98 NYMPHALTD^. NYMPHALINiE. NEPTIS. 



in this character, and in the reduction of the subapical series of white spots on iht foreiviftg 

 to three, also in the absence of the submaiginal white line on the hindiving. Underside 

 yellower even than N. ewymeue, the white cuneiform spot beyond the cell of the forewing 

 shorter, the white band of the hindtviiig broader and straighter, and the yellow belt following 

 it also broader, straighter, and less tapering ; from A. aceiii the yellow colouration on the 

 UNDERSIDE at once distinguishes it" [the latter being red-brown]. [^EnHer, 1, c.) 



N swinhoei evidently has a wide range. It is very near indeed to N. eury7nene, but 

 as described and figured it may at once be known from that species by having only three 

 marginal white spots on the upperside of the forewing and no marginal white line on the 

 hindwing. I have no authenticated specimens, and not one which answers exactly to the 

 original description and figure, but I have numerous specimens that evidently belong to the 

 form described ; both the above given characters are variable. 



384- Neptis kamampa, Moore. 



N. kamarupa, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1874, p. 570. 



Habitat : Continental India, Assam, Burma. 



Expanse: i,2-\2; ?, 225 inches. 



Description : '' Male and female. Upperside fuliginous black ; markings white, 

 broad, prominent. Foreiving with the discal series of spots at very oblique angles, the 

 first spot of the lower portion small ; a prominent marginal linear series of white quadrate 

 spots. Hindwing with the subbasal band evenly margined ; outer band broad and composed 

 of quadrate spots ; a prominent narrow white marginal line. UNDERSIDE ferruginous yellow ; 

 markings as above ; very slightly black-bordered." 



"Nearest allied to A. varmona, but may be distinguished from it on the underside 

 by the delicate narrow black bordering of the bands and the absence of the black streaks 

 on the veins of the forewing." (Moore, 1. c.) 



There are numerous specimens of N. kamariipa from Calcutta so named by Mr. Moore in 

 the Indian Museum, Calcutta, only one of which has a prominent narrow white marginal 

 line on the hindwing ; also one from Shillong which possesses this character, and another from 

 the Dafla Hills which has the line, but it is not prominent. The narrow black edging to the 

 white bands and spots of the underside will suffice however to distinguish typical specimens 

 ixora N. varmona ', the ground-colour is also usually lighter and brighter. It is the commonest 

 species of Neptis in Calcutta, and the Indian Museum, Calcutta, possesses specimens from 

 Sikkim, Bhutan, Malda, Cachar, Shillong, Assam, Chittagong, Orissa, Mysore, and Oota- 

 camund. In Major Marshall's collection are numerous examples from Akyab, Tavoy and 

 Upper Tenasserim. These latter agree with the description of N. vieetana on the underside, 

 but are not the least like N. andamana on the upperside, and in fact agree exactly with the 

 description of N, kamarjipa. 



385. ITeptis euryiaen©, Butler. 



N. eurymcne, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1SS3, p. 145, n. 3, pi. x.\iv, fig. 5. 



Habitat : Mhow, Central India ; Mirzapore district, N.-W. Provinces. 



Expanse : 2 inches. 



Description: "Nearly allied to A. ^wjwi?;/;!?, Westwood, but smaller, with the costal 

 and outer margins of the ^/^/-^zc///^ straighter. Upperside blacker, with purer white markings ; 

 spots on the disc smaller ; hindwing with an ill-defined whitish streak in the medial black 

 belt and a slender white submarginal line. Underside of a purer ochre-yellow colour ; 

 the white markings, excepting the discoidal streak of the /<7;vzyw.?-, narrower." (Butler, \. c.) 



" Common here [Mhow] in February ; have one also from Paras Pani, Mirzapore district, 

 N.-W. Provinces, taken in the same month." (Note by Colonel Swinhoe, 1. c.) 



This species is very close indeed to N, kamartipa, if in fact the latter species is typically 

 held to have a prominent narrow white marginal line on the upperside of the hindwing, I 

 do not know how to separate them. All the markings of the upperside of N. eurymene are 

 very pure white and distinct, the ground-colour of the underside pure light ochre-yellow. 



