342 NYMPHALIDiE. 



subbasal band pale yellowish white, the postdiscal strongly suffused 

 with pink. 



Exp. <$ 2 50-56 mm. (1-98-2-2"). 



Hah. Upper Burma ; Siani ; Malay Peninsula. 



356. Neptis viraja (PI. IX, fig. 70), Moore, P.Z.S. 1872, p. 563, 



pi. 82, fig. 6 J; de N. Butt. Ind, ii, 1886, p. 86; Davidson §- 

 Aitken, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. v, 1890, p. 351, larva ; Davidson, 

 Bell $ Aitken, ib. x, 1896, p. 251, pi. 2, fig. 3, larva & pupa ; 

 Moore (Stabrobates), Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 23, pi. 298, 

 figs. 1, 1 a-1 d, larva & pupa, <$ $ . 



3 2 • Upperside black ; markings orange-yellow. Pore wing : 

 discoidal streak very broad and long, descending a little below 

 vein 4 ; a short broad band sloping obliquely outwards from middle 

 of dorsum to beyond vein 3, another short broad and somewhat 

 clavate band sloping obliquely outwards from apical third of costa 

 to below vein 5 ; beyond these, a subterminal slender line. Hind 

 wing : a subbasal, transverse, very broad, somewhat paler yellow 

 band ; a postdiscal slightly narrower transverse band, not quite 

 reaching the costa, anteriorly attenuate, curved slightly inwards ; 

 a very faint and ill-defined pale subterminal line. Underside 

 dusky brownish black, the markings as on the upperside but much 

 blurred. Pore wing with two subterminal slender lines, the outer 

 not clearly defined. Hind wing : the costa at base yellowish ; 

 discal and subterminal pale narrow bands. Antennae, head, thorax 

 and abdomen black ; beneath, the palpi, thorax aud abdomen 

 greyish white, the abdomen slightly ochraceous. 



Exp. 3 2 56-68 mm. (2-2-2-73"). 



Hob. Sikhim; Bhutan; Bengal; Orissa ; S.India; Assam; 

 Burma and Tenasserim. 



There is very little difference between the sexes, or between the 

 wet- and dry-seasonal broods ; the latter are on the whole paler 

 both in ground-colour and markings. 



Larva. " Peeds on the blackwood tree (Dalbergia latifolia) and 

 also on Dalbergia racemosa, and has similar habits to those of 

 N. liordonia, Stoll, which it resembles in form, but the head is 

 bifid at the top, and the dorsal points are wanting, while the last 

 segment is produced into a single blunt point. The colour is dark 

 greenish brown, the fore part, as in A 7 ". 7wrdonia, being much darker 

 than the rest, but bordered with pale grey." (Davidson, Bell § 

 Aitken.) 



Pupa. " Like that of N. hordonia, but rather broader and the 

 wings more evenly expanded." (Davidson, Bell § Aitken.) 



This form, as recorded by Mr. Bell, feeds, like A T . 7wrdonia, on 

 decayed (not fresh) leaves. 



357. Neptis heliodore, Fabr. (Papilio) Ent, Syst. iii, 1793, p. 130 ; 



Moore (Lasippa), Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 40, pi. 304, figs. 1, 

 1 a-1 e, S 2 • 



Neptis tiga, Moore, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 4 ; de A. Butt, Ind. ii, 1886, 

 p. 82. 



