226 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



Genus NEPTIS. 



Neptis* Fabricius, Syst. Gloss. (IlJiger's Mag. vi. p. 282 (1807). Horsfield, Dese. Catal. Lep. E. I. C. 



Expl. pi. 5, 7 (1829). Crotch, Cist. Eat. i. p. 66 (1872). Moore, Lep. of Ceylon, i. p. 54 (1881). 

 Neftis, (part), Westwood, Gen. D. Lep. iL p. 270 (1850). Distant, Rhop. Malay, p. 149(1883). 



de Mceville, Butt. India, etc., ii. p. 75 (1886). Staudinger, Exot. Schmett. p. 145 (1886). 



Staudinger and Scliatz, Exot. Schmett. p. 152 (1887). Semper, Reis. Philip. Lep. p. 144 (1889). 



Leech, Butt, of China, etc., p. 190 (1892). 

 Limenitis (part), Ochsenheimer, Schmett. p. 17 (1816). Boisd. Ind. Meth. 1829, p. 14. 

 Neptis (sect. 1, part), Felder, Neues Lep. p. 31 (1861). 

 Aeca (part), Hiibner, Verz. Schmett. p. 44 (1816). 

 PUlonoma (part), Billberg, Enum. Ins. p. 78 (1820). 



iMAGO.^Male. "Wings sliort. Foreiuing subtriangular ; costa much arclied 

 from the base, apex obtuse, exterior margia short, slightly obhquely-convex and 

 scalloped, posterior margin long and recurved from the base ; costal vein extending 

 to about the middle of the margin ; first and second subcostal branches very short, 

 first subcostal emitted at about one-fifth before end of the cell, second at a short 

 distance before its end, third at nearly half length beyond the cell and ending at the 

 apex, fourth and fifth at about two*thirds beyond the end ; upper discocellular very 

 short and outwardly oblique ; middle discocellular inwardly-oblique, concave ; 

 cell open, area broad; two upper median veinlets emitted at a considerable 

 distance beyond the discocellulars ; lower median branch from opposite 

 discocellulars, recurved ; submedian much recurved. Eindwing short, broadly 



* Hiitorical Note on the germs Neptis. — The gemis Neptis of Fabricius is founded upon two species, 

 namely, il/eZecerfa and Aceris. The first an African species, the other a European. Billberg (Enum. Ins. 

 p, 78 (1820) changed the name to Philonoma. Horsfield, in 1829, uses Xeptis for Aceris. Crotch, in 1872, 

 cites Aceris as type of Neptis, but this is disputed by Scudder (Proc. Amer. Acad. A. & Sci. 1875, 226) on 

 the ground that Aceris belonged to Njmphalis since 1823 — presuming that Aceris is congeneric with 

 Lucilla, which, however, is not the case. Billberg's name Philonoma may be used for Melicerta (Agatha 

 Cram.), which species we diagnose below, as being generically distinct from Aceris. 



Genus Philonoma, Billberg, Enum. Ins. p. 78 (1820). Neptis (part), Fabr. Uliger's Mag. vi. p. 282 

 (1807). Acca (part), Hiibner, Verz. Schmett. p. 44 (1816). A^ep/is (sect. 3), Felder, Neues Lep. p 31 

 (1861). Neptis, Scudder, Proc. Amer. Acad. A. et Sci. Boston, 1875, p. 226. Trimen, S. African Butt, 

 p. 268 (1887). 



Imago. — Male. Wings comparatively shorter and broader than in typical Neptis (Aceris). Forewing 

 subtriangular; first subcostal branch emitted at about one-third before end of the cell, second at one-sixth 

 before the end, the first extending close to the costal ; discocellulars outwardy oblique, short ; cell open. 

 Eindwing conically-ovate ; anterior margin much arched at the base and oblique towards the end, apex 

 obtuse ; exterior margin obliquely-convex, scalloped ; anal angle rounded ; costal vein ending at one-fourth 

 before the apex; precostal vein short, straight ; subcostals and radial at equal distances from the costal. 

 Body slender; palpi very slender, compactly clothed, and with but a very few fine long hairs present beneath ; 

 eyes naked. Typ£. — P. Agatha, Cram. (Melicerta Fabr.). 



