272 



NYMPHALli)^.. 



Papilio Plautilla Hiibner, Europ. Sehmett. Pap. f. 99. 

 100. 

 Germany, Hungary, South Russia. B.M. 



6. Neptis Matuta. 



Acca Matuta Hiibner, Vers. bek. Schm. p. 44. n. 392. 

 Papilio Leucothoe Cramer, Ins. pi. 29C. f. E. F. (but not 



of Linnitus. ) 

 Nymphalis Aceris (ex parte) Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 430. 



n. 255. 

 Papilio Aceris Esper, Pap. t. S2. f. 1. (major ex India.); 



Fabrkius, Ent. Syst. in. pt. 1. p. 245. n. 703. (ex 



parte); Esper, Ausl. Sehmett. t. 81. cent. 31. f. 3, 4. 

 Java, China, Coromandel. B.M. 



7. Neptis Columella. 



Papilio Columella Cramer, Ins. pi. 290. f. A. B. 

 Acca Columena Hiibner, Ferz. bek. Sehmett. p. 44. n. 

 391.; Doubledaij, List Lep. B. Mas. p. 95. 

 China, Nepaul, India. B.M. 



8. Neptis Lucilla. 



Papilio Lucilla Wiener rerz. 173. 4.; Fabricius, Ent. 



Syst. III. pt. 1. p. 246. n. 768.; Ernst, Pap. 1. pi. 10. 



f. 12. a. b.; Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 431. n. 259. 



(Nymphahs L.) ; Hiibner, Pap. f. 101, 102., Verz. 



bell. Sehmett. p 44. n. 394. (Acca Lucilla) ; Boisduval, 



Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. I6 (Limenitis L.) 

 Papilio Camilla Esper, Pap. t. 59- f- 1- 

 PapiUo Sappho Pallas, Iter, i. App- p. 19- n. 62. 

 Papilio Ccenobita Cramer, Ins. pi. 296. f. CD. (but not 



of Fabricius and Donovan). 

 Austria, South Russia, Wolga, China, Cramer. B. M. 



9. Neptis Zaida. 



Limenitis Zaida E. Doubleday MS.; Doubl. Westui. S; 

 Hewitson, Gen. Diurn. Lep. pi. S5. f. 3. 

 Northern India. ^.'M. 



10. Neptis Melicerta. 



Papilio Melicerta Drury, Illust. vol. 11. pi. 19- f- 3. 4. 



(1773); Fabr. Ent. Syst. in. pt. 1. p. 244. (ex parte) 



nee Melicerta Godart. 

 Papilio Blandina Cramer, Ins. 28. t. 827. f. E- F-; 



Hiibner, Verz. bek. Sehmett. p. 44. n. 389. (Acca Bland.) 



NymphaUs Melinoe, Godart, Enc. M. ix. 432. n. 26 1. 

 Sierra Leone. ^- '^^• 



11. Neptis Agatha. „ „ , 



Papilio Agatha Cramer, Ins. t. 397- f- A. B.; Hiibner, 

 Verz. bek. Schm. p. 44. n. 390. (Acca Agatha). 



Papilio Melicerta Fab. Ent. Syst. in. pt. 1. p. 244. n. 762. 

 (ex parte) ; Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 432. n. 2G(). (Nym- 

 phalis .M. but not P. Melicerta Drury). 

 Sierra Leone. "• "'• 



12. Neptis Kikideli. 



Limenitis Kikideli Boisduval, Faune Ent. de Madag. p. 



50. 

 St. Marie, Tamatave. 



13. Neptis Metella. ,, „ 



Limenitis MeteUa E. Doubleday MS.; Doubt. Westw. if 

 Hewitson, Gen. Diurn. Lep. pi. 35. f. 2. 

 Sierra Leone. B.M. 



14. Neptis Ophione. . 



Papilio Ophione Cratner, I71S. t. 114. f. E.F.; Fabricius, 



Ent. Syst. iii. 1. p. 131. n. 402.; Godart, Enc. M. ix. 



p. 432. n. 262. (Nymphalis Oph.); Hiibner, Verz. bek. 



Schm. p. 44. n. 398. (Acca Oph.); E. Doubleday, List 



Lep. B. M. p. 95. (Limenitis Oph.) 

 PapiUo Aceris Jones, Icon. iv. t. 31. f. I. 

 Sierra Leone, Ashanti. B.M. 



15. Neptis Valentina. „ „^ „... 



Papilio Valentina Cramer, Ins. t. 327- f. CD.; Hubner, 



Verz. bek. Sch. p. 44. 11. 399- (Acca Val.) 

 Nymphalis Ophione var. Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 432. n. 



262. 

 Variety of N. Ophione ? 

 Guinea. 



16. Neptis Pbaslini. 



Limenitis Praslini Boisd. Voy. de I'Astrol. Ent. p. 131. 

 New Ireland, Port Praslin. 



17. Neptis coNSiMiLis. 



Limenitis consimilis Boisd. Voy. de I'Astrol. Ent. p. 1 o3. 

 New Ireland, New Holland. 



Genus LIII. ATHYMA Westw. 



Limenitis p. Boisd. Doubleday. 

 Neptis p. Blanchard. 

 Acca p. Hiibn. 

 BiBLis p. Horsfield. 

 Nymphalis p. God'. 



Body robust ; wings large and strong, generally with transverse white marks on a black ground. 

 Head moderate, Avith a few long hairs in front. 



Eyes rather prominent, generally naked, but finely hirsute in some species. „.,,j„,iu, fovn.pd 



AntenncB not more thatihalf the length of the fore wings, straight; termmated by a long and gradually foimed 



slender club, slightly obliquely truncate at the tip, and mth a tine keel-hkc line down the "nder side. 

 Labial Palpi rather slender, obliquely directed upwards, but not reaching above the middle of the eye , the tips 

 horizontally porrected and slightly incurved, clothed with closely adpressed scaly hairs with longer hairs at 

 the base beneath, and towards the extremity of the second joint on the upper side ; the terminal joint very 



Thorax roW • colkroften variously coloured ; dorsum often marked with white spots. Metathorax large, deeply 



grooved down the middle, finely hairy. ^ ^ r^ ^ • j.u «ftu = 



Fore lF»7r/,s large, subtriangular. Anterior margin rounded; apical angle rounded. Outer margin three fifths 

 of the length of the anterior, slightly convex, straight, or but very slightly concave, and _ slightly scalloped. 

 Inner margin nearly straight, tln-ee fourths of the length of the anterior margin. Costal vein st^rong, reaching 

 to the middle of the costa. Subcostal vein witli its first branch arising at about one fourth ol tjie length ot 

 the wing, followed immediately by the second branch ; third branch arising at about two thirds ot the length 

 of the wing, extending to the apex ; fourth branch arising at about five sixths of the length ot the wing, and 



