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NEPTIS. By H. Frtjhstorfer. 
anemia. — ananta Moore (125 g <J, 126 a $) ranges from Cashmere to Sikkim and Upper Burma. Moore also mentions 
it from the Upper Mekong in the Shan States and 1 $ from Perak. According to De Niceville ananta frequents 
the wooded hills at altitudes of 4000 ft. and upwards, especially in June; Doherty reports it also from the Naga 
and Karen Hills between 3800 and 7500 ft. of altitude. — Besides the figured wet-season form, we also know 
sitis. a paler dry-season form (= sitis Fruhst.) with pale instead of dark ochreous bands on upper surface. Beneath 
ananta differs from our figure of chinensis (54 a) in the richer red-brown colouring which is interrupted by bands 
iahvana. of violet and a broad, white median fascia. It is probable that ananta is also found in Tonkin. — taiwana Fruhst. 
(= horishana Mats., moltrechti Oberih.) (125 h), an eminent insular form having the whitish bands and spots 
somewhat reduced in size and consequently farther apart. Not scarce in the mountainous Interior of Formosa, 
particularly at Polisha, Chip-Chip and on Lehiku Lake, from June till August. Discovered by Mr. H. Sauter. 
N. anjana seems to take the place of ananta in the Macromalayan Region, both forms existing side by 
side in the Malay Peninsula, anjana is still rarer than ananta, especially on the islands, only a few specimens 
having been found on any single one of them, and it was only within recent times that I proved its existence 
anjana. in Java and Nias, anjana Moore resembles above the figured discerna (125 b), underneath rather ananta, but is 
deep brown with dark steel-blue bands of a purplish lustre. Described from a specimen from Moulmain. 
lnjria. It seems to be most abundant in Pegu, where Doherty captured quite a number in March and April. -—- hyria 
■subsp. nov. from Perak, occurs probably also in Sumatra without undergoing any perceptible change. The 
submarginal bands on the upper surface of the hindwing are less distinct than in anjana, the under surface 
more vivid red-brown, the steel-blue bands narrower and darker. Martin received 3 specimens of hyria taken 
by the natives on the Battak Plateau (Sumatra) at an altitude of about 3200 ft., and Hagen mentioned in 
discerna. 1892 a brownish-orange coloured species occurring in Banka. — discerna Fruhst. (125 b) is distinguished by 
clegantia. very narrow grey-brown stripes on the upper surface. South-East Borneo. — elegantia Fruhst. has the bands 
broader, more yellowish, and on the under surface more intensely violet. North Borneo, Kina Balu District. 
~ena. — zena Fruhst. is a paler form having the discoidal streak as well as the subapical and subanal bands on 
forewing pale yellowish-brown instead of dark-brown, and the transverse bands rather lighter on hindwing. Still 
more striking is the pale colouring of the under surface, the ground-colour being light red instead of dark blue. 
All spots and other markings are broader and paler than they appear in Distant’s figure, and of a more yel¬ 
lowish-white tone. Even the blue-violet bands on the hindwing are less dark and more brillant. Western Java 
saskia. at altitudes of from 2—4000 ft., Eastern Java, near Lawang, at about 2000 ft. — saskia Fruhst. (= thiemei Fruhst.) 
has on the forewing the subapical spots much larger than in zena, and clear white instead of yellowish; moreover, 
the upper one of the three spots composing the subanal transverse band assumes a whitish tinge. On the 
hindwing the subbasal band is somewhat narrower and paler than in zena, and the inner (postdiscal) sub mar - 
ginal band is made up of broader, rather helmet-shaped than oblong spots, between which we notice along the 
veins rays extending from the broad, jet-black discal spot. Beneath it even surpasses zena in the extent of 
the white patches and bands on the forewing. On the hindwing the under surface is characterized by the 
white subbasal band (which in zena and anjana remains of equal width) strongly tapering anally and being 
succeeded by a deeply dentate violet band; the inner, pale submarginal band is more conspicuous, broader 
and more strongly undulate than in zena, and is margined below by a much broader red-brown band than in 
vidua, any other form of anjana, Island of Nias, type 1 in the Fruhstorfer collection. — vidua Stgr. is an excee¬ 
dingly rare subspecies, only 1 $ being known. Above black with a broad white band on hindwing and a similar 
but much broken macular band on fore wing. The latter moreover with an obsolete, brownish transverse line 
before the terminal margin, contrasting with the very distinct, altough narrow band on hindwing. Under 
surface of hindwing with three narrow, nearly parallel, violet-grey bands. Palawan, collected by Dr. Platen. 
viraja. N. viraja (125 c) inhabits the Empire of India with the exception of the islands. $ somewhat larger 
than the figured paler yellow, the black bands more uniformly broad. Specimens from Tenasserim, pre¬ 
sumably representing some subspecies, are reported to have the yellow submarginal band on the hindwing 
of the same width as the discal band. The dry-season produces a somewhat paler under surface, with more 
diffuse and faded red-brown fasciae. Larva on leguminous plants, also on the Blackwood Tree (Dalbergia 
latifolia and racemosa), resembling that of Rahinda hordonia. Like the latter it has the habit of gnawing 
through the twigs, weaving the leaves with silk-threads into a sort of nest and feeding on the wilted leaves. 
Its colour is green, laterally pale grey, paler behind the head. Pupa greenish with purplish lustre. 
N. itiiah resembles above viraja, although the black predominate over the fulvous bands. Under sur¬ 
face chiefly fulvous, with pale yellow bands accompanied by grey-violet stripes. The dry-season form of the 
Indo-Chinese local races differs but slightly in size from the form of the wet-season, having on the upper sur- 
