NYMPHALINAE 
52 
PHAEDYMA 
Bexeatii. Forewing pale l)rown: a terminal patch between vein 3 and vein 5j dark brown: costa 
at base, orange: cell streak and spots as above: a series of interrupted terminal lines, white. Hind- 
wdng pale brown: a terminal patch between vein 3 and vein 5, dark brown: costa at base, white: a 
naiTOAv central band and a series of interrupted terminal lines, white. 
Q. Above. Forewing as in male: cell streak obscured toAvards base: posteellnlar spot smaller: sub¬ 
terminal spots larger. liindwing as in male. 
Beneath as in male: terminal whitish lines broader. 
Log. Mackav2 3 4 9. Brisbane 1 2 4 5 9 10 12. IMt. Tambourine 12. Bichmond R. 1 3. tManuina: R. 
a 26cf 179. 
54b. P. shepherdi latifasciata Butler. 
Transactions Entomological Sneioty Bondon 1875, p. 4. 
<?. Above. ForeAving black: a streak in cell and a posteellnlar spot, Avhite tinged greem'sli: a series 
of large irregular discal sjmts, and a serie.s of small elongate subterminal spots, AA’hite tinged greeni?h. 
HindAving black: a broad central band, A\4hte tinged greenish: faint traces of a series of subterminat 
dots, AA'liite. 
Beneath. Forewing pale broAvn: a terminal jmtcli between A’ein 3 and A^ein 5, dai'k brown: costa a' 
base, orange: cell streak and spots as aboA’-e, l)nt not tinged greenish: a series of intemiptecl terminal 
lines. Avhite. HindAving pale broAvn: a terminal patch betAveen A'cin 3 and vein 5, dark biwn: costa 
at base, Avliite: a broad central band and a series of intorrujited terminal lines, AA’hite. 
Q. Aboa'e. ForcAA’ing as in male, but s]H)ts not tinged greenish: cell streak obscured toAvarch ba>e: 
posteellnlar spot smaller: subterminal s])ots larger. TTindAving as in male, but band not tinged greemsL. 
Beneath as in male: terminal AA’hite lines broader. 
Log. Cape York 3 4 5 S 9 10 11. Prince of Wales Is. 5 0. Banks Is. 2 3. Claudie R. 1. Cooktown 
10. Cairns 0 7 9 10. Knranda 9. Ingham 4 5 9. 23c7 15 9. 
The AAdiite markings are all mnch larger than in the tyi)ieal race. 
Genus NEPTIS Fabricius. 
Illiger^s Magazine, A'i, 1807, p. 282: IMoore. Proceedings Zoological Society London 1858, p. 3. 
Antennae about half the length of costa, AA’ith clubs long, gradual and slender. Eyes smooth. Fore- 
Aving AA’ith A’ein 11 and A’ein 10 from subcostal aa’cII before end of cell: cell less than half the length of 
Aving' and oj^en. HindAving Avith cell open and termon rounded. Sexmark of male consists of a silky grey 
area on dorsum of foreAving beneath, and a corresponding l)ut smaller and fainter area on cosla of 
IiindAv'ing above. 
Ta'pe. A^eptis aceris Linne, from Europe. 
55. Heptis praslini BoisduA’al. (Xgav Ireland). 
All the races of this species haA’e a superficial resemblance to tlie races of Tellervo zoihis, and 
Aviili them, during life the eyes are bright yelloAv. 
55a. praslini staudingereana de Niceville. Fig. 42. 
Journal Bombay Natural History Society 1898, p- 139. 
c?. AboaE. I oroAA’ing black: a basal streak and a spot in cell, and n large postoellular spot, Avbite: a 
sei ies of irregular discal spots, and an incomplete series of sjnall subterminal spots, AA'hitc. Hindwin? 
black: a A*ery broad central band, AA'hite: a complete series of small subterminal spots, AA’hite. 
BeneatH; ForeAving dull black: spots as aboA’o but larger: traces of a terminal interrupted liue. 
AAhitish. Hind\A’ing dull black: a small basal spot and a large central area, AA’hite: subterminal spoh 
as aboA'e but larger: an interrupted terminal line, Avhitish. 
9 . Aboa'e and Beneath as in male. 
Loa Cape York 1 9 11. Chuulic K. 11. Cooktown 11. Cairns 0 7 8 9 10 11 12. Kiiranda 2 311 
1/ S 9 . 
The silky pey area on clorsnm of forewing- beneath in the male reaches to vein 3, while in 
I haedyma it only extends to A’ein 2. 
