94 NYMPHALIDiE. NYMPHALIN^. NEPTIS. 



rt*. Discoidal streak of forewing not completely separated from spot 

 beyond on underside. 



a*. Submarginal band on upperside of both wings promi- 

 nent, white. 



397. N. NANDiNA, India, Java. 



6^. Submarginal band on upperside of both wings narrow, 

 brownish-white. 



398. N. CLINIA, Bengal, Siam. 



i*. Discoidal streak of forewing well separated from spot beyond on 

 both sides. 



399. N. MAHENDRA, N.-W. Himalayas. 



6^. Discal spots in median interspaces of forewing well-separated from the two 

 spots below, the spot in the submedian interspace much reduced or 

 wanting, 



a*. With a prominent submarginal macular white band on hindwing. 

 a°. Discoidal streak of forewing on upperside only divided 

 below base of discoidal nervules. 



400. N. OPHiANA, India, Malay Peninsula. 



i". Discoidal streak of forewing on upperside again divided 

 nearer the base forming a short streak with two 

 white spots beyond. 



401. N. MARTABANA, Rangoon, Upper Tenasserim. 

 d*. With no submarginal white band on hindwing. 



402. N. juMBAH, India, Ceylon, Burma, Andamans. 



377- ITeptis andamana, Moore. 



A'', andamana, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, p. 586. 



Habitat : South Andamans (Port Blair). 



Expanse : <?, 19 to 21 ; ? , 2*2 to 2*4 inches. 



Description: "Male and female. Upperside, black. ^c7;ra//«^ with a prominent 

 white broad cell-streak and dentate spot beyond, a curved transverse discal series of widely 

 separated spots, and two marginal rows of pale lunules, the outer row most distinct. Hind' 

 wing with a white subbasal [discal] band, somewhat irregular, bordered and crossed by the 

 veins ; a submarginal row of whitish lunules and a very indistinct pale median and submargi- 

 nal line. Underside dusky ferruginous, markings as above, including a basal and subbasal 

 streak, all very prominent and with black margins." {Moore, 1. c.) 



There are numerous specimens of both sexes of this species in the Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta. It is a local form of N. varmona, on the upperside the small marginal spots are 

 nearly obsolete, and the submarginal band on the hindwing is narrow and usually sullied with 

 black scales, giving the outer half a very black appearance. The width of the discal band on 

 the hindwing is variable. On the underside all the white markings are very prominent, 

 including those which are obsolete above, and broadly margined with black. N. andamana 

 appears to be confined to the Andaman Isles. 



378. Heptis nicclaarlca, Moore. 



N. nkoharica, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1879, p. 586 ; 1 N. matuta, Felder (nee Hubner), Verh. zool.-bot. 

 Gesells. Wien, vol. xii, p. 483, n. 114 (1862). 



Habitat : Nicobars. 



Expanse : <?, rg to 2-2 ; ? , 2-15 to 2-40 inches. 



Description: "Male and female. Nearest allied to N. varmona, markings similar; 

 also nearly allied to N. mamaja, Butler, from Malacca. Forewing with the discal series less 

 curved, thus giving a wider marginal space ; the marginal row of lunular spots very prominent. 

 Ilindiving with outer or discal series of spots smaller and terminating more towards anal angle ; 

 the marginal lunular line distinct. Underside also similar, the marginal markings broader." 

 QMoore, 1. c.) 



A', nicobarica is altogether a whiter insect than A^. varmona, to which species however it 

 is very closely allied. The series of submarginal small white spots on the upperside of the 

 forewing is complete and the spots are prominent, the marginal line on the upperside of the 



