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angularly dcutatcd in cell, and from thence transversely directed to about iniddlc of alHloniiiial niar^'in ; outer 

 fascia much waved, dontated inwardly near base of disco-cellular nervulc, and more stronj,'ly and less regularly 

 outwardly on first median nervule, from thence transversely concave to abdominal margin ; a submarginal 

 series of five ocellated spots, of which the fourth and fifth are largest and brightest, and situate between the 

 median nc'rvuK's : the ujiiirr thrre snuiiler, uuicli more iiulistinct and situate between the ncrvules ; these 

 spots are fuscous, with a yellowish rim and fuscous margin ; and two waved yellowish marginal lines, 

 bordered outwardly and inwardly with fuscous. Underside of wings somewhat paler and nu)re violaceous, 

 but with the markings brighter and more distinct ; the large ocellated spot to anterior wing with a large 

 silvery centre and its margin pale yellowish. Posterior wings with the two discal fasciiB much more brightly 

 ochraceous, the outer one becoming sonu'WJjat fused with the central sjiots, and its outer margin (uily 

 bordered distinctly with fuscous at abdominal nuirgin : spots witli distinct pale centres; the third and 

 fourth smallest and very widely margined witli ochraceous. ISody above [)ale fuscous; abdomen ochraceous 

 beneath ; legs pale ochraceous. 



Exp. wmgs 55 millim. 



H.\B. — Tenasserim (colls. Moore, Wood-Mason, and Ihit. Mus.) — Malay Peninsula; Perak (coll. 

 Godm. i'^- Salv.) 



The specimen tii^urod was collected by Dr. Towuseiul iu i'erak, and is to tlie present tune 

 the only one I have seen from this district. This species is very distinct, ditfering from the 

 other three with whieli we are at jjreseut alone acquainted by the more apically produced 

 anterior wings, and by the inner fascia of the posterior wings being acutely dentate at its 

 centre ; it also structurally differs in having the lower disco-cellular nervule of the anterior 

 wing slightly directed inwardly. 



Genus MYCALESIS. 



Mijialcsis, Hiibuer, Verz. bck. Schmett. p. 54 (1816) ; Westw., (ieii. Diuni. Lep. p. HSJ2 ^IMol) ; Trimeu, lihop. 

 Afr. Austr. p. 206 (1866). 



Wings short and broad. Anterior wings with the costa strongly arched and with the apex rounded ; 

 the outer margin generally slightly convex ; inner margin slightly dilated, especially in the males. Costal 

 nervure and sometimes also median and submedian nervures swollen at base ; first and second subcostal 

 nervules emitted before end of cell ; lower disco-cellular nervule much longer than the upper. Posterior 

 wings ovate, with the outer margin sometimes more or less waved ; first and second median nervules 

 either emitted close together at end of cell, or with thi'ir bases ajiproximating, l)ut distinctly separated; 

 disco-cellular nervules more or less transversely closing cell. Males provided with one or sometimes two 

 pseudo scent-glands covered by tufts of hair to posterior wings, and sometimes with one of the same to 

 anterior wings. 



The distribution of this very extensive genus extends over a wide area. It is not found iu 

 either America or Europe, but is abundant iu Africa, is found in Madagascar and tiie ueigh- 

 l)Ouriug islands, and is very extensively represented in Tropical Asia, and on that continent is 

 found as far north as China. It also occurs throughout the length and breadth of the Malayan 

 Archipelago, including Papua, and from thence south to Australia. Of these Eastern species 

 (excluding Africa), " hitherto described under the genus Mycalesis," Mr. Moore, in a recent 

 revision," has enumerated eighty-six species, which he has arranged in tw-enty-three genera, 



* Trans. Ent. Soc. 1880, \>. ir,r,. 



