RUmWlJH'FJlA MALA YASA. 



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wings is too ferruginous, and not sufficiently olivaceous, whilst the basal whitish fascia to the 

 posterior wings is not sufficiently broad. In fact this specimen agrees well with Horsticld's 

 figure, save that it is rather browner in hue above, and the contrary has been relied upon 

 by Mr. Moore in separating his A\ omeroda, M allied to ;Y. vikusi t but is a much blacker insect 

 both above and below." * I cannot, however, believe that Penang f possesses a different species 

 to the widely ranging one found in Province Wellesley; and a drawing of N* omeroda kindly 

 made for me by Prof. Westwood has, in my mind, confirmed this view. 



C. Whtff a with whitish spot* and marking** 



ft. Neptis ophiana. (Tab, XVIL t Kg, 12.) 

 \iytti* ujihiuiui, Moore, Proc. Zonl. Soc. lwya, p. r,i\\, 



Xcjiti* eolnmtUa, Moore (part). Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 7. n. IS; BtrfL (uec, Crura.), Trans. Linn. Snc, aer. 2, 

 Zool. vol. i. p. 542, u. « 1 1877 k 



Male and Female. Wings above dark [ubuoub, with the following greenish white spots and 

 markings: — Anterior wings with el i-eMulm- streak gradually widening to apex, which is truncate 

 (sometinies somewhat cleft near its apex, or entire, as in the Mahieoau specimen figured); tliis is 

 followed by a large and sabtriangular s[u>1 at 1 1 1 mil of cell, beyond which are two large and irregularly 

 ovate spots placed one on each side of the upper diseoidal nervule (sometimes preceded by a very small 

 spot near costa), and livik atli which urc two s|mts j'laced oiu on each side of the second nirilhm uiTViilr ; 

 a large elongate spot on inner margin, sometimes preceded by a small spot above submedian nervure; 

 a suhmarginal series of four small spots, three near apex and one between the second and third median 

 nervules (the upper three being sometimes preceded by a small obscure spot near costa) ; posterior wing 

 with a broad tranaverae fascia near base, not extending above the lower subcostal nervule, and an 

 outer diseal series of spots placed bet ween I he nervules. On each side of the submargiual spots on 

 anterior wings are two narrow obscure dark faeeite, sometimes followed by some paler markings; the 

 posterior wings possess a distinct narrow submarghml fuliginous fascia. Wings beneath more or less 

 reddish ochraceous; anterior wings with the pale spots as above, but the submarginal spots continuous 

 and preceded and followed by white markings; posterior wings with a distinct greyish fascia commencing 

 at base, but not reaching apex ; other pale markings as above, but the outer diecal spots much larger, 

 and followed by a double series of linear white spots; between the transverse fascia and the outer discal 

 spots is a transverse obscurely greyish line, liody above fuscous, beneath greyish; the femora greyish; 

 the tibia? and tarsi pale ochraceous. 



Exp. wings, 65 millim. 



Hab.— Continental India; Barjeeling (coll. Moore).— Malay Peninsula; Malacca (coll. Moore. — 

 Pinwill : Brit. Mub.). 



Muluccun specimens agree thoroughly with the type of the species (which, by the kindness 

 of Mr. Moore, is now before me), save that the discal spots are somewhat larger, and, as in the 

 specimen figured,; the basal streak is, entire, though in other specimens from the same locality 

 it is abbreviated and somewhat cleft. It appears to be sufficiently distinct, however, from 



* Ph*. Z<>ol. Soc. 1874, p. 571. 



I l'etiniig ir tlio habitat tfivcij, but, as is so often the ca-se with iiiBcctn thus labelled, Province Wellesley may probably 

 \w its true locality. 



j Collected by Ciqit. Pinwill iu MabtL-u. 



Junk 80, 1888. 2 a 



