EURASIAN & AUSTRALIAN NEPTINI 65 



N. hylas jaculatrix Fruhstorfer 



Neptis hylas jaculatrix Fruhstorfer, 1907a : 183. Dammer, Babber. 0"$ types Paris. 

 Neptis hylas jaculatrix Fruhstorfer ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 603, pi. 126c 



Dammer, Babber. 



? N. hylas guamensis Swinhoe 



Neptis guamensis Swinhoe, 1916 : 483. Guam, Marianne Is. 



The type locality seems highly improbable and the author's brief description 

 might apply to several of the Malaysian subspecies. 

 None in BMNH. 



Neptis gracilis (Kirsch) 

 (Text-fig. 33) 



Athyma gracilis Kirsch, 1885 : 276, pi. 19, 40*- 6" Timorlaut. 



Neptis dohertyi Grose Smith, 1895 : 79. Tenimber. 



Neptis gracilis (Kirsch) (syn. dohertyi Grose Smith) Grose Smith, 1899 : 6, pi. Neptis 2, figs. 3, 



4?- 

 Neptis gracilis (Kirsch) ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 603. 



Represents N. hylas in Tenimber, but differs so greatly from the subspecies of 

 N. hylas occurring in the Lesser Sunda Is. that its ancestor must have crossed 

 Weber's Line a long time ago and been isolated ever since. 



Tenimber (Timor Laut). 



Neptis mindorana C. & R. Felder 

 N. mindorana ilocana C. & R. Felder 



Neptis ilocana C. & R. Felder, 1863 : in. $ Luzon. 



Neptis ilocana Felder ; Semper, 1889 : 147 partim. 



Neptis nandina ilocana f. nivescens Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 315. Aberration. The type is the 



insect figured by Semper, 1899 : pi. 29, fig. 4 $. 

 Neptis nandina negrosiana Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 315. Negros. syn. n. o* type Paris. 

 Neptis mindorana ilocana Felder with f. nivescens Fruhstorfer ; Fruhstorfer, 191 3 : 608, pi. 



I26g. 



Neptis mindorana negrosiana Fruhstorfer ; Fruhstorfer, 191 3 : 608. 



Luzon, Panay, Negros. A pair from Isla Verde, in the strait separating Luzon 

 from Mindoro, have rather narrow markings but are closer to this subspecies than 

 to any other. 



