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costa. Hind wings with a white central band like that in L. Sihjilla. 
Parallel to all the hind margins is a row of light spots. Under 
side : Fulvous, with markings similar to those above ; hind wings 
with some bluish green basal spots. Time of Appearance, July. 
Habitat : The Amur. 
Genus NEPTIS. 
N. Nycteis, Men. Schrk. p. 28, T. ii. 11. — Apatura Nycteis, Kirby, 
Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 260. — Expands 2-50 in. Hind margin of fore 
wings concave. All the wings dark brown, with a slight purple 
gloss ; fore wings with a central row of white spots arranged in a 
crescentic form, three white spots at the apex, and a whitish basal 
streak. Hind wings with a central white hand, crossed by the 
black nervures, and parallel to the hind margin a row of distinct 
white spots. Under side : Fore wings brown, the basal portion 
with a slight violet gloss, a triangular white basal patch enclosing 
a black spot, a central row of white spots as above, and some silvery 
white spots at the apex and along the hind margin. Hind wings 
olive-green, with three bands of silvery white, a row of four white 
spots between the two outer bands, and another row along the hind 
margin. Habitat : The Amur. 
N. Lucilla, var. Ludmilla, H. S., 546, vi. p. 6. — Eather smaller 
than the type. It appears to be intermediate between Lucilla and 
Aceris, the fore wings having a faint basal streak and hind-marginal 
spots. The hind wings also show traces of a second light band. 
On the under side these extra markings are quite distinct, and the 
ground colour is lighter brown than in the type. Habitat : Armenia 
and the Altai. 
N. Philyra, Men. Schrk. Eeis. p. 25, T. ii. 8. — Expands from 
1*75 to 2‘0 in. Somewhat resembles Aceris, but larger; the white 
basal streak of the fore wings is long and narrow, and is continuous 
with the white spot, which appears separate from it in Aceris; 
there is also a white spot nearly in the centre of the costa which is 
not found in that species. Habitat : The Amur and Japan. 
N. Thisbe, Men. Schrk. Eeis. p. 26, T. ii. 9. — Expands from 
2’50 to 2'75 in. Wings dark brown. Fore wings with a yellow 
streak extending from the base to the centre of the wing, and with 
three large yellow spots, one near the apex, another in the centre 
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