NYMPHALIDyE. NYMPHALIN^. NEPTIS. 87 



at the end of the cell, ending in an acute point on the third median nervule ; a subapical streak 

 composed of four spots divided by the nervules, the upper two on the costa very small ; a 

 large rounded spot in the fn-st median interspace, extending into the interspace above ; a streak 

 below it ending on the inner margin, a very pale indistinct submarginal line to both wings. 

 Hwdwing wiUi a broad discal band and a narrow submarginal one, less than half as wide 

 as the discal one. Underside ochreous, markings as above, but whiter on the hindwing, the 

 marginal line on both wings tinted with lilac, the submarginal band of the hindwing bordered 

 within and without with lilac followed by diffused yellow lines, a diffused black median patch 

 near the inner margin of \\\Q/ore7ving. Female larger, the markings broader. 



There is much difference in the intensity of the colour of the markings on the upperside ; 

 in some specimens from Masuri and Sikkira in Colonel Lang's collection they are almost 

 pure white, in other Sikkim and Masuri examples they are pure ochreous, and there are in- 

 termediate specimens taken by Mr. C. Templeton at Masuii in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 

 Colonel Lang's Masuri specimens were taken in June at 7,000 feet elevation. It is recorded 

 by Mr. Moore from Simla, and he remarks : " N. zaida has the wings more rounded than in 

 the other allied species, and on the hindwing the inner band is very broad, the outer band 

 narrow and mtich curved. " {Moore, I.e.) It is a rare species. 



366. Neptis maaasa, Moore. 



N- manasa, Moore, Horsfield and Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C, vol. i, p. 165, n. 341, pi. ivoi, fig. 2 

 (1857) ; idem, id., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1858, p. s, n. 6. 



Habitat : N. India. 



Expanse : 2*5 inches. 



Description :" Upperside dull dusky-brown: markings white, tinged with very pale 

 ferruginous. Forewing with the discoidal 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. Hi/id- 

 wino with broad inner and narrower outer band, both extending across the abdominal margin ; 

 an indistinct marginal line and line between the two bands. Narrow alia white. Underside pale 

 ochreous, with indistinctly-defmed white markings ; the discoidal streak is continued uninter- 

 ruptedly to the middle of posterior margin, the space within being blackish ; on the hindwivg 

 are some small white markings between the inner band and costal nervure." 



^^ Neptis manasa may be distinguished on the upperside by the discoidal streak being nearly 

 confluent with the spot on the middle of posterior margin, it being quite confluent on the 

 underside." (^Moore, 1. c. in Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C.) 



This is a v^ry remarkable and distinct species, of which I have never seen a specimen. 



The next bur species have the markings almost pure white ; the underside has the bands 

 tinted with vie et, prominently in N. narayatia, faintly in the other three, as in the preceding 

 species to whica they are closely allied. 



367. Neptis aarayana, Moore. 



N. narayana, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1858, p. 6, n. 8, pi. .\lix, fig. 3. 



Habitat : North India, Kulu Valley, Chini. 



Expanse : 2*5 to 27 inches. 



Description :" Male. Upperside black ; markings white. Foreioing vtWh. the dis- 

 coidal streak narrow [indented at the end of the cell] ; along costal margin towards the apex 

 some narrow spots, with two large spots descending obliquely across the apex [two small 

 spots in continuation on the costa divided by the third subcostal nervule] ; a quadrate spot in 

 middle of disc, and another on posterior margin ; two submarginal narrow spots parallel with 

 the quadrate discal spot. Hindwing with straight inner and narrower nearly straight outer 

 band. Underside glossy ferruginous, darkest about the middle of the wings, very pale at the 

 base of costal margin, and blackish along posterior margin of the forewing. Forexuing with 

 markings as on upperside; hindwing with submarginal line, zigzag line between the two 

 bands, greyish- white." 



