82 nymphalidjE. 



Debis dinarbas, Hewitson, Ex. Butt. iii, 1863, p. 77, Debis, pi. 3, 

 fig. 15 ; M.Sr de N. (Lethe) Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 155 ; Moore 

 (Lethe), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 267, pi. 85, figs. 2, 2 a, 2 b, <$ 2 • 



Lethe brisanda, de Niceville, J. A. S. B. 1886, p. 249, pi. 11, 

 fig. 13$. 



S . Upperside rich vandyke-brown to dark brown. Fore wing 

 with the discal oblique pale band on the underside showing through 

 and two minute ochraceous preapical spots. Hind wing uniform, 

 a postdiscal curved series of four round black spots, the apical 

 spot sometimes elongate, subterminal and terminal slender black 

 lines. Underside paler. Fore wing with the basal half darkest ; 

 a broad oblique pale discal bar followed by a preapical short 

 narrow band bearing three white-centred obscure small ocelli; 

 apex of wing very pale ; two short transverse cellular and a 

 subterminal, inwardly diffuse, narrow band dark brown. Hind 

 wing with subbasal, median, and subterminal slender transverse 

 brown lines, and a curved postdiscal series of black ocelli, each 

 with a minute white centre, inner ochraceous, intermediate brown 

 and outer pale rings. — $ . Differs from the S in having on the 

 upperside of the fore wing a broad oblique white band (narrower 

 and sometimes broken in the varieties L. dinarbas and L. brisanda) 

 nearly reaching the tornus, and the preapical spots white, not 

 ochraceous. Underside : oblique white band on fore wing as on 

 upperside, margined inwardly by an irregular shading and out- 

 wardly by a triangle of dark brown, beyond the latter the terminal 

 margin broadly pale yellowish brown, with three small ocelli in 

 vertical order and subterminal and terminal brown lines as in 

 the S • Hind wing as in the S • Antennae, head, thorax and 

 abdomen brown ; antennae annulated with white. 



Exp. tf $ 55-62 mm. (2-15-2-42"). 



Hob. N.W. and E. Himalayas ; Bhutan ; the hill-ranges of 

 Assam. 



The richer-coloured eastern varieties, L. dinarbas and L. brisanda, 

 differ only in being darker and in the underside being suffused 

 with lilac. 



82. Lethe confusa, Aurwilhus, Ent. Tids. 1897, p. 142. 



Debis rohria, Westwood (nee Fabr.) in Dblday., JVestw. Sf Hew. 



Gen. Di.Lep. 1851, p. 360. 

 Lethe rohria, auct. (nee Fabr.). 



S 2 • Hind wing dentate at apex of vein 4. Upperside vandyke- 

 brown ; fore wing crossed by an oblique, slightly curved, discal 

 white band, the margins of the baud more even and regular than 

 in the $ of L. rohria ; beyond this are two obliquely placed 

 preapical white spots. Hind wing uniform, ocelli of the underside 

 showing through. Underside uniform brown ; fore and hind wings 

 with subbasal, subterminal and terminal sinuous lilacine-white 

 lines ; fore wing with the oblique discal white bar as on the 

 upperside, followed by a subapical lilacine patch bearing three 



