328 MTMPHALIDiE. 



vertex. Colour brownish-purple, anal segments dark purple- 

 brown spotted with green and bordering an oblique line extending 

 laterally from anal spine to base of spine on fourth segment ; two 

 short, oblique, dorsal anteriorly-oblique (?) lateral streaks along 

 middle segments." (Moore.) 



Pupa. " Suspended vertically ; slender in the abdominal part 

 with a sharp dorsal ridge, much stouter and broader in the thoracic 

 region ; with wing-cases expanded laterally ; two sharp points 

 on the head ; colour varying from dark brown to dull white, 

 suffused and touched at points with gold/' (Davidson Sf Aitken.) 



339. Neptis magadha, Felder, Novara Reise, Lep. Rhop. 1867, p. 427 3 ; 

 de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 100 ; Moore (Andrapana), Lep. Ind. 

 iii, 1896-99, p. 228, pi. 273, figs. 2, 2 a, 2 b, d 2 ■ 

 Neptis charon, Butler, A. M. N. H. (3) xx, 1867, p. 400, pi. 9, 

 fig. 1 2 5 Dist. Rhop. Malay. 1886, p. 155, fig. 43 $ . 



Bace khasiana. 



Neptis khasiana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 562, pi. 32, fig. 7 rf ; 

 de N. Butt. hid. ii, 1886, p. 100 ; Moore (Andrapana), Lep. Ind. 

 iii, 1896-99, p. 224, pi. 273, figs. 1, 1 a, 1 b, tf 2 • 



<? 2 • Upper side black, with white markings. Fore wing : dis- 

 coidal streak very slender, not incised ; spot beyond its apex 

 triangular ; discal series of spots in pairs, as in N. columella, but 

 smaller, spot in interspace 2 the largest ; postdiscal white spots 

 and subterminal pale markings as in that form. Hind wing: 

 transverse subbasal band very narrow, discal and subterminal pale 

 lines obsolescent ; postdiscal spots rounded, small. Cilia of both 

 fore and hind wing black alternated with white. Underside pur- 

 purescent brown ; the markings as on the upperside but pale blue 

 and slightly larger ; the inner and outer postdiscal and subterminal 

 series of transverse markings on the fore wing and the discal, 

 postdiscal and subterminal markings on the hind wing very 

 distinct and broad ; base of costal margin of hind wing broadly, 

 conspicuously white. Antennas, head, thorax and abdomen black ; 

 beneath, the palpi, thorax and abdomen sullied white, the abdomen 

 with a lateral stripe on each side. 



Exp. 6 2 66-70 mm. (2-61-2-75"). 



Hah. Burma ; Tenasserim ; extending to the Malayan Sub- 

 region. 



Race khasiana, Moore. — S 2 • Differs only from the typical 

 form in the ground-colour on both upper and under sides being a 

 shade darker, also conspicuously in the attenuation of the white 

 markings, which are smaller than in any other known form of 

 Neptis from India. These differences seem to be constant. 



Eocp. S 2 66 mm. (2-Q"). 



Hah. Bhutan ; Assam ; Upper Burma. 



