LEPIDOPTERA TNDICA. 



Sub-family NYMPHALIN^ (continued). 

 Genus BIMBISARA. 



Bimhimra, Moore, Lop. Iiuliea, iii. p. 14G (1898). 



Aepfis (part), Avictorum. 



Neptis (sect. 2, part), FelJer, Nuues Lep. p. 30 (1861). 



Imago. — Wings comparatively more elongated and narrower than in the species 

 of typical Neptis {Accris, etc.). Forewing elongated, subtriangular ; costa slightly 

 arched from the base, exterior margin slightly oblique and scalloped, posterior 

 margin strongly recurved ; first subcostal branch emitted at one-third before end of 

 the cell, second at one-ninth before the end ; discocellulars extremely short, both 

 outwardly-oblique ; cell open ; lower median emitted at half-way before the opposite 

 discocellulars. Hmdwing elongate, triangular ; anterior margin very convex and 

 oblique apically, exterior margin very obliquely convex, scalloped ; with a broad 

 glossy-white costal band and a medially-disposed unglossed brownish-grey patch 

 extending from costal vein to below base of subcostals ; costal vein ending at about 

 one-fourth before the apex; precostal vein short, bent outward near end; subcostal 

 branch and radial at a lengthened but equal distance from the costal vein ; cell area 

 broad, open. Boihj moderately stout ; palpi slender, laxly hairy ; antenna) with a 

 lengthened slender club ; eyes naked. 



Type. B. Sankara \_Awha'], 



BIMBISARA CARTICA. 



Neytis CarHca, Moore, Proc. Zool. Sue. 1872, p. 562, c? ? . de Niceville, Butt, of India, etc., ii. 



p. 89 (1886) — Dry-season. 



NepHs Carilcoides, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 309. de Niceville, I.e. p. 90 (1886) — TT'e<- 



seafon. 



Dry-season brood (Plate 287, fig. 1, la, b, cj ? ). ' " 



liiAGO.— Male and female. Upperside dark fuliginous-black, with blacker 

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