﻿NYMPHALIN^. (Group LiiiEyiTiyA.) 235 



submarginal and marginal line very obscure. Hindiving witli a very broad inner 

 discal baud, which widens anteriorly to thecosta; an outer discal broad quadrate 

 macular band ; a medial discal obscure pale line which is whitish posteriorly, and a 

 marginal obscure slender pale lunular line. Underside brownish-ferruginous ; 

 markings as above, and, including a basal and subbasal streak on hindwing, all 

 prominently pure white. Body and palpi above black, beneath and legs greyish- 

 white ; antennce black above, tip reddish beneath. 

 Expanse c?, ? 2 to 2j^o inches. 



Wet-seaso?i brood (Plate 279, fig. 1, d, e, f, g, (5* ? ). 



Male and female. Upperside. Ground-colour blacker ; markings all smaller 

 and narrower, especially in the male ; marginal lines less defined. Underside darker 

 brownish-ferruginous, the posterior area of forewing blackish ; markings as above, 

 but less purely white, and blackish-edged. 



Expanse, c? 2^% to 2^^, ? 2f\) to 21^0 inches. 



Habitat. — N.W. Himalayas. 



Distribution. — This distinct species " occui'S only in the N.W. Himalayas. Mr. 

 de Niceville took it at Kujiah near Dalhousie, and at Ulwas, Chumba, in May. Mr. 

 A. Graham Young obtained it in the Kulu Valley in April and May ; it occurs also 

 in Simla, Kasauli andMasuri. Major Marshall has specimens from Kashmir, 8200 

 feet, taken in June, Chumba in May and June, Pangi, 8000 feet, in July, and Chini 

 in June" (de Niceville, I.e. 105). We possess specimens from Simla, taken in May 

 by Capt. A. M. Lang. Major J. W. Yerbury found it " common at Murree in 

 August and September; seen as far as Thundiani " (P. Z. S. 1886, 360). Capt. H. B. 

 Hellard took it at " Pangi in Busahir, in July and August, and in Kashmir in August 

 and September " (MS. Notes). Mr. W. Doherty found it "common in Kuraaon, 

 extending from the Sarju and Kali Valleys at 2000 up to over 9000 feet near Dwali, 

 N.W. Kumaon, and at Budhi, in N.E. Kumaon" (J. A. S. Bengal, 1886, 125). 

 Mr. J. H. Leech possesses specimens from Kuki, July ; Dana; Kujiah, 6000, June; 

 Narkunda, April ; Murree, May ; and from Rala, August. 



NEPTIS YERBURYI. 



Neptis Yerluryi, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, p. 3G0; id. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1888, p. 143, ?. 

 Nepfis Nandina (pan*), Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. Company, i. p. 168; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 9. 

 de Niceville, Butt, of India, etc., ii. p. 104. 



* The type specimen of Nandina, figured in Catal. Lep. E. I. C. pi. 4a, fig. 7, was taken in Java by 

 the late Dr. Horsfield, and is distinct from this species. 



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