NYMPHALIN-E. (Group LiMEyiTiy-i.) 15 



Ent. Zeifc. 1889, p. 64. Habitat. Palawan. — Palanda Bella (XejDtis Bella Stau- 

 dinger, 2t^. p. 61. Ilahiiat. Palawan. — Palanda Eschscholtmi (Ne'ptis Escbscholtzia, 

 Semper, Reisen Philip. Lep. p. 149 (1889). Habitat. Luzon. 



Genus STABROBATES. 



Stahrobatee, Moore, Lep. luJica, iii. p. 146 (1898). 



Nejjtis (part), Auctorum. 



Neptis (sect. G), Felder, Xeues Lep. p. 31 (1S61). 



Imago. — Male. Foreicing elongated, .subtriangular ; apex rounded, exterior 

 margin oblique, concave in the middle, almost even, posterior angle rounded, 

 posterior margin much recurved ; first subcostal branch emitted at one-third before 

 end of the cell, second at one-ninth before the end ; discocellulars outwardly 

 oblique, both very sliort ; cell open ; middle and lower median very wide apai't, 

 lower median being emitted nearly opposite the first subcostal branch ; submedian 

 vein much recurved ; posterior margin of the underside below the submedian vein 

 glossy brownish-grey. Hindwivg short, conically-triaugular ; anterior margin 

 obliquely-convex beyond the middle, apex rounded, exterior margin obliquely 

 convex and scalloped, anal angle obtuse; costal border glossy-grey, and a medially 

 disposed unglossed patch from costal vein to lower subcostal ; precostal vein rather 

 long, bent outward before its middle; costal vein ending at one-fourth before tlie 

 apex ; radial and subcostal branch at equal distances from the costal vein. Bodij 

 slender;* palpi long, slender, densely clothed with wide s^^i'eading fine long hairs ; 

 anteunal club slender ; eyes naked. Type. — S. Radha. 



STABROBATES RADHA (Plate 294, fig. 1, la, h, c, S ? )• 



Neptis Radha, Moore, C;ital. Lep. JIus. E. L Company, i. p. 166, pi. ta, fig. 4, (J (18r>7) ; id. Proc. 



Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 6. Je Niceville, Butt, of India, etc., ii. p. 84 (1886). 

 Ne2itis Aderastilis, Oberthiir, Etudes Eutom. xv. p. 10, pi. 1, fig. 5, cJ (1891). 



Imago. — Male. Upperside brownish-black, with blacker intervening bordering 

 spaces between the veins ; markings yellowish-ochreous ; cilia slightly alternated 

 with white. Forewing with a prominent yellowi.sh-ochreous elongated discoidal 

 streak extending along lower half of the cell area to some distance above and below 

 base of the upper median veinlet, the streak being slightly indented opposite tbe 

 discocellulars ; a very slender short streak divided by the second subcostal branch 



* In Stabrobates Viraja, the male of the dry-senson form pos.sesses a con.spicuous tuft of laxly exserled 

 black (? glandular) scales of varied shapes, which is disposed laterally along the middle segments of tlie 

 abdomen beneath. Not observable in specimens of wet-season form. 



