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margin is preceded by a zigzag one, and followed by one at the base of the 

 pale grey fringes. Secondaries greyish, with five well-formed ocelli, that on 

 the costa is very large and bipupilated, as also is the smaller one at anal 

 angle ; two brown lines traverse the disc, the outer curves half round the 

 costal ocellus, and then proceeds in a series of waves to the inner margin ; 

 fringes and marginal lines as on primaries. The ocelli on both surfaces are 

 ringed with pale fuscous. Expanse, 68 — 72 mm. 



? . Same as male, but apical third of primaries limited by a pale band. 



Several males and one female from Chang Yang, taken in 

 July. 



Lethe nigrifascia, sp. n. 



£. Fuscous brown, darker on the outer margins. Primaries crossed 

 by a black band which curves from the costa, and is not well defined until it 

 reaches the third median branch, where it is dilated, as it also is at each 

 succeeding vein to the inner margin. Secondaries have a submarginal series 

 of six black spots set in pale rings, the first is largest, but does not greatly 

 exceed the fourth, whilst the sixth is smaller and indistinct; a pale line 

 parallel with outer margin. Fringes white, fuliginous at extremities of the 

 nervules. Under surface ochreous brown, fuscous towards outer margin ; a 

 broad whitish bar crosses the discoidal cell ; central transverse line whitish, 

 ill defined, commencing as a blotch on costa, and bordering a faint 

 reproduction of the black band of upper surface ; a smaller white patch 

 nearer the apex, and a pale line parallel with outer margin. Secondaries 

 have two pale violet basal lines, the first is indistinct after passing the 

 median nervure, but the second continues its course to the submedian, where 

 it turns in and terminates at the internal nervure ; beyond is another pale 

 violet line, bordered inwardly with brown, running from costa to first median 

 branch, where it turns sharply inwards and upwards for. a short distance, 

 then again turns and descends to the median nervure ; a fourth pale violet 

 line traverses the wing in a wavy course from costa to inner margin ; this is 

 bordered externally with various shades of brown and limits the outer third, 

 which is somewhat darker than the rest of the wing, and has a series of six 

 ocelli ; the first four of these ocelli are surrounded with pale violet, but in the 

 two last, which are larger, this colour is only distinct on their inner edge ; 

 the sixth ocellus is double ; a pale violet line parallel with outer margin 

 forms triangular blotches opposite the last three ocelli, that at the anal angle 

 being the largest ; fringes as above. 



5 . Colour of the male, but there is no black band on primaries ; a 

 blackish shade, broadest near the costa, where it is bordered by some pale 

 yellowish dashes, runs obliquely to beyond third median branch, and then 

 curves inwards to the inner margin ; some whitish spots towards apex. The 

 under surface is pale fulvous, and the pale violet lines on the secondaries of 

 the male are replaced in this sex by pale yellowish ones. Expanse : male, 

 70 — 74 mm. ; female, 78 mm. 



Two male and one female specimens, taken in August, at 

 Chang Yang. 



Allied to Lethe (Debis) armandina, Oberth., from Moupin. 



Lethe labyrinthea, sp. n. 

 $ . Brown, with an olivaceous gloss. Primaries have two dark clouds 

 in the discoidal cell and a blackish central transverse band ; from the outer 

 edge of the last, rays are projected along the nervules to the outer margin, 

 intersecting in their course a blackish transverse line ; a second abbreviated 

 waved blackish band extends from inner margin to second median nervule. 

 Secondaries have a submarginal series of six black spots enclosed between 

 two wavy ill-defined blackish bands, parallel with outer margin is a narrow 



