30 NTMPHALID^. 
the apical thii'd is paler, limited by an undulating transverse dark band which 
is followed on the costa by a whitish blotch ; there is also a whitish patch on 
costa before the apex. Expanse 70-76 millim. 
Var. flavofasciata, var. nov. A form of the female in which the limiting transverse line of pri- 
maries is broadly bordered outwardly with reddish brown, merging into yellowish on the costa. 
Generally distributed throughout Western China, occurring in some locali- 
ties at an elevation of 8000 feet. June and July. 
Lethe laodamia. (Plate ill. fig. 4, s .) 
Lethe laodamia, Leech, Entomologist, xxiv., Suppl. p. Q>7 (Sept. 1891). 
Male. Allied to Lethe {DeUs) davidi, Oberth., but it is much paler on the upper surface, and the 
spots on the secondaries are distinctly black ; the fifth with a white central dot, as in davidi, 
and between this and the inner margin is a small triangular red patch. The under surface 
is grey-brown ; the primaries have two reddish-brown bars across the ceU, and there is a 
band of the same colour beyond, oblique and edged externally with whitish ; there are four 
ocelli on the outer margin placed on a pale lilacine band ; submarginal and marginal lines 
brownish ; the secondaries have two reddish-brown bands and a series of six ocelli, each of 
which has a pale lilacine zone, and the first and fifth are larger than the others ; the outer 
margin is reddish brown, traversed by two pale lines. 
Female. Similar to the male, but the primaries have a faint whitish oblique central band and a 
dark obscure band on the submarginal area, the latter edged with whitish ou the costa. 
Expanse, iS 64 millim., $ 76 millim. 
One male example, taken at an elevation of 6000 feet at 'N^Vshan, in 
July, and a female specimen taken at about 4000 feet at Omei-shan. 
Lethe christophi. (Plate V. figs. 5 d , 6 ? .) 
Lethe christophi, Leech, Entomologist, xxiv., Suppl. p. 67 (Sept. 1891). 
Male. Pale brown. Primaries have some indistinct pale spots below costa on outer third of the 
■wing, but there are no other markings. Secondaries have a large silky black patch below 
cell, and beyond there is a series of five blackish spots, the largest being the first, second, and 
fourth ; this last has traces of a white pupil ; the submarginal line is broad and pale, but not 
well defined. Under surface pale brown, strongly suffused with lilacine on the basal two 
thirds of all the wings, and apical third of fore wings ; the primaries are traversed by two 
broad rufous-brown parallel lines, both are rather wavy, but the first does not quite attain 
the costa ; the cell is crossed by a bar of the same colour ; there is a small ocellus towards 
apex, with two white spots below it, and a pale cloud above ; submarginal line wavy and 
dusky, ill-defined below costa, and diffused below third median nervule ; marginal line rufous 
brown : secondaries are traversed by two rufous-brown lines, the outer one cui-ved, and beyond 
it is a series of six ocelli, of which the first and sixth are the largest, the last is bipupillated, 
and the white pupil of the fourth is conspicuously largo ; submarginal and marginal lines 
as on primaries. Fringes white, chequered with brown at the extremities of the nervules. 
