ioo J. N. ELIOT 



of N. namba. There is no female from the type locality Loi Mwe, although there is 

 a long series of males all taken in 1927/28. 



South Shan States, North Siam. 



Neptis namba Tytler 



N. namba leechi ssp. n. 



(Text-figs. 67, 68) 



Neptis ananta Leech (nee Moore), 1892 : 197. Omei-Shan and Chia-Kou-Ho. 

 Bimbisara ananta chinensis Fruhstorfer (nee Leech), 1908a : 392. 

 Neptis ananta chinensis Stichel (nee Leech), 1909 : 178, pi. 54b. 



Neptis (Bimbisara) ananta chinensis Fruhstorfer (nee Leech) ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 619. 

 Neptis ananta-chinensis Oberthur (nee Leech), 1916 : pi. 411, fig. 3511. Tien-Tsuen. ' Forme 

 de la saison humide ou des pluies '. 



o* on the upper surface differs from N. ananta chinensis in having the blackish ground colour 

 and orange markings deeper and richer in tone, though less so than in ssp. namba. Except for 

 the hind wing postdiscal band the orange markings are only about half as wide as in chinensis, 

 and the cilia are more narrowly chequered (though less narrowly and neatly than in ssp. namba. 

 On the under surface the ground colour is much darker and more reddish, the fore wing cell 

 streak is heavily dusted with orange and blue scales, the postdiscal spot in space 2 is orange- 

 dusted and the hind wing discal band is pale bluish (almost white and much wider in chinensis) . 



$ differs from N. ananta chinensis in the same ways as the male, but to a less marked degree. 

 Differs from ssp. namba in that on the upper surface of the fore wing the upper and lower post- 

 discal bands are not narrowly conjoined. 



Holotype <£. Western China ; Omei Shan, vi.1890 (native collector, ex Leech 

 coll.). 



Allotype $. vii.1890, otherwise same data as holotype. The specimen is one 

 of several cotypes of 2V. ananta chinensis (original BMNH type no. Rh. 9647), 

 the remaining female cotypes being genuine N. ananta chinensis. 



Described from 38 <J, 4 £ from Szechwan and also 2 $, from Tse-Kou, which may be 

 wrongly labelled. 



N. namba namba Tytler 

 (Text-figs. 69, 70, 71) 



Bimbisara ananta ananta (Moore) Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 392 partim. 



Neptis ananta ananta Moore ; Stichel, 1909 : 178 partim, pi. 54b. 



Neptis (Bimbisara) ananta ananta (Moore) Fruhstorfer, 1913 ; 620 partim, pis. i25g <J, 126a $. 



Neptis namba Tytler, 1915 : 510, pi. 3, fig. 20 <$. 5*$ Naga Hills. Types BMNH. 



Neptis ananta namba Tytler ; Evans, 1932 : 169. 



Neptis ananta learmondi Tytler, 1940 : 1 18 partim $ nee o*- syn. n. $ allotype BMNH. 



N.E. India (Sikkim to Assam), North Burma (as far south as South Shan States), 

 Tonkin. 



