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the underside by a large deep black oval patcli. In L. bhairava 

 there is a large patch of black scales on the inner margin of the 

 fore wing ou the upperside, but it extends into the submedian inter- 

 space. L. gulnihal is nearest to L. bhairava, its markings being 

 very similar ; but it is smaller, and the bowed inner margin of the 

 fore wing will at once distinguish the males of the two species. 



Two male specimens have been obtained in Bhutan by the native 

 collectors of Messrs. Otto Mciller and A. V. Knyvett, in whose 

 collections the specimens above described are deposited. 



Lethe brisanda. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 8, rS •) 



L. brisanda, de Niceville, Journ. A. S. B. vol. Iv. pt. ii. p. 249. 

 n. 1, pi. xi. fig. U, female (1886). 



Hab. Bhutan. 



Expanse, rj 2'4 inches. 



Male. Differs from fresh native Sikkim specimens of L. dinarbas 

 on the UNDERSIDE of the fure wing in the lilnc baud across the 

 middle of the discoidal cell being much narrower, with uneven 

 instead of straight edges ; the discal oblique band lilac throughout, 

 straight, and of equal width throughout (in L. dinarbas the upper 

 portion of the band only is lilac, this portion too in that species 

 being wider) ; in having an additional ocellus in the subcostal inter- 

 space (in a long series of L. dinarbas before me there are always 

 three ocelli only). On the hind wing the discal bands are deep brown 

 instead of ferruginous, and the lilac washings througiiout much more 

 brilliant. 



Should the above-given characters prove constant in a large series 

 of specimens, the males of L. brisanda and L. dinarbas will be easily 

 distinguishable, the latter species being apparently very uniformly 

 marked. The females are abundantly distinct. 



A single mide has been obtained near Buxa, Bhutan, by Mr. A. 

 V. Knyvett's native collectors. 



Melanitis bethami, n. sp. 



Hab. Pachmarhi, Central Provinces, 3500 feet. 



Rainy-season form. 



Expanse. S 2'8, 5 3 inches, 



Male. Upperside: bothwings sooty hl&ck. Fore wing With the 

 outer margin paler, the apex very slightly truncate, there being a 

 small notch only below the lower discoidal nervule, a well-defined 

 subcostal nearly round ochreous patch beyond the cell divided into 

 three portions by the discoidal nervules. Hind wing unmarked. 

 Underside : both wings paler than above, densely and evenly 

 striated with darker, the outer margin ferruginous. Fore wing with 

 four small obscure discal ocelli, of which the two in the second 

 median and upper discoidal interspaces are the largest. Hind wing 

 with a series of six submarginal ocelli, the second from the apex 

 minute, the anal one geminated, the other four subequal and much 



