xeptis. 337 



pale ochraceous white. Fore wing : discoidal streak broad and 

 long, not indented anteriorly, acutely pointed at apex ; ex- 

 tending slightly below vein 4 into base of interspace 3 ; two 

 obliquely placed broad lower discal patches separated by half the 

 width of interspace 1, and an obliquely placed anterior broad bar 

 from beyond the middle of the costa, followed by a broad obscure 

 pale subterminal transverse line. Hind wing : a broad subbasal 

 and much narrower postdiscal band ; a very faint broad pale 

 subterminal line. Underside pale ochraceous ; markings as on 

 the upperside but broader and whiter. Fore wing: bases of 

 interspaces 1, 2 and sometimes of 3 dark brownish black ; the 

 markings beyond the discal patches obscure and ill-defined. Hind 

 wing : an obscure pale narrow discal transverse band in addition 

 to the markings as on the upperside; in some specimens the 

 postdiscal and subterminal bands bordered faintly on the inner 

 side with lilacine. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen black ; 

 beneath, the palpi, thorax and abdomen dull greyish white. 



Wet-season form. — 6 2 • Differs only in the cream-white mark- 

 ings being of a darker shade of ochraceous yellow and in the 

 darker ground-colour of the underside, which is more or less of a 

 dull chestnut-brown. 



Exp. 6 2 62-70 mm. (2-45-2-75"). 



Hah. The Himalayas from Murree to Sikhim. 



349. Neptis harita, Moore, P.Z.S. 1874, p. 571, pi. 66, fig. 8 2; ^ 

 N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 92: Moore (Bimbisara), Lep. hid. iv, 

 1899-1900, p. 8, pi. 291, tigs. 2, 2 a-2 c, <$ 2 • 



3 2 ' Upperside rich velvet}^ brown, with fuliginous pale mark- 

 ings. Fore wing : discoidal streak shorter than in N. cartica, 

 preapically notched by the point of a pale, dark-bordered, 

 obliquely placed, subcostal lunule ; the spots of the discal series 

 obscure, succeeded by two transverse series of irregular very dark 

 brown lunular markings, the outer series bordered inwardly by a 

 zigzag row of pale markings, and outwardly by a transverse pale 

 line. Hind wing : subbasal band narrow, succeeded somewhat 

 closely by a discal pale ill-defined line, bordered outwardly by a 

 dark brown band ; a postdiscal somewhat narrower sublunular 

 band of the same colour, margined inwardly and outwardly by 

 broad pale transverse lines. Underside paler brown ; the markings 

 somewhat as on the upperside but more diffuse, ill-defined and 

 slightly purplish; the interspaces between the veins with dark 

 brown markings. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen dark 

 brown, paler beneath. 



Exp. S 2 58-64 mm. (2-3-2-54"). 



Hah. E. Bengal ; Cachar ; the hills of Assam, Burma and 

 Tenasserim, extending to the Malayan Subregion. 

 '■' The type in the British Museum labelled E. Bengal has the 

 outer markings on both fore and hind wings obsolescent. 



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