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Lethe nicetas, Hewitson. 



Numerous specimens of both sexes were obtained by my native collectors 

 on Kabru Peak, Manipur, at 8,400 ft. during May and June and again 

 in August and September. It is double brooded. I believe it has not 

 previously been recorded East of Sikkim. 



Lbthe visrava, Moore. 



A single wet-season male taken on the Burma Road, Manipur, in October 

 and two dry-season m^ales taken at the same place in June. Not pre- 

 viously recorded East of Bhutan I believe. 



Lethe lyncus, de N. 



A single male obtained on Suroifui, Eastern Manipur Hills, 8,000 ft. to 

 9,000 ft, in August which agrees exactly with a specimen in the de Niceville 

 collection as regards markings but which has the forewing rather more 

 pointed and the colour underneath much browner. It may prove to be a 

 well defined race of L. lyncus but I do not like to separate it on a 

 single specimen. L. lyncus in Sikkim appears to be very rare and its 

 occurrence in Manipur is interesting. 



Lethe kabrua, n. sp. (PI. I, Fig. 7, J). 



Very similar in appearance to L. jalaurida, from Sikkim, from which it 

 differs in the following respects : — 



Male. Upperside : ioveyfing: similar to L. jalaurida, but with a conspicuous 

 sexual brand of specialized scales from near base of vein 4 to the middle of 

 vein 1, straight on inner edge and crenated on the outer edge between the 

 veins. Hindwing : ocelli placed on a ground of similar colour to the rest 

 of the wing and not on a pale area as in L. jalaurida, otherwise similar. 

 Upperside: forewing : similar to L,jalaurida,'b\xt ocelli in interspaces 4 and 5, 

 merely indicated by white specks ; that in interspace 6 wanting in this 

 respect, resembling L. onoelleri. Hindwing : very similar to L. jalaurida, but 

 basal line wanting ; the sub-basal line not well defined and distinctly 

 violaceous ; the discal transverse band duller and much broader ; ocellus 

 in interspace 4 equal in size to those in interspaces 5 and 6 and not smaller 

 as in L. jalaurida. 



Female. Vpperside: similar to male, but wanting the sexual brand on fore- 

 wing : Underside : the ground colour tinged with ochraceous ; otherwise 

 similar. 



Expanse: S 6 2-18"— 2-3"; $ $ 2-26"— 2-5". 



A large number of males and a fair series of females taken on Kabru 

 Peak 8,400 feet, in June, July and August. The females are very much 

 rarer than the males. 



Blanaida armandii, Oberthur. 



Satyrus armandii, Oberthur, Et. Ent. ii, p. 26, t. ll"o S (1876). 



Neope khasiana, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1881, p. 306. 



Neope khasiana, de Niceville, Butt. Ind. i., p. 172. 



Neope bhadra khasiana, Seitz, Macrolepidoptera of the World, vol. X, 

 p. 325, 1911. 



Lethe khasiana, Tytler, J. B. N. H. S., vol. xxi, p. 63. 



Blanaida bhadra = khasiana, Evans, J. B. N. H. S., vol. xxi, p. 566, 



There has hitherto been some confusion as regards Blanaida khasiana, 

 Moore, which has been considered by some authors to be a separate species 

 and by others merely a seasonal form of B. bhadra. It is however 

 undoubtedly the dry-season form of B. armandii, which is the ivet-season 



