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137- LethS todara, Moore. 

 Z. ioda'n, Moore, Trans. Eiit. Soc. LonJ., iSSi, p. 305. 

 Habitat : Nilgiris. 

 Expanse : $ , 2*3 ; ? , 2 6 inches. 



Description: "Male: Uppkuside dark olive-brown, both wings without markings. 

 Underside dark vinous-brown. Fore7uing with a transverse duplex subbasal and an oblique 

 discal waved purple line, a submarginal row of five indistinct small ocelli encircled by a 

 purple border ; a marginal narrow purple line, the extreme outer margin being ochreous. ///«,/- 

 ^villir with a transverse discal waved medially angled purple line, six sul)marginal ocelli 

 encircled by a purple border, the first and fifth large and regularly formed, the second, third, 

 and fourth, and duplex sixth narrow and minutely while -speckled ; a narrow marginal purple 

 line and ochreous outer border. Female : Upperside ochreous-brown, dusky externally. 

 Fonnoing with two ochreous-white, small, ill-defined, sul)apical spots, and an oblique discal 

 irregular band. Hindwing with three submarginal apical black spots, the two lower slightly 

 bordered externally with ochreous-white, above them is an ochreous-white apical spot; marginal 

 line bordered with pale ochreous. Underside paler, markings as in male, but more pro- 

 minent, and all with paler purple borders. Forewing with an oblique discal ochreous-white 

 band, which extends to the posterior angle, the lower submarginal ocellus obsolete, extreme 

 outer margin of both wings ochreous." 



"This species is nearest allied to the Ceylonese Lclhe drypelis, Hewitson." (Moore, 1. c) 

 After a careful examination of a large series of L. drvpetis from Ceylon, and L. todara from South 

 India and Orissa, we have come to the conclusion that there is only one species, which will stand 

 as L. drypdis, as we can detect not the slightest difference between the Ceylon and continental 

 examples ; no indication is given of the characters relied on, and the descriptions by Moore 

 of both species apply equally well to the specimens from both localities. We have sj-iecimens 

 taken at Mynall 2,000 feet elevation in May, at Trevandrum in June, and at Calicut in 

 September, also examples from the Wynaad, and from Khurdah in Orissa. 



138- Lethe daretiS, Hewitson. 



Dchis dayetis, Hewitson, Ex. Butt., vol iii, p. 75, Debt's pi. ii, figs. 7, 8 (1863), fcma'e ; Lethe daretis, 

 Moore, Lep. Cey., p. 18, pi. vii, figs. 2, ib male, ■za female (1880). 



Habitat : Ceylon. 



Expanse: $ , I'l ', ?,2-4inches. 



Description: "Male: Upperside dark olive-brown. Forewing wx^h a very small 

 ochreous costal spot above end of the cell, and two small less distinct spots before the apex. 

 Hindwing with a submarginal row of five small indistinct black slightly pale-boidered spots. 

 Underside dark brown, with a median and subbasal transverse sinuous purple-grey band on 

 both unngs. T^^j/yw//;,^ with an oblique discal transverse pale ochreous irregular lunular band, 

 five small black purple-bordered submarginal ocelli, and marginal lunular purple line. Hind- 

 wing Wiih. six distinct well-formed purple-bordered submarginal ocelli, and marginal lunular 

 purple line. Female : Upperside ferruginous olive-brown. Forewing with two prominent 

 ochreous-yellow subapical spots, transverse discal macular band extending to the submedian 

 nervure, and four or five small indistinct black submarginal spots. ///«(/tot'/7_o- with a sub- 

 marginal row of five well-defined oval ochreous-yellow bordered black spots, an upjier 

 marginal narrow lunular yellow line. Underside as in male, markings more prominent, 

 oblique discal band on fornoing broader. Cilia alternated with white. Body dark brown. 

 Palpi ^1 sides, and legs beneath grey streaked," {Moore, 1. c. ) 



"Found [in Ceylon] all the year round, but most plentiful in the .spring in the hills of the 

 Central Province at about 5,000 to 6,000 feet elevation, in gra.ss-land or close to forests. 

 Rather shy, flight rapid, often settling down in grass, or on open road." (Hutchison.) 



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