334 ^YMPHALIXLE. 



inner pale markings anteriorly curving towards the costa and 

 bordering the anterior spots of the discal series. Hind wing : 

 subbasal band white ; discal and subterminal narrow bands pale 

 brownish ; spots of the postdiscal series narrow, transverse, 

 slightly diffuse. Underside : dark brown markings as on the 

 upperside, but broader, whiter, and somewhat more clearly denned. 

 Fore wing : the costa at base ochraceous ; the postdiscal series of 

 lunular spots and the markings bordering them on either side 

 white. Hind wing : the costal margin at base broadly white, the 

 discal narrow brown band bordered outwardly by a series of very 

 dark brown markings in the interspaces ; the subterminal band 

 white and much broader than on the upperside. Antennae, head, 

 thorax and abdomen dark brown ; the palpi, thorax and abdomen 

 beneath sullied white. 



Wet-season form. — Differs only in the slightly darker ground- 

 colour on both upper and under sides, and in the narrowness of 

 the markings. 



Exp. c? 2 70-78 mm. (2-75-3-08"). 



Hab. Sikhiin ; Nepal; hills of Assam. 



Mace burmana, de Nlceville. — Very close to the typical form, 

 only very slightly differentiated ; the markings broader and purer 

 white, occasionally very slightly sullied with fuliginous. 



Exp. <S 2 58-72 mm. (2-3-2-85"). 



Hab. Burma and Tenasserim. 



Race nashona, Swinhoe. — Differs from the typical form in 

 having the markings on the upperside more or less sullied with 

 fuliginous, but not quite so dark as in N. pseudovilaisi. Further, 

 there are only three, not four, spots in the posterior half of the 

 discal series on the upperside of the fore wing. 



Exp. S 2 60-69 mm. (2-35-2'73"). 



Hab. Recorded from the Khasi Hills, Assam. 



346. Neptis narayana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 6, pi. 49, fig. 3 tf; 

 de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 87 ; Moore (Stabrobates), Lep. Ind. 

 iv, 1899-1900, p. 17, pi, 295, figs. 1, la, J. 



llace nana. 



Neptis nana, de Niceville, J. A. 8. B. lvii, 1888, pt. 2, p. 276, pi. 13, 

 fig. 1 c?; Moore (Stabrobates), Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 18, 

 pi. 295, figs. 2, 2 a, J • 



Race asterastilis. 



Neptis asterastilis, C. Oberthiir, Etudes d'Ent. No. 15, June 1891, 

 p. 10, pi. 1, fig. 5. 



<S 2 ■ Upperside fuliginous black with white markings, in the 

 female slightly tinted with ochraceous. Fore wing : discoidal 

 streak long, clavate, indented anteriorly before the apex, the latter 



