332 NYMPHALIDiE. 



other than in the typical form, still not connate, or forming an 

 upper and lower baud as in the race clinia. 



Exp. c? $ 57-62 mm. (2-25-2-45"). 



Hob. Recorded from the Nllgiris ; Anaimalai Hills and Mysore. 



Eace clinia, Moore. — 3 $ . Differs in both the dry- and wet- 

 season broods from the typical form as follows : — Upperside fore 

 wing : discoidal streak and spot beyond generally much closer 

 together, only separated b} r a narrow line ; discal spots much 

 larger, outwardly truncate. Hind wing : subbasal band on the 

 whole broader. Underside : ground-colour paler, almost ochraceous 

 in some specimens ; differences in the markings from the typical 

 form similar to those on the upperside ; discoidal streak on fore 

 wing continuous, only indented above and below ; the low r er four 

 spots of the discal series by themselves and the upper three by 

 themselves connate ; subbasal band on hind wing as a rule very 

 broad. 



Exp. $ 2 55-62 mm. (2-18-2-45"). 



Hob. The Andamans. 



344. Neptis saukara (PI. IX, fig. 68), Kollar (Liminitis), KugeV 



Kaschmir, iv, 2, 1844, p. 428 $ ; de N. ( Athyma) Butt. Ind. ii, 



1886, p. 175 ; Moore (Bimbisara), Lep. Ind, iv, 1899-1900, p. 4, 



pi. 289, figs. 1,1 a-\ g, tf$. 

 Neptis amba, Moore, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 7, pi. 49, fig. 4 J ; de N. 



Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 88. 

 Neptis quilta, Swinhoe, A. M. N. H. (6) xix, 1897, p. 408; Moore 



(Bimbisara), Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 6, pi. 290, figs. 1. 1 a- 



le, J2. 



Race nar. 

 Neptis nav, de Niceville, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vi, 1891, p. 349, 



pi. P, fig. 6 £: Moore (Bimbisara), Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, 



p. 6, pi. 288, figs'. 2, 2 a, $ . 



Wet-season form. — $ $ . Upperside fuliginous dusky black, with 

 pure white markings. Pore wing ; discoidal streak long, acutely 

 pointed, attenuated at apex, anteriorly notched ; discal curved 

 series of spots complete, the spots elongate, separated only by the 

 veins, the spot in interspace 4 very small ; a postdiscal transverse 

 series of jet-black lunular spots, and a subterminal sullied white 

 line. Hind wing: a subbasal comparatively broad transverse 

 band ; a very obscure pale discal transverse shading ; a postdiscal 

 transverse narrow band crossed by the dark veins, bordered out- 

 wardly by a rather obscure, somewhat lunular, black band, aud 

 a pale broad subterminal transverse line. Underside purplish 

 brown ; the white markings as on the upperside but broader, their 

 margins diffuse; in addition, on the hind wing, a short streak on 

 the costal margin at base, a broader and longer streak from base 

 below vein 8 ; and a discal transverse series of purplish -brown 

 spots of a shade darker than the ground-colour. Cilia white, 

 alternated narrowly with black. Antenna?, head, thorax aud 

 abdomen above very dark brownish black ; palpi, thorax and 

 abdomen beneath whitish. 



