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triangular ; costa very slightl_y arched, apex rounded, exterior margin slightly con- 

 cave in the middle and very slightly scalloped, posterior margin recurved ; first and 

 second subcostal branches emitted before end of the cell ; both discocellulars very 

 short ; cell open ; posterior border of the underside from below the median vein 

 glossy pale brownish-grey, and enclosing a broad elongated glossy dark bluish-grey 

 patch of scales between the median and submedian, this patch being densely clothed, 

 in transverse slightly ridged waves, with long very slender more or less curved 

 sabre-shaped opaque scales, the outer curved edge of these scales being slightly but 

 perceptibly notched. Eivdwinfj broad, circular, anterior and exterior margin regularly 

 rounded, the latter broadly scalloped, anal angle rounded; precostal vein bent inward 

 near the end ; costal vein terminating at the apex; costal and subcostals regularly 

 arched, the subcostals emitted close to costal ; costal border glossy brownish-grey, the 

 area below the costal vein to the radial being brilliantly glossed with violet-grey scales. 

 Body moderate ; palpi stout, densely clothed with fine hairs to the tip ; antennae rather 

 long, slender, club elongated ; eyes naked. Type. P. Amphion (IJeliodora, Cram.). — 

 Fhseilyma Amphion (Papilio Amphion, Linn. S. N. x. ed. p. 486 (1768); Seba, 

 Thesaurus iv. pi. 16, fig. 3, 4; Neptis Amphion, Aurivillins, Kongl. Vet. Akad. 

 Haudl. 1882, p. 103. Syn. Pap. Heliodora, Cram., Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 212, fig. E. F. 

 Herbst. Nat. Sch. ix. pi. 241, fig. 1. Pap. pellucida, Goeze, Ent. Beyt. 1779, p. 120. 

 Phsedyma Heliodora, Felder, Neues Lep. p. 31 (1861). Habitat. Amboyna. — 

 Phsedyma Sheplierdi (Nep. Shepherdi, Moore, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 8, pi. 50, fig. 1. 

 Habitat. New South Wales, Australia. — I'hiedyma Astrea (Athyma Astrea, Butler, 

 Ann. Nat. Hist. 1866, p. 99. Habitat. Aru. — Phsedyma latifasciata (Neptis lati- 

 fasciata, Butler, Tr. Ent. Soc. 1875, p. 4). Seba, Thesaurus iv. pi. 16, fig. 8, 9. 

 Habitat. Cape York, Australia. — Phsedyma melaleuca (Lim. melaleuca, Boisd. Voy. 

 Astrol. Lep. p. 131 (1832). Habitat. Moluccas. — Phsedyma Cerne (Athyma Cerne, 

 Butler, Ann. N. H. 1866, p. 99. Habitat. Moluccas. — Phsedyma Pisias (Neptis 

 Pisias, Godman and Salvin, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1888, p. 98. Habitat. Soloman Islands. 

 — Phadyma Jissigonata (Neptis fissigonata, Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1882, p. 43. 

 Grosc-Sraitli and Kirby, Rhop. Exot. 1895, Ne2)t. p. 2, pi. 1, fig. 3, 4. Habitat. 

 Soloraau Islands. — Phsedyma Heliopolis, Felder, Reise Nov. Lep. iii. p. 427 (1867). 

 Habitat. Gilolo ; Timor. — Phsedyma Gaiiina (Neptis Ganina, Grose-Smith, Novitates 

 Zool. i. p. 353, pi. xii. fig. 4 (1894). Habitat. New Guinea. — Phsedyma Nectens 

 (Neptis (PhjBdyma) Nectens, de Niceville, J. As. Soc. Bengal, 1897, p. 548, pi. i. 

 fig. 3, ? . Habitat. Ke Islands. 



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