LETHE. 90 



113. Lethe baladeva, Moore (Zophoessa), P. Z. S. 1865, p. 769, pi. 41, 

 fig. 5 J ; M. $• de N. (Zophoessa) Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 167 ; 

 Moore (Putlia), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 288, pi. 90, figs. 1, 1 a, £ $ . 



3 2 ' Costa of fore wing very slightly arched, hind wing caudate 

 at apex of veins 2 and 4. $ . Upperside brown, the markings 

 on the underside showing through by transparency, clearly, how- 

 ever, only on the hind wing, where the postdiscal row of ocelli 

 appear as non-pupilled round black spots, and the subterminal 

 pale line is fairly well defined. Underside ochraceous brown ; 

 dorsal margin of fore wing broadly pale brown. Fore wing with 

 the following markings : — base and apex of cell and a broad trans- 

 verse band across it, an oblique broad discal and a subterminal 

 band, ochraceous white ; a transverse silvery white postdiscal band 

 followed by a series of five minute, white-pupilled, broadly ochra- 

 ceous-ringed, black ocelli, outwardly margined by an ochraceous 

 transverse line ; finally, beyond the subterminal band a bright 

 ochraceous terminal line. Hind wing : a prominent silvery-white 

 band from costa to median vein across apex of cell, another 

 postdiscal similar band with its outer margin sinuous between 

 veins 2 and 6, some oblique streaks and marks, subterminal and 

 slender terminal lines ochraceous white ; a postdiscal strongly 

 arched series of silvery-centred, ochraceous-ringed, black ocelli and 

 two prominent reddish ochraceous marks at tornus. 



2 • Very similar : all the markings similar ; those of the 

 underside of the fore wing seen by transparency on the upper- 

 side well defined and prominent. Antennae, head, thorax and 

 abdomen brown ; the antennse ochraceous at apex. 



Eccp. S 2 62-65 mm. (2-49-2-6"). 



Hab. The Himalayas from Kumaun to Sikhim above 7000 feet, 

 extending to Tibet. 



This is an aberrant form, differing from the very closely allied 

 L. ramadeva and L. andersoni in the S being furnished with a 

 secondary sex-mark of a patch of dark specialized scales at base of 

 subcostal vein of the hind wing. 



114. Lethe ramadeva, de Niceville (Zophoessa), Proc. A. S. B. 1887. 

 p. 147 ; Ehves, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 320, pi. 9, fig. 2 ; Moore 

 (Putlia), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 289, pi. 90, figs. 3, 3 a, <$ $ . 



cJ $ . The form of the wings identical with that of L. baladeva. 

 The S can be recognized by the entire absence of the sexual patch 

 of specialized scales on the upperside of the hind wing. In colour 

 and disposition of markings the two forms are closely alike. The 

 chief differences lie on the underside. Cell in fore wing in 

 L. ramadeva with the white markings at base and apex, the bands 

 on the hind wing much broader, whiter, not at all or only slightly 

 tinged with ochraceous ; the ochraceous subbasal and other streaks, 

 present in L. baladeva, entirely wanting. 



Exp. 6 2 60-62 mm. (2-35-2-41"). 



Hab. Sikhim at high elevations. 



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