2TEPTIS. 341 



355. Neptis miah (PI. IX, fig. 69), Moore, Cat. Lep. Mm. E. I. C. i 

 1857, p. 164, pi. 4a, fig. lj; & N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 85 ; 

 Moore (Stabrobates), Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 25, pi. 299, 

 figs. 1, 1 a, 1 b, 6 2- 



Mace nolaua. 



Xeptis nolana, Bruce, P.Z.S. 1874, p. 105 2 ; Moore (Stabro- 

 bates), Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 27, pi. 298, figs. 2, 2 «,<?£. 



Wet-season form. — tf 2 • Upperside black with orange-yellow 

 markings, slightly broader and paler in the female than in the male. 

 Fore wing : discoidal streak narrow, indented anteriorly before the 

 apex ; discal series of spots proportionately large, the spots in 

 interspaces 1 a, 1 very oblique, the spots in 2 and 3 and in 4 and 5 

 placed transversely to the wing and nearly joined in interspace 4, 

 spot in interspace 6 and the two short slender streaks above it 

 inclined very obliquely outwards from the eosta ; beyond the 

 discal series of spots a pale transverse subterminal line. Hind 

 wing with the usual transverse subbasal and postdiscal bands ; 

 the former whitish near the dorsal end, the latter narrow, sub- 

 luaular, and margined on either side by a transverse series of broad 

 patches in the interspaces, of a deeper black than the ground- 

 colour. Underside deep purplish brown; the orange markings 

 as on the upperside, but pinkish white, very slightly tinged with 

 orange ; on the fore wing the discal series of spots is margined 

 anteriorly on the outer side by a pale lilac line ; the subterminal line 

 of the upperside replaced by a bluish-lilac line ; on the hind wing 

 the costa at base, a diffuse streak below vein 7 and in base of cell, 

 and discal and subterminal narrow transverse bands pale lilac- 

 blue ; the subbasal band with two or three short lilac-blue streaks 

 above its costal termination ; the postdiscal band diffuse. Antennae, 

 head, thorax and abdomen black ;■ beneath, the palpi, thorax and 

 abdomen greyish. 



Dry-season form. — <3 2 . Upperside: the orauge markings much 

 broader and paler. Underside: ground-colour brighter purplish 

 brown, the markings more diffuse than in the wet-season form ; 

 the discal and subterminal lilac-blue bauds broader and more 

 diffuse, the former zigzag. 



Exp. <$ 2 64-68 mm. (2-5-2'73"). 



Hah. Sikhim ; Bhutan ; hills of Assam. 



Race nolana, Druce. — $ 2 • This can be distinguished from the 

 typical form by the much broader markings. On the upperside 

 the discal spots on the fore wing are placed as in N. miaJi, but the 

 middle spots are joined by an outward slender extension of spots 

 in interspaces 3 and 4 ; on the hind wing the postdiscal band has 

 the margins more or less sinuous, while on both fore and hind 

 wings the subterminal line is orange-yellow, not pale brownish. 

 Underside as in N. miah, but the markings broader, more neatly 

 defined, and on the fore wing pale orange. On the hind wing the 



