NEPTIS. 333 



Dry-season form. — <$ 2 • Upperside : ground-colour paler ; white 

 markings conspicuously broader both on the upper and under 

 sides. 



Exp. 6 2 63-74 mm. (2-48-2-94"). 



Hob. The Himalayas from Kashmir to Kumaun ; Nepal. 



Var. quilta, Swinhoe. — A slightly differentiated Eastern form. 

 Typical specimens from Cherra Poonjee, in Assam, have the white 

 markings in both seasonal forms sullied olivescent white and nar- 

 rower than in the corresponding seasonal forms of iV. sankara. 

 On the underside the ground-colour is darker than in the typical 

 form. In Sikhim and Bhutan specimens intermediate between 

 the two occur. This form is recorded from Sikhim ; Bhutan ; 

 through the hills of Assam to Upper Burma. 



Bace nar, de Niceville. — An insular form, the female only 

 known. It differs from N. sankara, in the white markings being- 

 narrower and sullied with brownish on the upperside ; the 

 anterior and posterior spots of the discal series on the fore wing 

 connate amoug themselves respectively, so that the anterior spots 

 form a short band sloping obliquely outwards from the costa, and 

 the posterior spots a short band sloping obliquely outwards from 

 the dorsum. Underside : ground-colour much darker than in the 

 typical form, the white markings as on the upperside, but strongly 

 suffused with lilacine ; the subbasal band on the hind wing not 

 extending to the costa. 



Exp. 2 70 mm. (2-77"). 



Hab. The Andamans. 



345. Neptis cartica, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 562, S 2- de N. Butt. 

 Ind. ii, 1886, p. 89 ; Moore (Bimbisara), Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, 

 p. 1, pi. 287, figs. 1, la-Id, <$ 2 • 

 Neptis carticoides, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 309 ; de N. 

 Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 90. 



Bace b urinaria. 

 Neptis burmana, de Niceville, J. A. S. B. 1886, pt. 2, p. 251, pi. 11, 

 tig. 9 ; id. Butt. Ind. ii, ] 886, p. 89 ; Moore (Bimbisara), Lep. 

 Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 3, pi. 287, figs. 2, 2 a, <S . 



Bace nashona. 



Neptis nashona, Stvinhoe, A. M. N. H. (6) xvii, 1896, p. 357 ; 

 Moore (Bimbisara), Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 3, pi. 288, 

 figs. 1, la-lc, $ 2- 



Dry -season form. — tf 2 • Upperside fuliginous brown, with some- 

 what sullied white markings. Tore wing : discoidal streak long, 

 narrow, joined on to the triangular spot beyond, the division 

 between them indicated by an incision anteriorly ; apex of spot 

 attenuate, elongate ; the posterior spots of the curved discal series 

 very obliquely placed, somewhat diffuse ; anterior spots separated ; 

 a postdiscal series of spots lunular and pale brownish, with some- 

 what indistinct transverse pale markings on either side of it, the 



