex 

 the smallest ; outside the band is a double row of very indistinct paler markings. 

 All the spots on both wings are greenish-white. 



Underside rather rufous-brown, with the spots and markings clearly 

 developed, and two submarginal rows of white bars along the outer margins. 



The female differs little from the male, but on the upperside the spots are 

 brownish-white, and the submarginal rows are more clearly developed than in 

 the male. On the posterior wings the band of spots is of more uniform width, 

 and there is an additional spot towards the apex. 



Hab. Bouru. 



In tlie Collection of Mr Grose-Smith. 



