NYMPHALIN^. ^Qronp liuenitina.) 229 



1886, 125). N.W. Himalayan specimens in Mr. J. H. Leech's collection are from 

 Churaba Valley, September ; Kuti, 8500 feet, Jaly ; Narkunda, July j Kotser, July; 

 and Dana, June. 



Habits op Imago. — Capt. A. M. Lang writes that it is " common in woods and 

 gardens in the "Western Himalayas. It has a beautiful flight, floating in and out of 

 the sunlight in the chequered shade of trees, occasionally basking on the sun-bathed 

 foliage, or resting, in groups of half a dozen or more, on the moist fern-covered 

 rocks in the midst of the stream in some Himalayan glen" (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1864, 

 132). In his MS. Notes, Capt. Lang also writes, "at Kasauli I observed it floating 

 mostly up and down the dry watercourses, from one bramble or raspberry bush to 

 another, in April and May." Mr. de Nic^ville writes, " to be met with everywhere, 

 in the W. Himalayas, where there are trees, and at all seasons of the year. It has 

 a very beautiful, floating flight, and it is a particularly pretty sight to observe two 

 of these insects courting, — they fly round and round each other, making endless 

 circles in the air, and with so little apparent exertion, hardly moving their wings at 

 all, they always seem to be spread wide open " (Indian Agriculturalist, July, 1880). 



NEPTIS ADARA. 



Neptis Adara, Moore, Proc. Zool. See. 1878, p. 830 {dry-season), de Niceville, Butfc. of India, etc., 



ii. p. 97 (1886). 

 Neptis Meetana, Moore, id. p. 830 (wet-season). 

 Nepiis Mamaja, Bntlei, Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1879, p. 541, pi. 69, fig. 3, <?• Distant, Khop. 



Malay ana, p. 156, pi. 16, fig. 14 ? (1883). 



Dry-season hrood (Plate 275, fig. 1, la, b, c, (;J 5 ). 



Imago. — Male and female. Forewing elongate, as in Varmona. Upperside ; 

 markings olivescent-white, similar to Varmona, except that on the forewing the dis- 

 coidal spot is, comparatively, somewhat shorter, broader, and less pointed ; the discal 

 spots smaller and narrower, and the submarginal white spots less prominent. On 

 the hindwing the outer discal macular band is narrower, the medial discal and marginal 

 pale line obscure. Underside ; ground-colour brighter ferruginous than in Varmona ; 

 mai'kings differ, comparatively, as on upperside, and are slightly black-edged. 



Expanse, c? l^^o to 2^, ? 2^^ to 2^q inches. 



Wet-season brood (Plate 275, fig. ] , d, e, f, g, J' ? ). 



Male and female. Wings comparatively broader than in dry-seasotb brood. 

 Upperside ; markings more or less comparatively smaller, narrower, and less sharply 

 defined, and in some extreme examples of this brood the white markings are still 



