Species of Asiatic Lepidoptera. 493 
Genus Lerur, Hiibner. 
Lethe Whitelyi,n.sp. Pl. IX. fig. 8. 
Alee supra fusca: anticee fasciola discali pallidiore pone cellam po- 
sita ; ocello subapicali valde indistincto, fusco, flavo cincto : postica 
ocello subanali nigrescente, brunneo cincto, indistincto: corpus 
olivaceo-fuscum. 
Ale subtus fere velut in Z. Diana Butl.: anticee autem fascia magis 
angulari, ocellis tantum duobus, superiore multo majore: posticze 
areola discocellulari latiore, partim violaceo micante; ocellis ma- 
joribus: corpus cinereo-fuscum. 
Exp. alar. unc. 2,5. 
Hab. Nagasaki (North Japan). B.M. 
This is probably the Nagasaki representative of the Hakodadi 
species Diana; it differs in its much greater size, broader and 
less angular wings with regularly convex costal margins, larger 
and less regular ocelli, &c. : 
Lethe manthara. PI. IX. fig. 9. 
Debis manthara, Felder, Reise der Fregatte Novara, part 3 (1867). 
Alze supra olivaceo-fusce : posticee maculis quinque ocellaribus nigris 
ochreo cinctis. d 
Ale subtus fere velut in mekara Moore, sed pallidiores minus flavido 
variegatz ; linea discali multo rectiore, ocellis omnibus pallidis, 
distinctis, cincturis nigris tenuibus, striola submedia albida, obso- 
leta. 
Exp. alar. unc. 214. 
Hab. Java.. 3, B.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 ocellate spots on the upperside of the hind wings ; 
on the underside the discal band is straighter, the ocelli paler 
and delicately margined. | ! 
Genus Canitrs, Westwood. 
Celites humilis, n.sp. Pl, VIII. fig. 8, & Pl. IX. fig. 2. 
Q. Alz supra fuse, area externa anticarum paulum obscuriore, 
posticarum dilutiore; linea marginali obscura: postice ocello 
subanali valde indistincto czco, pallide ochreo cincto; margine 
interno dilutiore: corpus fuscum, antennis ferrugineis. 
Ale subtus pallidiores, ochracez, fascia media et altera submarginali 
ocellos ferente diffusis violaceis; fascia discali nebulosa fusca; 
lineis duabus marginalibus irregularibus distinctis fuscis: antice 
ocello parvo subapicali: postice quinque, tertio et quarto parvis, 
