1888.] G. F. Hampson — Butterflies of the Nilgiri District. 349 



band on the npperside of the forewing rather narrower than in L. 

 todara. 



19. Lethe neelgherriensis, Guerin. 

 2000—7000 ft. Common throughout the district. 



20. Ypthima baldus, Fabricius. 

 Form marshalUi, Butler. 



21. Ypthima striata, n. sp. 



Habitat : southern slopes of the Nilgiris, 2000 — 4000 ft. 

 Expanse : 1'5 inches. 



Wet-season form* 

 Description : Male. Upperside, both wings uniform dark brown. 

 Forewing with a distinct bipupilled black ocellus outlined with yellowish- 

 brown. Hindwing with two ocelli faintly pupilled and with yellow iris, 

 situated between the median nervules. Underside, both wings white with 

 numerous distinct brown strise. Forewing with one bipupilled ocellas 

 larger and brighter than on the upperside ; crossed by two brown fascias, 

 one submarginal, one discal, nearly meeting at the hinder angle. Hindwing 

 with a double ocellus on a short brown fascia near the apex, and three 

 linearly disposed towards the anal angle, the one nearest it bipupilled, 

 these three ocelli situated on a brown fascia, and all the ocelli large and 

 distinct ; a fascia crossing the wing beyond the cell from the costa to 

 the inner margin, and a less distinct one near the base of the wing. 

 Female ; only differs in being rather larger and paler than the male. 

 Male ; with no trace of the patch of dense scales on the upperside of 

 the forewing. 



Dry-season form. 



Male. Upperside, forewing with a slight patch of dense scales on 

 the median nervure ; with a very small and indistinct ocellus. Under- 

 side, both zvings with the fasciae indistinct and the striae smaller and 

 denser. Hindiving, with the ocelli much smaller than in the wet-season 

 form, the double ocellus near the apex separated into two ocelli, the 

 upper one minute, and the bipupilled ocellus near the anal angle forming 

 a double ocellus. Female. Upperside, forewing differs from the male 

 in having a large and distinct black bipupilled ocellus with yellow iris. 

 Underside, both wings with the fasciae more prominent, but not as 

 much so as in the wet-season form. 



The wet-season form occurs commonly at about 3000 ft. on the 

 southern slopes of the Nilgiris in August, and the dry-season form in 

 December and January. 



On August 25th of this year — one in which there has been hardly 

 any rain on that side of the hills — I took at 5000 ft. a single male with no 



