170 NYMPHALID.€. SATYRIN^. NEOPE. 



Zey to the Indian species of ITeope. 



A. Upperside dark brown, with numerous ochreous spots and markings throughout ; hindwing distinctly 



tailed. 



a. Of small size : furewing with the median and submedian nervures broadly defined wi«h 



ochreous. 



163. N. PULAHA, Himal.iyas. 



b. Of large size ; none of the nervures defined with ochreous. 



164. N. BHADRA, Sikkim ; Assam. 



165. N. KHASIANA, Khasi Hills. 



B. Upperside ochreous-brown, with a prominent series of submarginal black spots on both winga ; hindwing 



scarcely perceptibly tailed. 



a. Underside with a prominent nearly straight ochreous discal band on both wings j fore- 

 wing with five ocelli, four of them pupilled with white. 



166. N. BHIMA, Burma. 



i. Underside with no ochreous discal band ; forewing with one ocellus and two 

 black spots. 



167. N MOORHi, India. 



The genus Neope includes two groups differing considerably from one another in outline, 

 and from each other and from all allied genera in the character of their markings, both of 

 which are represented in India, and correspond to the atkinsonia zx\A yania types in Zophoessa. 

 The first, which has the forewing rather elongate and the hindwing quadrate and distinctly 

 tailed, is distinguished by numerous ochreous spots irregularly scattered on the upperside on the 

 dark ground and in no regular pattern ; on the underside, moreover, the markings are more 

 irregular, and the bands on the hindwing are perpendicular to the body, instead of being 

 parallel to it, as in all Zophoessas. The second which has the wings shorter, broader, and more 

 rounded and similar in outline to Z. yat?ia is distinguished by having on the upperside on both 

 wings a submarginal row of large oval black spots on a yellowish ground ; on the underside 

 tlie markings resemble generally those of Z. yania in arrangement. Structurally there appears 

 to be nothing to separate Neope from Zophoessa except the outline of the wings, in the first 

 or typical group ; if this feature were taken as a basis, N. bhima and N. mooiei would form 

 a separate genus, in which Z. yama should be included. The male insects possess no glandular 

 patches or tufts of hair on the wings ; and thesexes are scarcely, if at all, differentiated, 

 agreeing in both these respects with Zophoessa, but the differences in style of markings pointed 

 out above render it convenient to retain them in a separate genus ; the antenna are perhaps 

 more gradually and less abruptly clavate than in Zophoessa. 



The first group contains three species, all inhabiting the hills to the North of India, 

 163. ITeope pulaha, Moore. (Plate XI, fig. 25V.) 



Lasiommata t pulaha and E}w/>e pulaha, Moore, Horsfield and Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C, vol. i, p. 227, 



n. 477 (1857). 



Habitat : Throughout the Himalayas to Upper Burma. 

 Expanse : 25 to 29 inches. 



Description : " Upperside chocolate-brown, dusky about the apex and margins. 

 Forciving with the veins at the base, a stripe at extremity of discoidal cell, and two trans- 

 verse series of spots, ochreous-yellow. Hindwing with two rows of ochreous-yellow spots. 

 Cilia spotted with yellowish-white. Underside dark brown. Forewing with three bars 

 across the discoidal cell and subapical spots tinged with white ; lower series of spots and 

 space below the cell yellow. Hindiving with a submarginal row of eight ocelli and a single 

 ocellus at abdominal angle ; an irregular dark brown band from middle of anterior to middle 

 of abdominal margin ; markings about anterior margin tinged with white." 



"Remark. — This species is somewhat allied in form to Heteronympha metope, Fabricius 

 [from Australia]." ( Moore, \. c.) The sexes in this species are alike. The underside of the 

 hindwing has numerous irregular dark brown zig-z.ag lines and markings, too irregular to 



