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Show 1891.] THE NAGA AND KAREN HILLS AND PERAK. 275 NEPTIS ANJANA. N anjana, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 309 ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 92. This species seems common in the Karen Hills at 4000-5000 feet. A single specimen was also sent from Perak by Doherty. NEPTIS CARTICA, var. BURMANA. N. cartica, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 562 ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 89. N. burmana, de Nicev. Butt. Ind. ii. p. 89 (1886). A single female, which I can only refer to this species, was taken by Doherty in the Karen Hills. It differs from females of N. cartica from Sikkim in the points mentioned by de Nice'ville, except in the hind wing below, and is not, in my opinion, specifically distinct from that species, though more specimens are necessary to decide the question. NEPTIS AMBA, var. CARTICOIDES. N.amba, Moore, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 7, t. xlix. 4; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 88. N. carticoides, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 309 ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 90. Several specimens from the Karen Hills, taken at 4000-5000 feet, agree with Sikkim examples in m y collection, but are somewhat larger. I think that this form is much nearer to amba of the N.W. Himalayas than to cartica, and is hardly separable from it. De Niceville says the markings of carticoides are narrower and tinged with fuliginous, but I find considerable variation in both respects in amba, and the range of the species appears to be continuous. NEPTIS NATA. N. nata, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. i. p. 168, t. iv. a. fig. 6 ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 100. IN. khasiana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 562, t. xxxii. 7; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 100. A single female from the Karen Hills agrees with the plate and description of nata very fairly and with a specimen from Moulmein taken by Major Adamson. Another specimen from him, marked " Akyab, March '83, rare," is intermediate between nata and khasiana, of which I have two specimens, taken by Doherty in the Dhansiri valley of Upper Assam. NEPTIS DURYODANA. N. duryodana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 10, t. xlix. 8 ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 101. Seems common at Perak. Very like the last above, but distinguished by the basal band of hind wing below being double instead of single. 18* |