340 INTMPHALIDJS. 



above it on the costa ; posterior two of the diseal series of spots 

 oblique, middle two quadrate, transverse, anterior spots oblique 

 from the eosta, the lowest conical, outwardly truncate, the middle 

 elongate, the one on the costa consisting of two short slender 

 streaks ; the space intervening between the middle and upper 

 diseal spots often conspicuously paler than the rest of the ground- 

 colour ; finally, a pale transverse subterminal line. Hind wing 

 with the usual subbasal and postdiscal transverse bands ; a sub- 

 terminal pale transverse line observable in some, obsolescent in 

 others. Underside dark chestnut-brown, the markings as on the 

 upperside but paler, broader and somewhat diffuse ; on the fore 

 wing the preapical area and a transverse postdiscal line, on 

 the hind wing the base of the cell, the bases of the interspaces 

 above it, and the terminal third of the wing with an anteriorly 

 coalescent zigzag diseal narrow band conspicuously overlaid with 

 lilacine scales. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen black; 

 beneath, the palpi, thorax and abdomen dusky grey. 



Exp. s 2 84-95 mm. (3-2-3-75"). 



Bab. Nepal ; Sikhim ; Bhutan ; the hills of Assam and Upper 

 Burma. 



354. Neptis anailta, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mm. E. I. C. i, 1857, p. 166, 

 pi. 4 a, fig. 3 ; de N. Butt. Ind. ii. 1886, p. 85 ; Moore (Stabro- 

 bates), Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 22, pi. 297, figs. 1, 1 a-\ g, <$ $ . 



6 2 • Upperside deep black with orange markings, broader and 

 paler in the $, than in the d . This form closely resembles 

 J\\ radha, but it is invariably smaller and differs in the markings 

 as follows : — 



Wet-season form. — Fore wing : discoidal streak proportionately 

 narrower though not so attenuate at apex, no spot below it at base 

 of interspace 3 ; the middle spot of the diseal series proportion- 

 ately larger. Underside : ground-colour of a redder chestnut tint 

 than in N. radha ; the markings similar to those on the upperside 

 but more diffuse and paler, the large middle spot only of the diseal 

 series on the fore wing tinged with orange ; the subbasal band on 

 the hind wing white, the postdiscal baud pale ochraeeous, very 

 often margined with lilacine blue or in some specimens entirely of 

 that colour ; complete diseal and subterminal narrow bands are 

 generally present and conspicuous. Ant ennae, head, thorax and 

 abdomen as in N. radha. 



Dry-season form. — Differs 'on the upperside from the wet-season 

 form m the markings, which are much broader and pale yellow, 

 not orange. On the underside the ground-colour is of an 

 ochraeeous brown; the markings very ill-defined, almost obsolescent 

 on the terminal half of the hind wing. 



Exp. S 2 64-77 mm. (2-53-3-02"). 



Hob. The Himalayas, Dalhousie, Chamba, Simla to Sikhim ; 

 the hills of Assam and Upper Burma, extending to the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



