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NTMPHALID^. 
sinueuses, d'un lilas soyeux ; bord externe orne de six yeux noirs pupilles de blanc, a iris 
orange, et largement cercles de lilas, celui qui est situe a I'augle interne, forme de deuxpetits 
yeux contigus. Bordure des quatre ailes fauve, finement limitee de brun et precedee d'un 
lisere lilas parallele aux sinuosites des ailcs. Antennas brunes, annelees de blanc ; corps et 
pattes d'un brun verdatre. 
" Deux xS de Mou-Pin, captures par M. I'abbe David. — Coll. du Museum." (Poujade, I. c.) 
Lethe ealisto, Leech. — Male. Allied to Letlie nicetas, Hew., with which species it agrees in many 
respects, but may be distinguished therefrom by the rounder wings, absence of any red in 
the composition of the brown coloration of all the wings, and of black spots on secondaries ; 
further, the primaries are devoid of markings, and the fringes of all the wings are white 
chequered with blackish. On the under surface the primaries are fuscous grey-brown, with 
markings similar to those of L. nicetas : the secondaries are grey-brown, with the basal half 
traversed by four silvery-lilac lines ; the outermost of these lines, sinuate to first median 
nervule and bidentate between that point and the abdominal margin, is followed by a dark 
brown band, which is broad towards costa aud attenuated towards abdominal margin ; there 
are no yellow markings between this band and tho well-formed ocelli, which are placed 
further from tho margin. 
Female. Primaries have a yellow macular submarginal band, slightly angulated below costa, and a 
short oblique band, of the same colour, from middle of costa extending almost to the sub- 
marginal band ; there is a black spot at outer angle of secondaries. On the under surface of 
secondaries there are some yellow spots, as in the same sex of L. nicetas. 
Expanse, S 00 millim., 5 64millim. 
Appears to be a scarce species. I have only received eight male specimens 
and one female ; these were taken at Omei-shan, Wa-shan, and Pu-tsu-fong 
in June and July 1889. M. Poujade's types are from Moupin. 
Lethe siderea. 
Lethe siderea, Marshall, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlix. p. 246 (1880) ; Marshall & de 
Nicevillc, Butt. Iiul. i. p. 159 (1882) ; Elwes, Trans. Eiit. Soc. Loud. 1888, p. 315, 
pi. ix. fig. 3. 
" Male. Differs from L. sidonis, cf , iu being smaller, and in the uniform absolutely spotless upper 
surface, somewhat darker towards the outer margin. Underside uniform brown. Fore wing 
entirely wanting the discal bands and the whitish spots on the costal margin ; the only mark- 
ings being tlireo minute submarginal white spots beyond the cell, the middle one faintly 
ringed with black ; a single yellowish marginal line edged on both sides with dark brown, 
and within this a distinct silvery-lilac submarginal line extending from tho apex to tlie second 
median nci-vule. Hind wing with all the silvery streaks brighter and distinctly lilac ; tho 
hiibniarginai silvery line very slightly dilated at the anal angle; the ocelli all blacker and 
less prominently i)ui)illed with white. 'J'he second and third ocelli much nearer the margin 
tlian tho others, giving tho line of ocelli a strong curve outwards, tho silvery band within 
following this curve, and d(;e])ly simiated outwards beyond tho cell ; the ground-colour being 
uniform brown, scarcely at all darkc-ncd at llie edges of the silvery lines. The hind wingless 
distinctly caudate. Expanse inches." (^Mar.sludl ^ dc Nici'villc, I.e.) 
