NOTES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM THE NAG A RILLS. 509 



Hindwing : discal band much broader, narrow at dorsum broadening out at 

 its middle. Underside : markings lighter. Forewing very similar but spots 

 in interspaces 1-a and 1 large and joining on to spot in interspace 2 ; mark- 

 ings almost white with a pinkish tinge. Hindwing : discal band white with 

 a pinkish tinge and much broader especially so towards costa. outer edge even 

 and not broken at vein 6 ; the brown area below it confined towards the 

 middle where it is outwardly produced as vein 4 crossing the white subter- 

 minal band ; subterminal band white and much more distinctly marked. 



A single male was taken at Kirbari, Naga Hills, at 7,000 ' at the end of 

 June. 



Expanse : S 2 -78". 



Neptis aspasia, Leech, 



A single male of this species was taken by my Native collector at Kirbari, 

 Naga Hills, at about 7,000' in June. 



It differs from Seitz's figure of aspasia on upperside forewing in having the 

 preapical yellow spots larger and the dorsal spot also larger, the lower one 

 being inwardly produced as far as the dip on angle in the dorsum. On the 

 hindwing the median band is much broader ; subterminal band paler and 

 also slightly broader. On the underside the hindwing differs in having the 

 subterminal pale violet band half as narrow ; vein 7 and base of veins 6 and 

 8 lined with violet. 



N. aspasia is a Chinese insect and has not previously been recorded from 

 within Indian limits although recently a single specimen has been recorded 

 by South as having been taken by Captain Bailey at Rima in S. E. Tibet 

 close to the Mishmi Hills border. (J. B. N. H. S., vol. xxii, page 357.) 



Neptis antilope, Leech. 



Two males and two females were obtained at Kirbari, Naga Hills, at 

 about 7,000', in June and July. 



These specimens differ from Seitz's figures as follows : — • 



Upperside : spots in interspaces 2 and 3 of forewing larger and squarer 

 as in N. melba, Evans ; in the figure they make one rather small round spot. 



Underside : Forewing : preapical spots separate, the lower one white ; subter- 

 minal dark narrow line continuous, reaching the costa ; oblique dark brown 

 band reaches right across the wing from the costa to the middle of the 

 termen, in the figure it stops short of the subterminal dark line leaving the 

 terminal area unmarked. Hindwing : discal band whitish, narrow at the 

 dorsal end and broadening out towards the costa, in the Jic/ure of antilop)e it 

 is the reverse, being v^'idest at the dorsal end and narrowing towards the 

 costa ; the dark post discal band is chocolate outwardly tinted with yellow 

 with a violet band in its centre ; in \he figure of antilope it is quite different. 

 There is also a terminal dark line which is wanting in the figure. The Naga 

 Hills form may prove to be a western race of N. antilope. 



Neptis naeayana nana, de N. 



A single male taKen at Kirbari, Naga Hills, 7,000' in September. It 

 agrees very well with a specimen in the de Niceville collection. 



Ab. naga, n. a single male of what appears to be an aberration of nana 

 was taken at Kohima, Naga Hills, at 7,500' in August. It differs from the 

 typical form as follows : — Upperside : Forewing : all markings white except 

 the preapical spots which are oiitwardly yellow. Hindwing : discal band 

 white except near the costa where it is tinged with yellow ; cell streak on 

 forewing broader. Underside : Hindwing : the double subterminal band 

 broader and indistinct ; the terminal violet band also very indistinct. 



