if TIO PALO CER A MALAYAN A. • 



in untnrior wiit<;-i oF Dctctx* 



FlO. 90. — ArnniifOiticnl of nr miles 

 in anterior wjnjf of SuUtara 

 tKtthatia, J. 



Fio. 07.— ArrAnpemi;nt of nerrolen 

 in anterior wing uT ifepheraaia 

 hippia. 



ce. Third and fourth Bubeostal nervules bifurcating 

 almost midway between end of cell and apex 

 of wing. 



/. Discoid*! cell about half the length of anterior 



wings. - Tkriah. 

 if. Discoidul coll not half the length of anterior wings. DeacAs. 

 dd. First and second subcostal nervules emitted some 



cli-t;tlL('i hi-Wf Mill r>f Cell. 



if. Third and fourth subcostal nervules bifurcating about 



midway between end of cell and apex of wing. - Isias. 

 00, Third and fourth subcostal nervules bifurcating near 



apex of wing. ------- Appiab. 



C. Anterior wing with five subcostal nervules in male and four 

 in Female. 



<j$ij. Third and fourth subcostal nervules bifurcating in 



male at extreme apex of wing. - Salktara, * 



2. Anterior wings with two diecoidal nervules. 



C. Anterior wings with four subcostal nervules. - - * Hebomoia* 



D. Anterior wings with five subcostal nervules, - - - Nephcronia. 



Genus LEPTGSIA, 



Leptofda y Hiibner, Vary., bek. Schmett, p. 95 (1816) ; Scudd. Proo. Am. Arts & Bci. vol. x. p. 204, n, 618 (1875). 



XychiUmn, Butl. Oiat. Int. vol. i. pp. 94, 41 (1870) ; Moore, Lep.Ceyl. vol. i, p. 117 (18811, 



Ximi, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E. L C. p. 140 (1829). 



Pontic Bobd. (tiec Fttbr.), Spec. Gem I p, 430 (1836). 



Anterior wings subpyriform ; costal margin arched and convex ; apex rounded ; outer margin very 

 convex ; inner margin nearly straight, very slightly sinuate. Costal nervnre terminating nearly opposite 

 end of cell ; first subcostal nervule emitted beyond middle of cell, second a little before end of cell, third 

 and fourth bifurcating at about one-third from base of third ; lower disco- cellular nervule inwardly bent and 

 angulated, upper minute ; discoidal nervule emitted from near upper apex of cell ; upper median nervule 

 somewhat convex, second and third wide apart. Posterior wings subovate ; costal margin slightly oblique, 

 posterior margin strongly convex, abdominal margin oblique towards anal angle. Costal nervure short, 

 terminating on costa nearly opposite end of cell ; first subcostal nervule emitted beyond middle of cell, curved 

 and extending to apex, second at a short distance before end of cell ; upper disco-cellular directed outwardly, 

 lower, more or less inwardly bent and anguMed ; position of the discoidal and median nervules as in 

 anterior wing* Body slender; palpi moderately short, and strongly pilose beneath ; antenna with a long 

 compressed and pointed apical club. 



This is a small but widely distributed genus. It is found in Tropical and Southern Africa, 

 Madagascar, Continental India, and generally throughout the Malay Peninsula and Malayan 

 'Archipelago, absent — according to Mr. Wallace f — from the Moluccas and New Guinea, but 

 extending through the islands east of Java to Timor, and thence into North.- West Australia, 



Mr, Wallace, who had opportunities of observing the habits of these butterflies, has 

 stated that they " fly about slowly in woods and shady places, keeping near the ground, and 

 often settling on leaves and flowers*" J 



The fragile butterflies of this genus, which possess a facies distinct from most of the 

 other PierituE, and have a more or less superficial resemblance to the Lycamad genus ZdpUna t 



* Gen. nov. type Fieri* nathatia* Feld. ! Trams. EnL Sec. eer. 8, vol. iv. p. 316 (1867). j Ibid. 



