EURASIAN & AUSTRALIAN NEPTINI 19 



- Base of space 12 orange-yellow. Monomorphic. Confined to New Guinea sub- 



area ........... shepherdi (p. 127) 



8 Marked normally ............ 9 



- Markings obsolete except for submarginal and marginal markings 



amplicata $ f. eblis (p. 128) 



9 Upper surface of fore wing with cell streak from base as usual, though divided by a 



central dark bar ............ 10 



- Cell streak reduced to a small spot at outer end of cell . . . . . 11 



10 Under surface of hind wing with basal streak reduced to a small white spot at base 



of gpa< e 8 and subbasal streak to a rather larger white spot at base of cell 



ampliata (p. 128) 



- Basal and snbbasal streaks normal ...... fissizonata (p. 129) 



11 Basal and subbasal streaks normal. Confined to San Christoval (Solomon Is.) 



fissizonuta ssp. viridens (p. 130) 



- Under surface of hind wing with basal and subbasal streaks obsolete or obsolescent. 



South Moluccas only ........ amphion (p. 125) 



Key to the Si>miis >>i X HPT IS 



1 Fore wing with single upper postdisi al band, more or less as in Text-fig. 1. 



Male with hind wing vein 8 much shorter than fore wing vein 1, except in 



N. cydippe and some forms of N. praslini ...... 2 



Fore wing with additional series of white postdiscal spots outside the upper 

 postdiscal band, which is more oblique than usual, comprising a spot in 

 space 4 below the normal postdiscal spot in 5, a spot in 5 just outside the 

 lower edge of the normal spot in 5, .1 spot m 6 \\ hi li is nun h nearer the base 

 though still well outside the normal spot in 6, and a streak in space 8 above 

 the origin of vein 7. Male with hind wing vein 8 almost as long as fore wing 

 vein 1. N. alwina group ......... 70 



2 (1) Fore wing without subcostal spots internal to the upper postdiscal band . 3 



- Fore wing with subcostal spots ......... 48 



3 (2) Fore wing upper side with lower postdiscal band obsolete below vein 2 except 



for a greyish blue streak in space ia in one form ; upper postdiscal band 

 comprising very small spots Wings rounded Mimics Tellervo (Danainae). 

 N . praslini group .......... 4 



- Fore wing with lower postdiscal band always extending into spaces ia and ib ; 



upper postdiscal band more or less prominent. Wings normal ... 5 



4 (3) Under surface fore wing with whitish spot about origin of vein 5 ; hind wing 



with white spot at base of cell ..... praslini (p. 49) 



No whitish spot on fore wing about origin of vein 5 nor white spot on hind 



wing at base of cell ....... nausicaa (p. 52) 



5 (3) Under surface of hind wing with area between the discal and postdiscal bands 



uniformly blackish ; the discal band edged with grey-blue scales. Papuan. 



N . brebissonii group .......... 6 



Under surface of hind wing with discal fascia or series of dark blotchy spots 

 between the discal and postdiscal bands ; discal band without a grey-blue 

 edging. Sino-Himalayan and S.E. Asian ...... 7 



6 (5) Under surface of fore wing with cell streak and streak beyond cell separated by 



a broad discocellular bar and the cell streak itself usually divided by a 

 further bar. Under surface of hind wing with the postdiscal band broken into 

 widely separated spots, submarginal fascia broken into separate dashes 



brebissonii (p. 53) 

 Fore wing with cell streak and streak beyond conjoined ; on hind wing the 

 postdiscal band consists of narrowly separated streaks and the submarginal 

 fascia is almost continuous ....... satina (p. 54) 



