324 ntmphalid^e. 



Neptis swinhoei, Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 145, pi. 24, fig. 9. 

 Neptis eurymeiie, Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 145, pi. 24, fig. 5 tf. 



i?ac<2 andainana. 



Neptis andamana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 586 ; de N. Butt. Ind. 

 ' ii, 1886, p. 94 ; Moore, Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 232, pi. 277, 

 figs. l,la-lg, <$ $. 



Race nicobarica. 



Neptis nicobarica, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 586 ; de N. Butt. Ind. 

 ii, . 1886, p. 94; Moore, Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 233, pi. 278, 

 figs. 1,1 a-\g,S%. 



Dry-season form. — 6 $ • Upperside black, with pure white 

 markings. Fore wing : discoidal streak clavate, apically truncate, 

 subapically either notched or sometimes 

 indistinctly divided ; triangular spot be- 

 yond broad, well-defined, acute at apex, 

 but not elongate ; discal series of spots 

 separate, not connate, each about twice 

 as long as broad ; postdiscal transverse 

 series of small spots incomplete, but 

 some are always present. Hind wing : 

 subbasal band of even or nearly eveu 

 width ; discal and subterminal pale lines 

 obscure ; postdiscal series of spots well 

 separated, quadrate or subquadrate, very 

 -p. _q seldom narrow. Underside from pale 



Neptis eurynome. \. golden ochraceous to dark ochraceous 



almost chocolate ; white markings as on 

 the upperside, but broader and defined in black. Fore wing: 

 interspaces 1 a and 1 from base to near the apex shaded with 

 black, some narrow transverse white markings on either side of 

 the transverse postdiscal series of small spots. Hind wing : a 

 streak of Avhite on costal margin at base, a more slender white 

 streak below it ; the discal and subterminal pale lines of the 

 upperside replaced by narrow white lines with still narrower 

 margins of black. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen black ; the 

 palpi, thorax and abdomen beneath dusky white. 



Wet-season form. — Differs only in the narrowness of the white 

 markings and in the slightly darker ground-colour and broader 

 black margins to the spots and bands on the underside. 

 Exp. S 2 44-70 mm. (1-75-2-79"). 



Hah. Throughout Continental India ; Ceylon ; Assam ; Burma ; 

 Tenasserim, extending to China and the Malayan Subregion. 



Larva (varmona = eurynome). Moore describes this from a 

 drawing by Mr. S. N. Wards as follows : — " Head larger than 

 anterior segment, vertex with two short pointed spines, cheeks 

 obtusely spined ; third, fourth, sixth and twelfth segments armed 

 with a subdorsal pair of stout fleshy spiny processes, those on the 

 fourth segment longest. Colour pale green ; face, tip of processes 



