1140 CATALOGUE OF 



2. Ne^ra MEDIA. 



Prasina ; caput ex parte , palpi, antenna, pectus et pedes fusca ; 

 thorax fusco vittaius ; abdomen testaceum ; alee anticce cer- 

 vince, basi fuscce, fascia latissima perobliqua prasina fusco 

 marginata extus indentata; posticce testacece, fusco marginatce. 



Grass- green. Head brown in front, and with a vertical brown 

 stripe. Palpi, antennae, pectus and legs brown. Thorax with a 

 brown stripe, which widens hindward. Abdomen testaceous. Fore 

 wings fawn-colour, with a very broad and oblique grass-green band, 

 which occupies the greater part of the costa and more than the basal 

 half of the inner border ; it is indented in the middle of its outer 

 side, a character whereby this species differs from N. graciosa ; the 

 wings have brown veins and cilia?, and are wholly brown between 

 the base and the green band, which has a brown border on the outer 

 side ; under side grass-green, fawn-colour along the costa and along 

 the outer border. Hind wings pale testaceous, with brownish bor- 

 ders. Length of the body 4 — 5 lines; of the wings 10 — 13 lines. 



a, b. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



c. - ? 



d. Pupa. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



3. Ne^ra chloris. 



Prasina ; caput antice, palpi, antennce, pectus et pedes ferruginea ; 

 abdomen testaceum; alee anticce cervince, fascia latissima per- 

 obliqua prasina fusco marginata extus undulosa intus excavata ; 

 posticee cervince aut testacece, 



Neaera chloris, Herr.-Schceff. Lep. JExot. Ser. 1, f. 176. 



Grass-green. Head in front, palpi, antennae, pectus and legs 

 ferruginous. Abdomen testaceous. Fore-wings fawn-colour, with 

 a very broad and oblique grass-green band, which occupies about 

 half of the costa and much more than the basal half of the inner 

 border ; this band is bordered with brown ; its outer border is undu- 

 lating, and its inner border is excavated, a character whereby 

 N. chloris differs from the two preceding species; wings brownish 

 at the base and with brownish cilia* ; under side testaceous. Hind 

 wings fawn-colour, testaceous beneath or wholly testaceous. Length 

 of the body 4 — 4i lines ; of the wings 10 — 11 lines. 



a, b. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



