184 L. de Niceville— iw^ of the Butterflies of Ceylon. [No. 3, 



Mr. E. E. Green. Dr. Moore records it from near Nuwara Eliya in 

 March and April, and at Punduloya in July. Its transformations are 

 unknown. Like all Lethes, the larva probably feeds on bamboo or 

 grasses. 



20. Lethe drypetis, Hewitson. 



Moore as L. drypetes [sic] in Lep. Cey. and Lep. Ind. Occurs also 

 in South India (as L. todara, Moore). In Ceylon it is not uncommon 

 amongst bamboos, on which, the larva feeds, at 3,000 feet and upwards. 

 It is common in Punduloya in suitable localities, and Manders has taken 

 it in May in the Hakgala Gardens below Nuwara Eliya. 



21. Lethe neelgherriensis, Guerin. 



Moore as neelgheriensis in Lep. Ind. Common in the middle hill 

 districts of Ceylon, more particularly perhaps along roads leading 

 through tea estates. It is found also in Southern and Central India, 

 and is closely allied to the North Indian L. rohria, Fabricius = L. dyrta, 

 Felder. Dr. Aurivillius has named the L. dyrfa of authors L. confusa 

 (Ent. Tids., vol. xviii, p. 142, n. 15—1897). Mr. E. E. Green says that 

 the larva feeds on grasses. 



22. Lethe daretis, Hewitson. 



Peculiar to Ceylon, and very common at high elevations. It is one 

 of the few butterflies found on the Horton Plains, 7,000 feet. It is 

 abundant nearly all the year round at Nuwara Eliya, the females being 

 more frequently noticed than the males from their habit of flying 

 closer to the ground. The males, unlike the majority of the genus, 

 are fond of settling on the upper branches of low jungle trees, and flying 

 rapidly in the sun round the topmost branches. Its transformations are 

 unknown. 



23. Tpthima singala, Felder. 



Moore as Y. singala and Y. thora, Moore. Through the kindness of 

 Mr. Ormiston, IVIanders has examined thirty specimens of this insect 

 from the Haldummulle district, 1,500-3,500 feet, and from the Bandara- 

 wella district, 5,000 feet, and finds very great variety amongst them. 

 Tlie males are more frequently spotless on both wings on the upperside ; 

 but sometimes have a more or less conspicuous ocellus at the anal angle of 

 the hindwing, and a more conspicuous, larger external ocellus is not 

 infrequent ; very rarely there is a third small ocellus external to this. 

 In two specimens the forewing has a small subapical bipupilled ocellus, 

 this being- the Y. thora of Moore. The females are more constant on the 



