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NYMPHALID^E. 



sexes the antennae, head, thorax and abdomen brown ; antennae 

 ochraceous at apex. Male sex-marks, a specialized patch of scales 

 covered bv a tuft of long hairs in interspace 1 on the fore wing. 



Exp. tf $ 60-70 mm. (2'35-2-75"). 



Hah. Ceylon. 



100. Lethe kansa, Moore (Debis), Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. i, 1857, 



p. 220; M. $ de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 145 ; Moore (Debis), 

 Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 241, pi. 78, figs. 1, 1 a, 1 b, <3 $ . 



6 $ . Conspicuously caudate at apex of vein 4 of hind wing. 

 <5 . Upperside brown, with an olivascent-green, sometimes ochra- 

 ceous-red, tint in certain lights. Fore wing uniform, with three 

 somewhat obscure subapical spots in vertical order. Hind wing 

 with a curved series of five black partially fulvous-ringed ocelli, 

 the second and fourth the largest, the third minute ; subter- 

 minal and terminal dark lines, with an intermediate ochraceous 

 line. Underside pale vinaceous brown ; fore and hind wings 

 crossed by subbasal and discal maroon-brown narrow bands, 

 followed by a row of ocelli, five on the fore, six on the hind wing, 

 and subterminal and terminal dark lines, margined inwardly with 

 lilacine ; apex of fore wing lilacine white, the ocelli pale and 

 obscure ; on the hind wing the ocelli black with white centres, 

 and rings of ochraceous yellow, brown, and lilacine white ; finally, 

 a conspicuous small white triangular spot near the tornus. — 

 $ . Differs only from the S in having, on the upper and under 

 sides of the fore wing, a distinct, transverse, discal, irregularly 

 sinuous dark line, outwardly bordered by white spots. Antenna?, 

 head, thorax and abdomen brown, beneath somewhat ochraceous. 

 Male sex-marks as noted in the key to the forms. 



Exp. <$$ 72 mm. (2-85"). 



Hah. Sikhim ; Manipur ; Assam ; Burma ; Tenasserim. 



101. Lethe vindhya (PI. II, fig. 15), Felder (Debis), Wien. cnt. 



Monats. iii, 1859, p. 402, S ', M . fy de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, 

 p. 146 ; Moore (Debis), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 250, pi. 81, figs. 1, 

 1 a-\ c, c? $ . 

 Lethe alberta, Butler, A. M. N. H. (4) viii, 1871, p. 283, d ■ 

 Debis dolopes, Hew. Ent. Month. Mag. ix, 1872, p. 85. 



<S $ . Resembles L. kansa, but the wings are comparatively 

 broader in proportion to length ; termen of hind wing less broad, 

 but more produced at apex of vein 4. Upperside dark umber-brown, 

 sometimes suffused with ochraceous, but never olivascent ; fore 

 and hind wings with their basal halves distinctly and abruptly 

 darker than their apical halves ; in d no indication of the three 

 subapical pale spots always present on the fore wing in L. kansa ; 

 in 2 these spots sometimes indicated ; hind wing : the postdiscal 

 series of fulvous-encircled black spots larger. Underside much 

 darker than in L. kansa, the basal two-thirds in striking contrast 

 to the paler purple-tinted terminal third ; the subbasal and discal 

 lines and the ocelli as in L. kansa, but the former two broadly 



