NTMPHALIN^. (aroup liuenitina.) 233 



a broad white cell-streak and rather elongated dentate spot be\'ond, a discal 

 curved series of widely separated spots, a submarginal row of slightly-defined 

 slender white lunules, an inner submarginal obscure sinuous pale line, and a less 

 apparent outer marginal line. Hindwing with a moderately broad white discal 

 band, which is more or less attenuated anteriorly, and a submarginal row of very 

 narrow whitish lunules, the medial discal and outer marginal pale line very 

 obscure. Underside ferruginous ; markings as above, including a basal and 

 subbasal streak, all prominently white and slightly black-edged. 



Female. Upperside as in male. Underside somewhat darker ferruginous than 

 in male ; markings more distinctly black-edged. 



Expanse, (? 2 to 2i-o, ? 2^^ inches. 



Wet-season hrood (Plate 277, fig. 1, d, e, f, g, c? ?). 



Male and female. Upperside olivescent-black ; markings less prominent and 

 sullied-white than in dry season. Forewing with the cell-streak and contiguous 

 spot narrower, the discal series of spots smaller, the submarginal lunular line very 

 slender. Hindwing with the discal band more or less narrower and attenuated an- 

 teriorly, the submarginal row of lunules very slender. Underside dusky ferruginous ; 

 markings with blacker edges. 



Expanse, <J I^-q to 2^^, ? 2^^ inches. 



Habitat. South Audamans. 



Distribution.- — Confined to the Andaman Isles, where it is, apparently, a common 

 species. Numerous specimens are in the Indian Museum, Calcutta ; we possess a 

 series, taken by the late F. de Koepstorff. 



NEPTIS NICOBARICA. 



NepHs Nicolarica, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 586. de Niceville, Butt, of India, etc., ii. p. 9 J 

 (1886). 



Bnj-seasnn brood (Plate 278, fig. 1, la, b, e, <J ? ). 



Imago. — Male and female. Upperside black ; markings broad, white, aud sharply 

 defined. Differs from N. Varmo7ia, on the forewing, in the discal series of spots being 

 less curved, and separated into three distinct portions ; the subapical pair less 

 outwardly-oblique, the discal pair of more equal length and widely separated from 

 the lower pair, the upper spot of the discal pair being also placed comparatively more 

 inward, and the lower spot of the same pair positioned obliquely downward and 

 outward, both the latter having their outer-edge obliquely concave ; the 

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