74 J. N. ELIOT 



N. nata peilei ssp. n. 



(PI. I, fig. 2) 



In both sexes differs from ssp. adipala dry season form in having the white markings a little 

 wider ; on the hind wing the discal band fills i mm. of the base of space 3 and expands slightly 

 towards the costa, as in ssp. hampsoni Moore. From the dry season form of the latter it differs 

 in having slightly wider white markings, whilst on the under surface the ground colour is 

 darker and more ochreous, approximating to the ground colour of wet season hampsoni. 



Holotype $. N.W. Himalayas : Mussoorie, 5500ft., 8.V.1916 (H. D. Peile). 

 Probably an intermediate season form. 



Allotype $. vi.1917, otherwise same data as holotype. 



Described from the types and 4 $ from Mussoorie and 1^ Kumaon, 4000ft., viii.1910, 

 (native collector ex Hannyngton coll.). The latter, if correctly labelled, must be a 

 wet season form yet does not differ from the holotype except in possessing on the 

 fore wing a small white postdiscal spot in space 4, such as occurs occasionally in 

 adipala (and also in N. soma). 



N. nata hampsoni Moore 

 (Text-fig. 36) 



Neptis hampsoni Moore, 1899 : 237, pi. 281, figs, i-id o*? dry season form and o* wet season 



form. S. India. 6"? types BMNH. 

 Neptis nandina hampsoni Moore ; Fruhstorfer, 191 3 : 606. 

 Neptis nandina hampsoni Moore ; Evans, 1932 : 167. 

 Neptis nata hampsoni Moore ; Eliot, i960 : 242. 



S. India (North Kanara, Coorg, Nilgiris, Trichinopoly). 



N. nata evansi ssp. n. 



(PI- 1. ng. 3) 



Neptis soma mananda Evans (nee Moore), 1924 : 77. Andamans. 

 Neptis soma mananda Evans (nee Moore), 1932 : 166. 



In both sexes on the upper surface of the fore wing the cell streak and streak beyond cell are 

 narrow and sullied ; the postdiscal band is clear white, a little wider in the wet season form 

 than in ssp. adipala wet season form and about the same width in the dry season form. On 

 the upper surface of the hind wing the discal band is a little wider than in ssp. adipala, just 

 extending into the base of space 3 ; the postdiscal band is narrow and sullied in both wet and 

 dry season forms. On the under surface the ground colour is very dark chocolate, with the 

 fore wing postdiscal fascia and hind wind discal fascia usually tinged with violet ; in the dry 

 season from the ground colour is paler and more reddish, resmbling adipala wet season form, 

 and the fasciae are not tinged with violet. As usual in the Andamans the seasonal forms are 

 less strongly differentiated than in India and Burma. 



Holotype <J. Andaman Is. : (ex W. H. Evans coll.). Wet season form. 



Allotype $. Andaman Is. : Port Blair, 10.ix.1923 (G. G. Field). Wet season 

 form. 



Described from 5 <$, 9 $ wet season form and 1 $, 12 $, dry season form from the 

 Andaman Is. 



