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Show 1887.] LITTLE-KNOWN B U T T E R F L I E S F R O M INDIA. 449 similarly formed), and in the outer discal violet line having a dark brown fascia placed against it (in L. nicetas this fascia is much more deeply scalloped and of a rich ochreous colour). I have described L. nicetella from a large series of males and a single female collected in Sikkim by Mr. Otto Moller. In Sikkim, judging from the number of specimens before me of each species, L. nicetella is much the commoner of the two. LETHE TAMUNA, n. sp. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 6, 2 •) Hab. Little Nicobar. Expanse. § 2 7 inches. F E M A L E . U P P E R S I D E : both wings dull dark fulvous. Fore wing with the apical half fuscous, bearing two pure white spots below the costa, placed midway between the apex and the median ochreous band, the upper of the two spots much the smaller, aud divided into two portions by the fourth subcostal nervule ; below these spots in the upper discoidal interspace is an obscure oval black spot; near the margin are four bright ochreous lunules placed between the veins from the lower discoidal nervule to the inner angle, beyond these lunules in each interspace is a fine ochreous line ; across the disk of the wing, from the middle of the costa to near the inner angle, is a broad bright ochreous band, its inner edge nearly straight and even, its outer edge produced into points between the veins, the lower portion of the band composed of two spots (the lower one very small) in the submedian interspace. Hind wing with the ocelli of the underside more or less showing through by transparency ; a series of bright ochreous lunules with inner dark borders placed near the outer margin between the veins, with a darker ochreous line beyond. U N D E R S I D E : both ivings dull brown. Fore wing with a whitish subbasal line crossing the middle of the discoidal cell from the subcostal to the submedian nervure; the broad discal band as above, but with its edges more even and wider at its lower end; beyond it are four ill-shaped ocelli with black pupils dotted with white, a pale violet ring, then a browner ring and an outer pale violet ring ; the margin marked much as above. Hind icing with a subbasal line in continuation of that on the fore wing, not reaching the abdominal margin ; a discal series of ocelli placed on a pale violet band, which more or less follows their outline; the upper ocellus very large, its centre deep black dotted with white, then a broad rich ochreous ring, outwardly defined with a fuscous ring; the next largest ocellus is in the first median interspace, with two small, equal-sized ocelli in the interspaces above and below it, and two very small and indistinct ocelli divided by the discoidal nervule; the bright ochreous lunules on the margin of the upperside white, almost silvery, on the underside. Lethe tamuna is a local form of the widely-distributed L. europa, Fabricius, which occurs in the Andamans (but is replaced apparently in the Nicobars by the species under notice), almost throughout India (though not in Ceylon), the Malay peninsula and islands, and has been recorded from China. L. tamuna $ may be at once |