Species of Butterjlies from Burmah. 151 



the apex, cand gradually becoming more distinct towards the 

 inner angle. Posterior wings dark brown at the base, covered 

 with long brown hairs, the outer half creamy white tinged 

 with yellow, and deeply dentated by the dark brown colour of 

 the base, which partially follows the veins ; the veins at the 

 margins have hastate markings ; a submarginal row between 

 the veins of black spots, white in the centre, the second spot 

 nearest the costa being the largest, and geminate spots at 

 the anal angle. The first median nervule slightly projects, 

 forming an indication of a tail. 



Underside. Pinkish grey with numerous dark markings, 

 crossed in the middle of both wings by an irregular dark band, 

 and growing paler towards the margins. Thorax and abdo- 

 men brown. Antennse black. 

 Expanse 3^ inches. 

 Habitat. Burmah. 



A beautiful and distinct species, in shape resembling the 

 Polyxena group, but the tail is less pronounced. 

 In the collection of H. Grose Smith. 



Neptis cineracea. 



Upperside. Both wings greyish black mottled with brown. 

 Anterior wings crossed beyond the middle by a greyish-white 

 band broken into three spots — the first trifid, the second and 

 third bifid ; a narrow white band and conical spot in the cell, 

 and a submarginal row of small white spots curved inwardly 

 towards the anterior margin. Posterior wings with a greyish- 

 white band of spots within the middlcj and beyond the middle 

 a row of oval spots, distinct and shaded with grey, and a faint 

 submarginal line of grey. 



Underside. As above, the g^&j shade on the white spots 

 more pronounced, the submarginal row of spots with a greyish- 

 brown interrupted line on each side ; the base of the posterior 

 wing broadly white on the interior margin, and the row of 

 spots beyond the middle with an interrupted line of greyish 

 white on each side. 



Expanse 2j inches. 



Habitat. Toungoo, Burmah. 



Differs from "A^ato" in the narrower and more acute 

 shape of the wings, the narrow band in the cell, the colouring 

 of the spots, the upper part of the middle bifid spot on the 

 anterior wings not projecting beyond the lower, and the spots 

 of the rowbeyond the middleof the posterior wings being nearly 

 round instead of oblong, shaded with grey, and distinct. 



\\i the collection of 11. Grose Smith. 



