BUTTERFLIES FROM THE CHIN HILLS. 64'3 



Iiave the band as broad as in typical S. malsara ffom Lower Burma, 

 while others have it as narrow as, and are otherwise indistinguishable 

 from, typical S. lepcha from the North-West Himalayas. The North 

 Chin Hills may therefore be considered to be one of the meeting places 

 of the two local races, which in their extreme habitats are constant and 

 well defined. 



'^Q. Mycalesis (Samanta) nicotta, Hewitson. 



A single much-battered male of the dry-season form from 3,500 

 feet in June, and a second male from Manipur ; also a female of the 

 rainy-season form from B,500 feet in September. 



27. Mycalesis (Myrtilus) MYSTES, de Niceville. 



Eight males and three females of the dry-season form from the 

 Upper Chindwin in March and April. This species is very locally 

 distributed, and even where it occurs is only found within very limited 

 areas, i 



28. Lethe (Eangbia) latiaris, Hewitson. 



A single male from 3,500 feet in May. This specimen differs 

 slightly from others in my collection from the Khasi Hills in that the 

 white pupils of the ocelli on the underside of the hindwing are dis- 

 integrated, that the subapical ocellus almost touches the discal red- 

 dish-brown line instead of being well separated from it, and that all four 

 ocelli on the underside of the forewing are white-pupilled. 



29. Lethe (Nemetis) biinerva, Fabricius. 



Not uncommon in the Upper Chindwin from March to May, but 

 difficult to obtain absolutely perfect. 



30. Lethe (Debis) mekaea, Moore. 

 Occurs fairly commonly in company with the preceding species. 



3L Lethe (Debis) chandica, Moore. 

 A single male at the foot of the hills in May, and a single female in 

 the Upper Chindwin in March. 



32. Lethe (Debis) vindhya, Feldor. 

 A single male in the Upper Chindwin in March. 

 33. Lethe eueopa, Fabricius. 

 Common in the Upper Chindwin ; not seen in the hills. 



34. Lethe dryta, Felder. 

 A single male from the Upper Chindwin in May, and a second male, 

 from 5,500 feet in April. 



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