Species of Asiatic Lepidnptera. 403 



Genus Lethe^ Hlibner, 

 Lethe Whitelyi, n. sp. PI. IX. fig. 8. 



Alae supra fuscae : antics fasoiola discali pallidiore pone cellam po- 

 sita ; ocello subapicali valde indistincto, fusco, flavo cincto : posdcoe 

 ocello subanali nigresceute, brunneo cincto, indistincto : corpus 

 olivaceo-fuscum. 



Alse subtus fere velut in L. Diana Butl. : anticse autem fascia niagis 

 angulari, ocellis tantum duobus, superiore multo majore : postica3 

 areola discocellulari latiore, partim violaceo micante ; ocellis ma- 

 joribus : corpns cinereo-fuscum. 



Exp. alar. unc. 2-^^. 



Hab. Nagasaki (North Japan). B.M. 



This is probably the Nagasaki representative of the Ilakodadi 

 species Diana ; it differs in its much greater sizc^ broader and 

 less angular wings with regularly convex costal margins, larger 

 and less regular ocelli, &c. 



Lethe manthara. PL IX. fig. 9. 

 DeUs manthara, Felcler, Reise der Fregatte Novara, part 3 (18(37). 



Ala2 supra olivaceo-fuscce : posticJE maculis quinque ocellaribus nigris 



ochreo ciuctis. 

 Alas subtus fere velut in mehara Moore, sed pallidiores minus flayido 



variegatffi ; linea discali multo rectiore, ocellis omnibus pallidis, 



distinctis, cincturis nigris tenuibus, striola submedia albida, obso- 



leta. 

 Exp. alar. unc. 2|-^. 



Hab. Java. cJ^^.M. 



This is of course the Javan representative of the North Indian 

 mekara ; it is a smaller and more elegantly formed insect, is of 

 an olive-brown colour, with coppery reflexions, and has five in- 

 stead of four ocellatc spots on the upperside of the hind wings ; 

 on the underside the discal band is straighter, the ocelli paler 

 and delicately margined. 



Genus Ccelites, Westw'ood. 

 Ccelitcs hmnilis, n. sp. PL VIII. fig. 8, & PL IX. fig. 2. 



$ . Alai supra fuscae, area externa anticarum paulum obscuriore, 

 })osticarum dilutiore ; linea marginali obscura : posticiu ocello 

 subanali valde indistincto cffico, pallide ochreo cincto ; margine 

 interno dilutiore : corpus fuscum, antennis ferrugineis. 

 Aloe subtus pallidiores, ochracece, fascia media et altera submarginali 

 ocellos fereute diffusis violaceis ; fascia discali nebulosa fusca ; 

 lineis duabus marginalibus irrcgularibus distinctis fuscis : anticfe 

 ocello parvo subapicali : posticffi quinque, tertio ct quarto parvis, 



