80 J. N. ELIOT 



At first sight it would seem that this species must represent the missing link 

 between N. nata and N. pampanga, but the fuscous cilia at the fore wing apex and 

 the lower postdiscal band directed to the costa are unique features in the N. nata 

 group, and I have no doubt that it is a distinct species. 



Neptis leucoporos Fruhstorfer 



N. leucoporos leucoporos Fruhstorfer 

 (Text-fig. 42) 



Neptis nata leucoporos Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 312, pi. 2, fig. 7 q\ Tonkin. Type Paris. 

 Neptis nata leucoporos Fruhstorfer ; Fruhstorfer, 191 3 : 605. 

 Neptis leucoporos leucoporos Fruhstorfer ; Eliot, i960 : 241. 



None in BMNH from type locality. A single male from Hainan in very bad 

 condition, which presumably belongs to this subspecies, hardly differs superficially 

 from ssp. cresina Fruhstorfer, but in the male genitalia the usual terminal hook 

 on the clasp is aborted. 



N. leucoporos cresina Fruhstorfer 

 (Text-fig. 43) 



Neptis nata Moore ; Moore, 1858 : 10 partim $ nec$. Singapore. $ allotype BMNH. 



Neptis nata Moore (syn. fulva Pryer & Cator) ; Moore, 1899 : 243 ? partim, pi. 286, figs, ia-ig 



o*$ wet and dry season forms. 

 Neptis nata cresina Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 312. q"? Singapore and Sumatra, o" type Paris. 

 Neptis nata egestas Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 314 partim $ nee o"- S.E. Borneo. $ allotype Paris. 

 Neptis nata cresina Fruhstorfer ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 605, pi. 126b labelled ' charon 

 Neptis nata egestas Fruhstorfer ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 605 partim. 

 Neptis nata cresina Fruhstorfer ; Evans, 1932 : 165. 

 Neptis leucoporos cresina Fruhstorfer (syn. egestas Fruhstorfer) ; Eliot, i960 : 241, text-fig. 



o* genitalia. 



Moore's figures (1899) are highly misleading and were possibly drawn both from 

 this species and from N. nata. They are best ignored. 



South Burma, Siam, Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Pulo Laut. 



N. leucoporos taranda Corbet 



Neptis nata taranda Corbet, 1942 : 619. $ Siberut. Type BMNH. 

 Neptis leucoporos taranda Corbet ; Eliot, i960 : 241. 



Doubtfully separable from the preceding subspecies. 

 Mentawi Is. (only the type). 



2V. leucoporos niasica ssp. n. 



$ differs from sspp. cresina and taranda chiefly in possessing an unusually large and dark series 

 of blotches on both surfaces along the outer edge of the hind wing discal fascia ; in addition the 

 fore wing postdiscal spot in space 2 is a narrow rhombus instead of being more or less rounded 

 or quadrate, and the other discal and postdiscal white markings are a little narrower. 



Holotype $. Nias : G. Madjeja, xi-xii.1893 (Mitschke). Unique. 



