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harpe (as defined by Sibatani et al. (1954)) are terminally fused and species with 

 ampulla and harpe clearly differentiated, the former being extended into some form 

 of terminal process. 



The first category can be further divided into species in which vein 10 (see Text- 

 fig. 1) of the fore wing originates from vein 7 (genus Pantoporia sensu stricto) and 

 species in which vein 10 originates from the cell. This latter group is, I think, 

 of at least subgeneric value. As I abhor the lengthening of nomenclature involved 

 in subgenera, I prefer to treat it as a distinct genus and select Lasippa from five 

 of Moore's available genera, all published simultaneously, to designate it (see 

 below). 



The second category can also be divided on venation in the same way as the 

 first, the two species in which vein 10 originates from vein 7 being separated under 

 Aldania. More than 80 species remain in which vein 10 originates from the cell, 

 and on grounds of convenience it is desirable to subdivide such a huge assemblage. 

 The problem is to find an adequate basis for so doing. Only one group of species, 

 namely that dealt with by Fruhstorfer under Phaedyma, appears to have adequate 

 claims for separate treatment from Neptis. Its main characteristics are as follows : 



a. Vein 8 of the hind wing is almost as long as vein 1 of the fore wing, ending just 

 before, at or just below the apex (character otherwise found in only four species 

 of Neptis). 



b. The development of the speculum on the upper surface of the male hind wing, 

 and of a corresponding polished area on the under surface of the fore wing, is greater 

 than in any other group. 



c. The clasps of the described species are furnished with a relatively enormous 

 sickle-shaped terminal process. 



I think Phaedyma is just worth reinstating as a separate genus and I include in it, 

 as an isolated and aberrant member, a curious new species, Ph. chinga sp. n. infra, 

 which possesses the first two of the above characters but has a clasp unlike that of 

 any other species in the tribe. Even so my use of Phaedyma is more restricted than 

 originally envisaged by its author, who included in it two species, one of which 

 (Limenitis sankara Kollar) is a perfectly normal Neptis species. 



Summarizing, I divide the tribe into the following genera : — 



Pantoporia Hiibner (synonyms : Acca Hiibner syn. n., Rahinda, Marosia, 



Tagatsia, Atharia Moore). 

 Lasippa Moore (synonyms : Pandassana, Bisappa, Palanda, Bacalora Moore). 

 Neptis Fabricius (synonyms : Philonoma Billberg, Paraneptis, Kalkasia, 



Hamadvyodes, Bimbisara, Stabrobates, Rasalia Moore). 

 Phaedyma C. Felder (synonyms : Andrapana, Andasenodes Moore). 

 Aldania Moore. 



All the above generic names are of feminine gender. It is unfortunate that the 

 type-species of Neptis, Papilio aceris Esper, which has been widely used for one of 

 the two European Neptis species, must sink as a synonym of the less well-known 

 name Papilio sappho Pallas, which has twelve years' priority. 



