136 NYMPHALIDJ!. SATYRIN/E. LETHE. 



North Imlia, but we know of nothing in North India that answers to it. If it should turn out 

 that the N. crishiia of Westwood is really conlined to Java, a new name would have to be 

 given to the Indian species here described. 



Mr. Wood-Mason took numerous specimens on Nemotha, 3,300 feet elevation, in Cachar, 

 in September and October ; and there are specimens in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, from 

 Cherra Pnnji, Assam, and in Major Marshall's collection from Shillong. A female specimen 

 from Cherra Punji is figured, and shews the upper and undersides. 



118. Neorina margaritse, Eiwes. 



Lethe Cf) mayga.rit(E, Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882, p. 405, pi. .\xv, fig. i, male. 



Habitat : Sikkim. 



Expanse : 3'i [3 '4 in the plate] inches. 



Description : " Male : Colour hair-brown, paler on underside. \Forewhig\ with a 

 transverse pale fawn-coloured band beyond the discoidal cell, well defined on underside and 

 fainter above ; a similar band near the margin of the wing at an acute angle to the first, 

 enclosing five white-pupilled ocelli in a straight row, [distinct on underside, indistinct on 

 upperside] ; on the exterior margin are two narrow lines of similar colour to the bands [on 

 both wings on both sides]. Pattern of hindw'mg on the underside somewhat similar, but the 

 transverse band is rather curved outwards, and there is a large ocellus between the first and 

 second subcostal nervules. The ocellus at anal angle has a double pupil. The bands on the 

 hindwing do not show on the upperside, and the ocelli are indistinct. Anienms in size and 

 shape like those of Neoriim hilda, rufous with reddish tip. Palpi longer, more pointed, and 

 less hairy than in N. hilda. Abdomen and legs rather shorter." (Ehues, 1. c ) 



Upperside : Both -uniigs hair-brown, with two narrow pale fawn-coloured bands on the 

 outer margin. ' Foreivitig with a pale fawn-coloured band beyond the cell, and a submarginal 

 row of indistinct ocelli fading into fawn-colouied spots near the costa. Hiinhving with five 

 submarginal black spots, the two lower pupilled with white and ringed with yellow, brightest 

 on the outer edge, the three upper blind, and the iris disappearing towards the costa. Under- 

 side paler, the fawn-coloured marginal lines as on upperside. Fore%vi>ig with a submarginal 

 fawn-coloured band bearing five perfect ocelli ; and the transverse fawn-coloured band of the 

 upperside but wider and more distinct. Hindiving with a similar submarginal band, also 

 bearing five perfect ocelli, the lowest bipupilled ; a separate very large ocellus between the sub- 

 costal nervules, and a straiglit fawn-coloured band from the costa crossing the end of the cell, but 

 not passing the submedian nervure or reaching the lowest ocellus. (Described from the figure). 



Captain Elwes, in describing this species, writes : " A single male specimen of this fine 

 and distinct species was in the collection [from Sikkim], and appears very distinct from any- 

 thing which has been described. At first sight it seems most nearly allied to N. hilda, but 

 does not quite agree with that species in neuration. Neither does it agree exactly with either 

 Zophoessa or Lethe, though it somewhat resembles L. lunaris, Butler, in markings. Until we 

 know more of the insect, it will be best to leave it in the genus Lethe, which requires careful 

 revision, as the species at present comprised in it are very varied." 



In the absence of specimens for examination we are unable to assign a place for this insect 

 in the genus Lethe, which embraces forms showing several distinctive structural features. We 

 have, therefore, provisionally placed it with Neorina immediately preceding Lethe. 



Genus 10.— LETHE, HUbner. (Plates X and XI). 



Lethe. Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett , p. 56 (i8i6) ; Debts, Westwood, Gen. D. L., p. 358 (1851). 

 •' Body, rather small ; wings large ; /i/«(^/w/;/^ generally angulated in the middle, with 

 a row of large ocelli. Head, rather small, scarcely tufted in front. Eyes hairy, prominent, 

 especially in the males. /*«/// rather elongated, elevated obliquely as high as, or higher than^ 

 the level of the top of the eyes, and porrected to a short distance in front of the face ; the 

 long middle joint without any tuft on the back, clothed in front with moderately short fine 

 hairs, not forming a close mass ; terminal joint very short and slender. Antenna not, or 



