1891.] the naga and karen hills and perak. 263 



Lethe kansa. 



Debis kunsa, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. i. p. 220 (1857). 



Lethe Icansu, 13uU. Iiid. i. p. 14.5. 



Common in the Karen Hills at 3000 to 5000 feet. 



Lethe distans. 



L. distans, But!. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870, p. 488; Lep. Exot. 

 p. 87, t. 33. 4 J , 7 $ ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 148. 



This occurs not unCrequeutly in the Karen Hills, but no females 

 were sent by Dohert^ . 



Lethe vindhya. 



Dehis vindhya, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. iii. p. 402 (1859); Elwes, 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 313. 



Occurs not uncommonly in the Kareu Hills at 4000 to 5000 feet, 

 and in the Naga Hills more rarely. 



Lethe mekara. 



Dehis melcara, Moore, Cat. E. 1. C. i. p. 219. 



Lethe mekara. Butt. Lid. i. p. 148. 



Occurs in the Karen and Naga Hills at 1500 feet. 



Lethe gulnihal, var. 



Lethe gulnihal, de Nicev. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 450, t. 39. 7 6- 

 A species which agrees nearly with tiie figure and excellent de- 

 scription of L. gulnihal was found not uncommonly by Doherty at from 

 2000 to 5000 feet in the Karen Hills, and I haye also a single specimen 

 taken by l)r. Manders in the Shan Hills. They differ, however, from 

 the type from Bhutan in MoUer's collection, now in the possession of 

 Mr. J. H. Leech, in having the narrow lines which cross both wings 

 beneath more zigzag and irregular, and the uppermost ocellus of the 

 hind wing smaller. The female, which is undescribed, is much paler 

 on both surfaces than the male, and has the costa of the fore wing, a 

 spot near the apex, and a faintly marked patch below it of a 

 lighter brownish yellow, with a whitish spot on the first median 

 interspace. The hind margin of the wing not bowed as in the male. 

 The ocelli of the hind wing showing on the upper surface, and the 

 transverse lines of the underside are wider apart and much fainter. 

 The ocelli are also smaller and nearly obsolete on the fore wing. 



Lethe, sp. inc. 



l Lethe brisanda, de Nicev. J. A. S. B. Iv. pt. ii. p. 249, t. xi. 

 fig. 13 2 (1887). 



Two specimens were sent from Konoma in the Naga Hills with 

 note that they belonged to a species different from L. dinarhas on 

 account of the prehensores ; and though I cannot see enough dif- 

 ference in them to separate them myself, they appear to be as near 

 to L. brisanda from Bhutan as to L. dinarbas. 



The meuibers of this group of the genus are so nearly allied to 



