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NTMPHALIN^. (Group LmENITINA.) 233 



a broad white cell-streak and ratlier elongated dentate spot beyond, a discal 

 curved series of widely separated spots, a submarginai row of slightly-defined 

 slender white lunules, an inner submarginai obscure sinuous pale line, and a less 

 apparent outer marginal line. Hindioing with a moderately broad white discal 

 band, which is more or less attenuated anteriorly, and a submarginai row of very 

 narrow whitish lunules, the medial discal and outer marginal pale line very 

 obscure. Underside ferruginous ; markings as above, including a basal and 

 subbasal streak, all prominently white and slightly black-edged. 



Female. Upperside as in male. Underside somewhat darker ferruginous than 

 in male ; markings more distinctly black-edged. 



Expanse, c? 2 to 2^\, S 2^^y inches. 



Wet-season hrood (Plate 277, fig. 1, d, e, f, g, S 9)- 



Male and female. Upperside olivescent-black ; markings less prominent and 

 sullied- white than in dry season. Foreiving with the cell-streak and contiguous 

 spot narrower, the discal series of spots smaller, the submarginai lunular line very 

 slender. Eindwing with the discal band more or less narrower and attenuated an- 

 teriorly, the submarginai row of lunules very slender. Underside dusky ferruginous ; 

 markings with blacker edges. 



Expanse, 6 Ij^q to 2,^,, ? 2^^ inches. 



Habitat. South Andamaus. 



Distribution. — Confined to the Andaman Isles, where it is, apparently, a common 

 species. Numerous specimens are in the Indian Museum, Calcutta ; we possess a 

 series, taken by the late F. de Roepstorff. 



NEPTIS NICOBARICA. 



Neptis Nieoharica, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 586. de Niceville, Butt, of India, etc., ii. p. 91- 

 (1886). 



Dry-season brood (PLite 278, fig. 1, la, b, c, c? ? ). 



Imago. — Male and female. Upperside black ; markings broad, white, and sharply 

 defined. Differs from N. Varmona, on the foreiving, in the discal series of spots being 

 less curved, and separated into three distinct portions ; the subapical pair less 

 outwardly-oblique, the discal pair of more equal length and widely separated from 

 the lower pair, the upper spot of the discal pair being also placed comparatively more 

 inward, and the lower spot of the same pair positioned obliquely downward and 

 outward, both the latter having their outer-edge obliquely concave ; the 



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