134 NVMPIIALIDi^i. SATYRIN^. NEORINA. 



the hack of the middle joint ; terminal joint very small, slender, and oval, obliquely porrected, 

 but scarcely reaching to the level of the top of the eyes. Thorax robust, oval, hairy. 

 Abdomen elongate, rather narrow. Fomviug large, subtriangular ; costal margin much arched, 

 apex slightly rounded ; outer margin five-ninths of the length of the costal margin, nearly 

 straight, and very slightly scalloped ; inner angle rounded ; inner margin nearly straight 

 in both sexes, considerably longer than the outer. Costal novure but slightly swollen at 

 the base, and extending only to the middle of the costa. Subcostal neiuure with its branches 

 free; the first and serrond arising close together before the anterior extremity of the discoidal 

 cell, and uniting with the costa far beyond the extremity of the costal nervure ; third branch 

 arising half way between the cell and the tip ; fourth branch arising at a little distance 

 beyond the third, extending to the tip of the wing ; the terminal part of the nervure extending 

 below the tip. Upper disco-cellular nervule very short and oblique, arising at about two-fifths 

 of the length of the wing (at the tip of the little dark brown tooth on the inside of the fulvous 

 bar in N. hilda, which in fact forms the boundary of the discoidal cell). Middle disco-cellular 

 rather longer, transverse. Lcivcr disco-cellular much longer, more oblique, and slightly 

 curved, uniting with the third branch of the median nervure ; closing the discoidal cell almost 

 in a right angle, this third branch being angulated at the point of junction, which is at the 

 same distance from the origin of the third branch as exists between the first and second 

 branches. I/i/id7vi//g nearly semicircular, the outer angle rounded ; costal margin much arched ; 

 outer margin slightly scalloped. The nervures arranged as in Oritioma, the discoidal cell not 

 extending more than two-fifths of the length of the wing, and closed by a slightly curved 

 lower disco-cellular nervule, united to the median nervure at the origin of its third branch. 

 Forelegs of the MALE small, moderately feathered ; the divisions being of nearly equal 

 length and thickness. Foicr hiiidlegs long and strong, scaly, with very few hairs ; tibia nearly 

 as long as the femur, with two rows of small spines beneath ; tibial spurs long and very 

 acute ; tarsus with several rows of short spines beneath end at the sides. Claws strong, acute, 

 simple, and very much curved. Paronychia minute, bifid." 



" A'i hilda, the type of the genus, might easily, from its general appearance and colouring, 

 be mistaken for one of the Morphin(F, but its hairy palpi and the arrangement of the nervures 

 of the wings refer it to the present subfamily, from most of which it is distinguished by the 

 slightly swollen base of the nervures of the forewing, its large size, and peculiar style of 

 markings." (U'estzuood, 1. c.) 



Hey to the Indian Species of ITeorina. 



A. A prominent band crossing the forewing. 



a. Of moderate size (under five inches in expanse) ; the band yellow ; hindrting rounded. 



ii6. N. HILDA, Sikkim, Assam. 



b. Of large size (over five inches in expanse in Indian specimens) ; the band almost white ; 



hindwing with a distinct tail. 



117. N. CRiSHNi, Cachar, Assam, Java. 



c. Of smaller size (about three inches iu expanse) ; with a complete series of ocelli on both wings, 



on upper and undersides. 



n8. N. MARGARITA, Sikkim. 



The latter species, N. margarita:, is only tentatively placed here ; it was placed by the 

 describer, Mr. H. J. Elwes, as Zf///<f ('.^j, and it probably is generically distinct from both 

 Ncorina and Lethe, but in the absence of specimens we can give no positive opinion, nor can 

 we assign to it a place among the Lcthes for the same reason. 



Only one other species in the genus has been described, N. lowii, from Sumatra and 

 Borneo. This genus contains the largest and perhaps most striking species of the subfamily 

 SalyrincE that occur in India. 



1 1 6. ITeorina hilda, West wood. 



N. hilda, Westwood, Gen. D. L., p. 370, pi l.w, fig. 2 (1851), male. 

 Habitat : N.-E. India (Sikkim and Sibsagar). 

 Expanse : 4'6 to 48 inches. 



Description : Male : Upperside, velvety blackish brown. Foreiving with a transverse 

 yellow macular band from before the middle of the costa to the hinder angle, and passing just at 



