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Show 1691.] THE NAGA AND KAREN HILLS AND PERAK. 263 LETHE KANSA. Debis kansa, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. i. p. 220 (1857). Lethe kansa, Butt. Iud. i. p. 145. Common in the Karen Hills at 3000 to 5000 feet. LETHE DISTANS. L. distans, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870, p. 488 ; Lep. Exot. p. S7, t. 33. 4 c?, 7 $ ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 148. This occurs not unfrequently in the Karen Hills, but no females were sent by Doherty. LETHE VINDHYA. Debis vindhya, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. iii. p. 402 (1859); Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 313. Occurs not uncommonly in the Karen Hills at 4000 to 5000 feet, and in the Naga Hills more rarely. LETHE MEKARA. Debis mekara, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. i. p. 219. Lethe mekara, Butt. Ind. i. p. 148. Occurs in the Karen and Naga Hills at 1500 feet. LETHE GULNIHAL, var. Lethe gulnihal, de Nicev. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 450, t. 39. 7 6 • A species which agrees nearly with the figure and excellent description of L. gulnihal was found not uncommonly by Doherty at from 2000 to 5000 feet in the Karen Hills, and I have also a single specimen taken by Dr. Manders in the Shan Hills. They differ, however, from the type from Bhutan in Moller's collection, now in the possession of Mr. J. H. Leech, in having the narrow lines which cross both wings beneath more zigzag and irregular, and the uppermost ocellus of the hind wing smaller. The female, which is undescribed, is much paler on both surfaces than the male, and has the costa of the fore wing, a spot near the apex, and a faintly marked patch below it of a lighter brownish yellow, with a whitish spot on the first median interspace. The hind margin of the wing not bowed as in the male. The ocelli of the hind wing showing on the upper surface, and the transverse lines of the underside are wider apart and much fainter. The ocelli are also smaller and nearly obsolete on the fore wing. LETHE, sp. inc. 1 Lethe brisunda, de Nicev. J. A. S. B. Iv. pt. ii. p. 249, t. xi. fig. 13 $ (1887). Two specimens were sent from Konoma in the Naga Hills with note that they belonged to a species different from L. dinarbas on account of the prehensores ; and though I cannot see enough difference in them to separate them myself, they appear to be as near to L. brisanda from Bhutan as to L. dinarbas. The members of this group of the genus are so nearly allied to » |