86 NYMPHALID^E. 



89. Lethe nicetella, de Niceville, P. Z. 8. 1887, p. 448, pi. 39, fig. 5 cj ; 



Moore (Sinchula), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 279, pi. 88, fig. 2 <$ . 



6 2 • Very close to L. sidonis, but constantly smaller. Upper- 

 side uniform silky umber-brown. Fore wing : S no ochraceous 

 preapical spot ; $ a medial and a preapical large white spot on costa. 

 Hind wing : the postdiscal series of black spots more distinct and 

 complete. Underside : fore wing — the terminal half distinctly 

 paler, contrasting with the dark basal portion ; the latter outwardly 

 margined near the costa with ochraceous white ; a preapical costal 

 spot as on upperside and the apex broadly ochraceous or fer- 

 ruginous. Hind wing as in L. sidonis, but the ocelli subequal. 

 Antennas, head, thorax and abdomen as in L. sidonis. 



Exp. <$ 2 50-53 mm. (2-2-1"). 



Hab. Eecorded only from Native Sikhim at 7000 feet. 



90. Lethe siderea, Marshall, J. A. S. B, 1880, p. 246 • M. 8f de N. 



Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 159 ; Ehoes, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 315, 

 pi. ix, fig. 3 ; Moore (Sinchula), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 280, pi. 88, 

 figs. 3, 3b,cJ. 



S . Upperside : uniform dark greenish bronze, slightly paler 

 and browner along the dorsal fold of the hind wing. Underside 

 vandyke-brown ; fore wing uniform ; both fore and hind wing 

 with a lilacine-white, slender, subterminal line ; cilia alternately 

 lilacine and brown. Hind wing : basal two-thirds with transverse, 

 somewhat broken, sinuous, lilacine lines, followed on the outer 

 third by a strongly curved series of black, white-centred, fulvous- 

 ringed ocelli, of which the tornal ocellus is bipupilled, the next to 

 it the largest, the 3rd and the apical subequal, the intervening two 

 smaller. Antennas brown annulated with white, ochraceous at 

 apex, with a preapical spot jet-black; head, thorax and abdomen 

 brown. 



Exp. S 54 mm. (2-15"). 



Hab. Native Sikhim at 7000 feet. 



The 2 i s unknown. 



91. Lethe nicetas, Hewitson (Debis), Exot. Butt, iii, 1863, p. 78, Debis, 



pi. 3, figs. 17, 18, $ ; M.fy de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 161 ; Moore 

 (Sinchula), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 282, pi. 88, figs. 4«-4 c, S 2 • 



S . Upperside rich golden brown ; cilia brown alternated with 

 white. Fore wing uniform. Hind wing with an arched post- 

 discal series of five blind black ocelli. Underside : fore wing — 

 basal portion to beyond apex of cell brown, margined by a pale, 

 slightly arched, oblique discontinuous discal band, not extending to 

 the tornus ; apical portion of wing paler brown, a postdiscal 

 transverse, slightly oblique white band, succeeded by three white- 

 centred, brown, obscure ocelli and a pale subterminal broad line. 

 Hind wing — basal two-thirds dark brown with an irregular outer 

 margin ; apical third paler, in strong contrast. Basal area crossed 

 by silvery, plumbeous, irregularly sinuous, transverse lines ; the 



