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ferruginous streak extending nearly to the oblique ferru- 

 ginous band. Posterior wings with a broad fulvous sub- 

 marginal band across the disk, in which between the veins is 

 a row of black spots, some of which are centred by a minute 

 white spot. 



Underside paler brown. Anterior wings with three spots 

 edged with black in the cell at its upperside, and an irregular 

 brownish-white streak a little beyond the end of the cell, 

 followed by an irregular triangular broad band of brownish 

 white, placed obliquely, the base of the triangle resting on 

 the costa and the apex, which is elongated outwardly, termi- 

 nating on the upper median nervule ; a pale brownish- white 

 patch a little before the apex ; a row of seven black spots 

 centred with white crosses the disk beyond its middle, outside 

 which are two submarginal sinuate pale brown lines. Poste- 

 rior wings closely resemble those of H. forniosa, Her.-Schaff., 

 but the pale band, which crosses the disk of that species in 

 which the spots are situate, is more obscure. 



Expanse of wings 3^ inches. 



Hab. New Hebrides. 



In Mr. Grose Smith's collection. 



Nearest to H. formosa, but a much larger insect, and the 

 wings are more elongate. 



XLI. — New Eastern Lepidoptera. 

 By Col. C. Swinhoe, Al.A., F.L.S. 



Fam. Nymphalidae. 

 Neptis xenia^ sp. n. 



$ . Upperside bright brownish black, markings ferrugi- 

 nous, both of the colour and shade in N. ananta, Moore. 

 Fore wing with the discoidal band narrower, its extremity 

 pointed, indistinctly divided by the discoidal veinlet, and with 

 a streak below its extremity as in A'', radka, Moore; the 

 interrupted discal band with its upper portion as in A^. ananta, 

 but narrower, its lower portion not macular, but in one almost 

 uninterrupted narrow band : hind wings with both bands 

 much narrower, the medial band recurved and angulated out- 

 wardly below the costa, followed by a pale indistinct band ; 

 the outer band is also somewhat recurved landwards ; a pale 

 thin band is close outside the outward band on both wings, 

 and another similar indistinct thin submarginal band. 



Underside very unlike A^. ananta ; the ground-colour of 



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