SATYKID.E. MYCALESIS. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



In the Collections of the Hon. W. Eothschild and H. Grose Smith. 



Five males and three females from Korrido, Jobie, and Humboldt Bay. Near M. ^thio^s, 

 Butler, and M. Shiva, Boisduval, which two species are exceedingly close to each other. 



YL— MYCALESIS DURGA. s . Figs. 7, 8. ? . Fig. 9. 



Exp. about 2 inches. 



Male. Upperside. Anterior wings brown, a large dull reddish space, not 

 sharply defined, extending over the basal half of the cell and lower part of the 

 wing, obliquely widening to four-fifths of the length of the inner margin. 

 A large black eye, with a small white pupil and a rather indistinct tawny outer 

 ring between the two lower median nervules, at about half their length. Posterior 

 wings dull reddish-brown, with a dark brown border, divided off by a sinuous 

 black line ; extreme costa grey ; subcostal area blackish, with a large tuft of 

 yellowish-white hairs near the base. Between the two lower median nervules, 

 and well within the border, is a black eye with a white pupil, enclosed by a rather 

 broad outer ring, rather lighter than the ground colour, and a narrow blackish 

 ring beyond ; between the lower median nervule and the submedian nervure is 

 a similar but smaller eye, nearer to the border. 



Underside pinkish-brown, with two plum-coloured lines at one-third and two- 

 thirds of the length of the wings respectively ; the space between is much suf- 

 fused, especially on the anterior wings within the outer line. The marginal area 

 of all the wdngs is of a more greyish-brown ; the nervures and folds are brown, 

 and there are two blackish and much sinuated submarginal lines, and another 

 line at the base of the fringes. Anterior wings whitish towards the base of the 

 inner margin, with a bluish space above the white one ; five black eyes, the 

 lowest four wath bluish-white pupils, with yellowish outer rings, and enclosed by 

 confluent brown rings forming almost a band, within the submarginal lines. 

 They stand between the veins, as far as the lowest median nervule ; the lowest is 

 largest, the second next largest, the first is rudimentary. Posterior wings with 

 a similar row of seven eyes, of which the first and fifth are the largest ; the last 

 is rudimentary. 



Female. Upperside of a lighter and more uniform reddish-brown, darkest 

 on the anterior wings towards the apex. Two submarginal sinuated blackish 

 lines on all the wings (the innermost becoming obsolete above the middle of the 



