LEPIDOPTERA. 165 



line purple ; costal margin at the base whitish. Expanse of wiugs 

 2f inches. 



a. b. ? . Darjeeling, From Indian Collection, Expo- 

 sition Universelle at Paris, 1855. 



Jtemark. — Allied to the two preceding species, but may easily be 

 distinguished by the colour and markings of the under-side. 



340. NEPTIS VIKASI, Horsfield. 



JSTeptis Vikasi, Horsfield, Cat. Lep. Mus. E.I.C. t. 5, 



/ 2, 2a (1829). 

 Athyma Vikasi, Westwood, in Doubleday and HevoitsovbS 



Diurnal Lep. p. 274, n. 10. 

 Limenitis Yikasi, E. Doulleday, List Lep. Brit. Mus. 



pt. I. p. 94. 



a. b. c. d. Java (type). From Dr. Horsfield's Col- 

 lection. 



e. f. N. India. Presented by Colonel Buckley. 



g. h. Darjeeling. Reserved from Indian. Collection, 

 Exposition Universelle at Paris, 1855. 



341. NEPTIS MANAS A, Moore {Plate l\a,fig. 2). 



JVeptis Memasa, n. sp. — Uppee-side dull dusky -brown : markings 

 white, tinged with very pale ferruginous : fore-wing with the dis- 

 coidal streak long, and continued in a curve to near the posterior 

 angle ; an apical oblique streak ; two small spots on costal margin, 

 and one below the margin ; a spot on middle of posterior margin ; a 

 marginal row of small indistinct spots : hind-wing with broad inner 

 and narrower outer band, both extending across the abdominal mar- 

 gin ; an indistinct marginal line and line between the two bands ; 

 narrow cilise white. Undee-side pale ochreous, with indistinctly- 

 defined white markings ; the discoidal streak is continued uninter- 

 rupted to the middle of posterior margin, the space within being 

 blackish ; on the hind-wing are some small white markings between 

 the inner band and costal vein. Expanse 2^ inches. 



a. (^. N. India. Presented by Colonel Buckley. 



BemarJc. — Neptis Manasa may be distinguished above by the dis- 

 coidal streak being nearly confluent with the spot on the middle of 

 posterior margin, it being quite confluent on the under-side. 



