250 Lionel de Niceville— On some New Indian Butterflies. [N"o. 3, 



laceoiis ring, the upper ocellus mucli the largest, the second and 

 fourth subequal, as are also the third and sixth which are the smallest, 

 the latter twinned ; two fine dark marginal lines inwardly defined by a 

 pale violet line and enclosing a fine ochreous line. Cilia pale brown 

 throughout. 



Expanse ; ^, 2-35 inches. 

 Hab. — Buxa, Bhutan. 



Nearly allied to Lethe dinarhas, Hewitson, the female of which has 

 not hitherto been figured or described, from which it differs on the 

 upperside in having the ground-colour castaneous instead of pale brown, 

 the discal band straighter and better defined, the ocelli on the hindwing 

 smaller and blind ; on the underside the ground-colour in L. hrisanda 

 is ochreous, in L, dinarhas it is pale brown washed with violascent, the 

 forewing has four ocelli owing to the discal band being narrower, in L. 

 dinarhas there are three only, on both wings in the latter the discal narrow 

 lines are dark brown instead of ferruginous and broader and more 

 regular. L. hrisanda is nearly allied also to L. hyrania, Kollar, from which 

 the castaneous ground-colour of the upperside and the much narrower 

 discal band on the forewing will readily distinguish it. 



A figure of L. dinarhas, female, is given (fig. 4) from a specimen 

 from Native Sikkim in Mr. Otto Holler's collection. 



The type and only known specimen of L. hrisanda is in the collection 

 of Mr. A. V. Knyvett, to whom I am indebted for the opportunity of 

 figuring and describing it. The male has yet to be discovered : it will 

 probably prove to be closely allied to L. dinarhas^ which also occurs at 

 Buxa, and to L. hyrania. 



Subfamily Nymphalin^ . 



2. Neptis kuhasa, n. sp., PL XI, Fig. 12, <?. 



Description. Male. Upperside, hotJi wings black with orange 

 markings. Forewing with a broad discoidal streak bounded below by 

 the median nervure, obscurely separated from the large triangular spot 

 beyond by two fine black lines ; a broad subapical patch well-separated 

 from a rather less broad discal one which reaches the inner margin, and 

 is strongly constricted at the first median nervule ; a prominent submar- 

 ginal somewhat lunate band, with a very obscure and fine pale marginal 

 line. Hindiving with a broad straight even discal band, and a narrower 

 (about one-third the width) submarginal similar band ; marginal line 

 as in forewing. Underside, hoth wings with the ground-colour much 

 paler, and the bands also paler, ochreous rather than orange. Forewing 

 marked as above. Hindwing with an additional ochreous band at the 

 base of the costal margin, the discal and submarginal bands broader 



