ATHYMA. 2JEPTIS. 319 



335. Athyma jina, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. i, 1857, p. 172, 



pi. 5 a, fig. 3d; de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 169; Moore 

 (Tharasia), Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 181, pi. 259, figs. 1, 1 «, 

 lb, 6 2. 



S 2 • Upperside fuliginous black, with pale creamy-white mark- 

 ings. Eore wing : discoidal streak long and comparatively broad, 

 widening towards the apex, which is bluntly pointed ; discal 

 macular band complete, not interrupted, composed of somewhat 

 elongate spots ; postdiscal band widely interrupted, consisting of 

 a short lunular line in interspace 1 and four preapical spots placed 

 in a curve ; subterminal pale band very obscure. Hind wing : 

 subbasal band moderately broad, not macular, traversed by the dark 

 veins ; postdiscal band macular, of quadrate or conical spots de- 

 creasing in size towards the costa ; subterminal pale band lunular. 

 Underside bright ochraceous chestnut; the markings as on the 

 upperside but broader, especially the postdiscal and subterminal 

 markings on both fore and hind wings ; interspaces la, I and the 

 greater part of 2 on fore wing brown ; interspace 8 on hind wing- 

 white. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen dark brownish black ; 

 base of abdomen with a transverse white band ; beneath, club of 

 antennae dark ochraceous, palpi, thorax and abdomen white ; eyes 

 hairy. 



Eocp. 6 2 "4-84 mm. (2-93-3-33"). 



Hah. Sikhim, Nepal. 



Genus NEPTIS. 



Neptis, Fabr. Illig. Mag. vi, ]807, p. 282; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. i, 

 1881, p. 54 ; de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 75 ; Moore, Lep. Ind. 

 iii, 1896-99, p. 226. 



Andrapana, Bimbasara, Pandassana, Stabrobates, et Lasippa, 

 Moore, Lep. Ind. iii, 1898, p. 146. 



Type, AT. aceris, Linn., from Europe. 



Hah. Eastern and Southern Europe ; Western, Southern and 

 Eastern Africa ; Madagascar ; Mauritius ; India ; China ; Japan, 

 and southwards through the Malayan Subregion to Australia. 



<S 2 • Fore wing elongate, triangular ; costa slightly arched ; 

 apex blunt or subacute ; termen variable, straight, slightly convex, 

 in some forms slightly concave ; dorsum sinuous ; cell open ; 

 upper and middle discocellulars only present, short, variable, but 

 the latter typically concave; vein 9 from middle of 7, 10 and 11 

 free. Hind wing broadly ovate ; costa variable from slightly to 

 strongly arched ; apex rounded ; termen arched, sometimes scal- 

 loped ; tornus rounded ; dorsum slightly arched ; cell open • vein 7 

 closer to 6 than to 8 at base ; vein 8 typically not extending to 

 apex of wing, terminating on the costal margin. Antennae slender, 

 about half length of fore wing ; club long, narrow, gradual ; palpi 

 slender, short, clothed with somewhat loose, lax scales and hairs, 

 third joint short, pointed; eyes naked; thorax and body com- 



