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Show 264 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [Apr. 21, each other that it is not safe to decide without seeing a series, know L. brisanda only from the description and plate. LETHE DINARBAS. Debis dinarbas, Hew. Ex. Butt. iii. Debis, t. iii. ] 5 S; Butt. Ind. i. p. 155. Common in the Naga Hills at 7000 feet. LETHE SERBONIS. Debis serbonis, Hew. Ent. M o . Mag. xiii. p. 151 (1876) ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 155. LETHE MINERVA. Pap. minerva, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 493. Lethe minerva, Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 414, t. xxxvi. 8 6 ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 140. A single female from East Pegu sent by Doherty. I have another from Rangoon taken by Major Adamson. This species may be distinguished from others of the same group by the short band inside the cell of the fore wing beneath, and by the ocelli of the hind wing below, which have black centres broken into numerous minute dots. LETHE CHANDICA. Debis chandica, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. i. p. 219 ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 149. Karen Hills at low elevations. LETHE SIDONIS. Debis sidonis, Hew. Ex. Butt. iii. Debis, t. iii. 16 cS ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 159. Specimens from the Naga Hills agree with those from Khasia in being larger, brighter, and better marked below than Sikkim specimens; they are, however, hardly separable. LETHE SIDEREA. Lethe siderea, Marsh. J. A. S. B. xlix. pt. ii. p. 246 (1880) ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 159. Occurs near Bemardmyo and agrees perfectly with Sikkim specimens. ZOPHOESSA SURA. Zophoessa sura, Doubl. & Hew. Gen. D. L. ii. u. 362 t 61 1 • Butt. Ind. i. p. 164. r » • •• i Common near Bemardmyo at 6000 feet. ZOPHOESSA YAMA. Zophoessa yama, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. i. p. 221 ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 169. Also common near Bemardmyo and iu the Naga Hills. It is |