NEOCHERA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
membliaria. 
ren ir/era. 
moderata. 
inconspi- 
cua. 
inops. 
prirata. 
tenuimargo. 
butleri. 
do in ini a. 
proximo. 
eugenia. 
siibostethia. 
a j finis. 
her pa. 
jar an a. 
/ usei penn is. 
papuana. 
fumosa. 
hriiron ides. 
bas'd issci. 
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E. membliaria Stoll. (27 b). Body orange, wings dusty-grey in the $ in the cell orange, the costa 
before it bluish-grey, spotted dark, forewing towards the margin radiantly white. Burma, Siam to the Phi¬ 
lippines, as well as in the Andamans. Borneo, and Natuna Islands. — renigera Fldr. (27 b) shows the orange 
spots of the forewing somewhat paler than typical membliaria but according to Jordan it is hardly discernible 
in all the cases. From Java. — moderata Btlr., likewise from Java, has the orange spots considerably smaller 
than renigera ; the part of the spot situate in the cell-end is separated from the basal part, and in the £ 
the costal fold is smaller. — inconspicua Btlr. (= radians Snell.) (27 b). from Celebes and Flores, has a still 
smaller costal fold in the <$, whilst the $ is without the part of the orange spot situate on the discocel- 
lular. —• The larva is unknown. 
6. Genus: Neochera Hbn. 
No costal fold, the swelling above the middle of the proximal margin on the forewing in the $ mostly 
very feeble . In its shape it is partly very much like the Euplocia. In the veins it approximates the A-sota. 
but the genitals are quite different. The apical part of the accessory cell shorter than the basal part, 
which is the contrary in Asota. Vein 11 is more remote from the cell-end than in Asota. The genus has 
often been divided into two ( Philona and Neochera). but Jordan combined both. It contains but few' species 
divided into a great number of local races. 
N. inops. Body yolk-coloured, thorax and abdomen sometimes scantily spotted black. Forewing 
light dust-grey, traversed by white veins, the hindwings margined black; the black border in the apical 
part very broad, towards the middle of the margin very thin and terminating pointedly there. In typical 
inops TI T jb\ (27b) the hindwings are yolk-coloured; in the form privata 1 Vlcr. (= cinerascens Moore) (27c), 
which in some places flies together wdtli yellow-winged specimens, the ground-colour of the hindwings is 
white. India as far as Burma, Nias, Hainan, Philippines. —- tenuiniargo Rothsch. from Timor, A lor and Ado- 
nara. has a narrower and shorter marginal band of the hindwing, terminating already before vein 2. Common. 
N. dominia. The fore wings are lighter or darker lead-grey, often with a violet reflection, with white 
veins. Hindwing with a broader or narrower marginal band sometimes broken up into single spots, and with 
a large discal spot at the cell-end. — butleri Stvinh. (27 c) has whitish-grey forewings; the hindwing with a 
chain of uniformly oval antemarginal spots. Head, thorax and abdomen orange. From Northern India, to 
the south over Burma to Malacca, and according to Swinhoe also in Cambodia. — dominia Or. (= chione F.) 
is very much like butleri, but the head and thorax are white, and the black spots in the anal part of the 
hindwing extend as long stripes to the base of the wing. Southern India. — proxinia Rothsch. (27 c) from 
North Australia (Cape York), besides from Timor, Alor, Callau etc. resembles butleri, but before the margin 
of the hindwing there is a complete, black band reflecting most magnificently violettish-blue in the sunshine, 
the forewing is more brightened before the apex. The orange-yellow' thorax shows white markings. —• 
eugenia Cr. (27 c) has much darker forewings, the white veins of which are very distinctly prominent, the 
marginal band of the hindwing radiates a little towards the base and is proximad irregularly defined, the 
marginal band violettish-blue in the sunshine, the forewdng more with a steel-blue reflection. Various islands 
of the Malayan Archipelago. —• stibostethia Btlr. is similar, but the head, thorax and abdomen towards the 
base like in the form dominia.; known only from Burn. - affinis Rothsch. (= eugenia Suiinh. nec. Cr.) dif¬ 
fers from typical eugenia Cr. by the narrower marginal band of the hindwing which is better defined, but it 
radiates behind slightly proximad. Thorax orange. North Moluccas. It forms a transition to her ■pa. — 
herpa Snell, from Celebes and Sangir resembles the form javana, but the white stripe above the submedian 
fold of the forewing is in the disc much more expanded white, sometimes in the shape of spots; the abdomen 
is ringed black. — javana Rothsch.' (— dominia Moore , bhawana Btlr. nec Moore ) resembles a dark butleri; 
but the white lines on the veins of the forewing are narrower, the marginal spots on the hindwing form 
an unbroken band, and the fringes of the hindwings are white between the veins. — fuscipennis Rothsch. 
(27 c) from the Bismarck Archipelago has very dark forewings traversed only by few- white, shortened vein- 
streaks. The band on the hindwing extends proximad almost across the whole disc, so that only the basal 
part of the hindwing and a slight fog behind the cell-end spot remain light. -— papuana Rothsch. (27 d) from 
New' Guinea, Waigeu, Aru and Mysol has similar forewings as fuscipennis, but the marginal band of the 
hindwing is only about 5 mm broad, and the disc of the hindwing is of a pure and bright white. ■— fumosa 
Rothsch. has almost quite black hindwings, only at the base yet traces of white. Sumbawa; Borneo. — heli- 
conides Snell, from the Philippines entirely resembles fumosa, but the veins on the forewings are broader 
white. A very peculiar form is basilissa Meyr. (27 d) from Queensland with an almost entirely snow-white 
upper surface; also on the thorax which is only scantily spotted orange and black, coloured white; the 
band of the hindwing narrow, the discal spot not black, but dirty brown. — The butterflies are in some 
places extremely common and fly all the year round. 
