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outwardly-oblique, second outwardly concave, both extremely short. Hindwing 

 short, obtusely ovate ; apex, exterior margin, and anal angle convex, scalloped ; 

 costal border above glossy livid-grey, and with a broad unglossed brownish-grey patch 

 of scales extending medially from the costal vein to below the second subcostal ; pre- 

 costal vein bifid, emitted above the junction of the subcostal ; second subcostal 

 emitted near base of first ; radial at twice the distance beyond base of second 

 subcostal ; costal vein extending to the apex. Body slender ; palpi densely clothed 

 ■with fine long hairs; antenna short, slender ; eyes naked. Type. K. Alwina, — 

 Ealkasia Ahoina (Limenitis Alwiaa, Bremer and Grey, Schmett. IST. China, p. 7 

 (1853). Menetries, Catal. Mus. Petrop. pi. 9, fig. 1 (1857). Leech, Butt. China, 

 etc., p. 201. Sijn. L. Kgempferi, de L'Orza, Lep. Japon, p. 40 (1869). Habitat. 

 Nikko, Japan. — Ealkasia excellens (Neptis excellens, Butler, Cistula Entom. ii. 

 p. 282 (1878). Habitat. Yokohama, Japan. — Ealkasia Dejeanii (Neptis Dejeanii, 

 Oberthiir, Etud. Entom. 1894, p. 15, pi. 7, fig. 61. Habitat. W. China. — Ealkasia 

 Philyra (Neptis Philyra, Menetries, Bull. Acad. Petr. 1859, p. 214; Schrenck's Reise 

 Amurland, ii. p. 25, pi. 2, fig. 8 (1859). Habitat. Amur Land. — Ealkasia Phili/roides 

 (Neptis Philyroides, Staudinger, Rom. Mem. iii. p. 146 (1887) ; Fixsen, id. p. 294,, 

 pi. 14, fig. 1, la, ?. Habitat. Amur Land. — Ealkasia Speyeri (Neptis Speyeri, 

 Staudinger, Rom. Mdm. iii. p. 145, pi. 7, fig. 3 (1887) ? . Habitat. Amur Land. 



Genus Hamadryodes (Neptis, sect. 2, pt., Felder, Neues Lep. p. 30 (1861). — 

 Male. Forewing elongate ; costa very much arched, apex and exterior margin very 

 convex, exterior margin slightly oblique and even, posterior angle very obtuse, 

 posterior margin deeply recurved ; first and second subcostal branches emitted before 

 end of the cell ; the cell area broad, open ; submedian vein much recurved. Hind- 

 wing ovate, rather narrow ; anterior margin slightly convex, apex and exterior 

 margin very convex, exterior margin waved ; precostal vein with a lengthened 

 slender bifid tip ; costal vein terminating before the apex ; radial nearer to base of 

 second subcostal than the latter is to the costal. Body slender ; head, thorax, and 

 abdomen almost naked ; palpi porrect, slender, laxly clothed with short very fine 

 hairs ; antennse with a short truncated club ; eyes naked. Note. — The species of 

 this genus are mimics of the Euploeine butterflies of the genus Hamadryas of 

 Boisduval. Type. H. Lactaria. — Hamadryodes ampliata (Neptis ampliata, Butler, 

 Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1882, p. 42. Habitat. New Britain. — Hamadryodes 

 Praslini (Limenitis Praslini, Boisd. Voy. Astrolabe Lep. p. 131 (1832). de Niceville, 

 Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1897, p. 634, fig. Staudinger, Exot. Schmett. pi. 50. 

 Habitat. New Ireland. — Hamadryodes Lactaria (Neptis Lactaria, Butler, Ann. Nat. 

 Hist. 1866, p. 98. de Niceville, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Beng. 1897, p. 535, fig. 

 Habitat. Aru. — Hamadryodes Papua (Neptis Papua, Oberthiir, Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Genova, 1878, p. 118. Habitat. Dorei, N. Guinea. — Hamadryodes Dorcas (Neptis 



