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or less defined lunular-shaped white spots, these being bounded exte- 

 riorly by a row of deep black ; hind-wing with a broad white band 

 from costal to abdominal margin, being intersected by the veins ; 

 near outer margin a row of ill-defined white lunulated marks, bounded 

 exteriorly by deep black, then a submarginal row of black lines ; 

 between the white band and row of luuated white marks is a broad 

 band of black. Under-side ferruginous ; fore-wing with markings 

 as above, but the four rows of markings along exterior margin white, 

 and suffused at the apex and near the middle with ferruginous ; 

 hind-wing with che broad white band ; abdominal margin, base of 

 costal margin, and broadly across parallel with the band, suffused 

 with white ; a marginal and two submarginal rows of whitish marks, 

 between which and the broad band is a series of fine dark ferruginous 

 spots from abdominal margin, and terminating in white marks on 

 costal margin. Body above black, beneath white. Sexes alike. 

 Expanse 2-| to 2\ inches. 



Hab. Darjeeling, N. India; Ceylon. In Museum East India 

 Company, British Museum, and W. C. Hewitson, Esq. 



15. Neptis Heliodora. 



Papilio Heliodora, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. t. 212. f. E, F (1/82) 

 (nee Fabr. 1793). 



Acca Heliodora, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. f. 44. 



Xymphalis Helicopis, Godart, Enc. Me'th. ix. p". 431 (1819). 



Athyma Helicopis, Westwood in Doubleday and Hewitson's 

 Diurnal Lep. p. 274. n. 3. 



Hab. Moluccas ; Amboyna (Cramer). 



Remark. — I have not as yet seen any example of this species. It 

 is allied to the following. 



16. Neptis Shepherdi. (PL L. f. 1.) 



Limenitis Shepherdi, Newman, MS. — Upper-side brownish-black ; 

 fore-wing, with discoidal streak in two portions, the first being indi- 

 stinct, the second a triangular spot ; oblique spots from costal margin 

 near apex, two larger spots on middle of the disc, and an elongated 

 spot and a small dot above it on posterior margin, a submarginal row 

 of spots and second outer very indistinct row, white ; hind-wing with 

 broad white transverse band from near middle of anterior to middle 

 of abdominal margin ; marginal lines pale brown. Under-side fer- 

 ruginous-brown, suffused in parts with paler brown ; fore-wing with 

 base of costal margin yellow ; markings as above, but the first por- 

 tion of discoidal streak more distinct, the discal spots somewhat 

 smaller, and between marginal row of spots and outer margin are two 

 rows of narrow white linear marks ; hind-wing with transverse white 

 band ; three and an indistinct fourth row of narrow marginal lines ; 

 base of anterior margin and below costal vein whitish. Expanse 

 2f inches. 



Hab. New South Wales, Australia. In Collection British Museum, 

 \V. W. Saunders, Esq., and W. C. Hewitson, Esq. 



