n8 J. N. ELIOT 



much enlarged, with its outer edge parallel to the termen as far as vein 8. On the upper surface 

 of the hind wing the yellow discal band is obliterated above mid-space 5 by the very large grey 

 speculum ; the postdiscal band is inwardly diffuse and brownish grey, as in the Chinese species 

 of the N. themis and N. thisbe groups. On the under surface the fore wing upper postdiscal 

 band is ochreous and barely contrasts with the ground colour ; the ' hockeystick ' is white, 

 barely tinged with yellow. On the hind wing the area between the base and the discal band 

 is pale ochreous, mottled with ochreous brown spots and patches in the cell and spaces 5, 6 and 

 7 ; the discal band is bluish white, is strongly bent inwards at vein 6 and extends to vein 8 ; 

 the area between the discal and postdiscal bands is pale ochreous brown, with a central darker 

 brown zigzag fascia which is inwardly edged with pale lavender, most noticeably at its upper 

 end ; the dusky bluish white postdiscal band is narrow, crescentic and placed nearer the termen 

 than usual, being separated, from the submarginal fascia only by a narrow crescentic brown 

 line ; the marginal fascia is obsolete. The male clasp shows some affinities with Ph. aspasia 

 and N. beroe, but possesses three peculiar features found in no other species of the tribe : 



a. the down-turned subbasal process on the inside of the clasp, which is possibly homologous 

 with the dorsal process found in some species. 



b. the aborted terminal process curves outwards instead of inwards, 



c. the absence of a division on the ventral margin between the harpe and the sacculus. 



Holotype <$. Central China : Ichang (ex Rothschild coll.). Unique. The 

 species occupies an isolated position and is possibly a relict species on the verge of 

 extinction. 



Phaedyma aspasia (Leech) 



Ph. aspasia aspasia (Leech) 

 (Text-fig. 97) 



Neptis aspasia Leech, 1890 : 37. Chang Yang. q*$ types BMNH. 

 Neptis aspasia Leech ; Leech, 1892 : 193, pi. 18, fig. 5 q\ 

 Neptis aspasia Leech ; Stichel, 1909 : 180, pi. 55c. 

 Neptis (Phaedyma) aspasia Leech ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 617. 



Central and Western China (Szechwan and N.W. Yunnan), ' French Indo- 

 China ' (1 (J). Tytler (1940 : 118) recorded a specimen from Htawgaw, N.E. Burma. 



Ph. aspasia falda ssp. n. 



o* differs from ssp. aspasia on the upper surface in having the fore wing streak beyond cell 

 lightly whitened ; the lower part of the hind wing discal band, from mid-cell to dorsum, is 

 white suffused round the edges with yellow scales and is a little wider, especially at its upper 

 end ; the postdiscal band is narrower and is suffused with fuscous scales. On the under surface 

 the ground colour is paler and yellower than in aspasia, the fore wing postdiscal spot in space 6 

 is smaller, and on the hind wing the greyish blue streaks astride the basal halves of veins 6, 7 

 and 8 are more prominent. 



Holotype (J. Bhutan : Wang du Potrang, i.vii.1933 (F. Ludlow & G. Sheriff). 



Described from 2 $ from Bhutan and 1 <$ Assam, Dafla Hills, Apotani, 5000ft., 

 15.viii.1947. The latter specimen appears to be an albescent variety in which the 

 cell streak, streak beyond cell and postdiscal spots in spaces 3 and 6 on the fore 

 wing and the whole of the discal band on the hind wing are white suffused round 

 the edges with yellow. As it, like the type, was taken at the height of the wet 

 season it cannot be a seasonal form. 



