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male is larger ; the white fascia is present in the female, and the transverse lines of secon- 
daries are nearer together. 
Expanse, cJ 70 millim., $ 70 millim. 
This species Avas obtained only at Chia-ting-fu and Omei-shan, AVestern 
China, in July. 
Lethe hecate. (Plate vil. fig. i, c? .) 
Lethe hecate, Leech, Entomologist, xxiv., Suppl. p. 3 (1891). 
Male. Closely allied to L. ci/rene, Leech, but smaller and darker brown in colour ; the outer margin 
of primaries is rounder ; the ocelli on secondaries are smaller, without distinct fulvous rings, 
and the fourth and fifth have white centres. The colour of the under surface is greyish ; the 
outer discal bar of primaries is not continued beyond the median ncrvure, and tlie band beyond 
the cell is narrower, more oblicpie, and sinuous, and terminates at the first median nervule. 
On the secondaries the first ocellus is not so far removed from the others as in L. cyrene, and 
the whitish borders to the narrower and darker transverse lines and other whitish markings 
are much less broad. 
Expanse GO millim. 
The fentale has the outer third of primaries paler and limited by a still paler band ; the second, 
fourth, and fifth ocelli of secondaries are larger. 
Occurs not uncommonly in the neighbourhood of Wa-shan, Ta-chien-lu, and 
Huang-mu-chang, Western China, at elevations ranging from 2000 to 8000 
feet, during the months of June and July. 
Lethe oculatissima. (Plate Yil. fig. 2, var. c? .) 
Myodesis oculatissima, Poujade, Ann. Soc. Eut. Fr. 1885, p. xxiv ; Obertliiir, Etud. 
d'Entom. xiii. pi. 10. fig. 104 (1890). 
Lethe occulta, Leech, Entom. xxiii. p. 2G (1890). 
" Envergure : 55 mill. — Dessus brun clair ou transparaissent legerement les ocelles et les lignes 
du dessous. Ailes superieures ayant deux taches noires, rondes, pres du bord externe : I'une 
vers Tangle apical, Tautre, plus grande et pupillce de blanc, entre les deux dernieres branches 
de la uervure mediane. Ailes inferieures legerement dentees bordees d'un double lisere 
brunatre et ornees de deux taches placees comme celles des ailes superieures. La tache de 
Tangle interne est assez largement pupillee de blanc et cercle'e de fauve. 
" Dessous roussatre, finement sable de jaunatre, principalement aux ailes inferieures. Ailes 
superieures partagees par une teinte rousse fondue interieurement, partant de la cote, a pen 
pres an tiers exterieur et se dirigeant pres de Tangle interne. Cette teinte est suivie a la 
cote par une tache triarigulaire jaune d'ocre clair. Une ligne rousse occupe transversalement 
le teirs exterieur de la cellule. Pres du bord externe, environ a la sixiume partie de Taile, il 
y a une rangee de cinq yeux pupilles de blanc, a iris jaunatre, cercles de brun et a aureole 
jaunatre. Le premier est brun et le plus petit, le deuxieme est noir, a pen pres egal aux 
deux suivants, qui sent bruns, et le cinquieme, noir, est le plus grand. Ailes inferievires 
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