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XIV.— MYCALESIS MEROPS. S. Figs. 6, 7. $. Figs. 8,9. 



Mycalesis Merops, H. Grose-Smith, " Novitates Zoologicae," Vol. II., 

 p. 80 (June 1895). 



Exp. i . 1-| inches. $ . 2 inches. 



Male. Upperside. Dark brown, rather more rufous tlian M. ilineus, Linn. 

 Anterior wings with a large black ocellus on the disc between the middle and 

 lowest median nervules, with a white pupil and a narrow tawny ring outside ; 

 the basal two-thirds of the wings are darker than the outer third, the dark area 

 extending from the costa to the inner margin. Posterior wings elongated at the 

 anal angle, and becoming paler ; on the disc between the median nervules and 

 the submedian nervure are three black ocelli with white pupils and tawny rings ; 

 the largest is in the middle, and the smallest is below. Near the margins of 

 both wings is a narrow dusky line, with traces on the posterior wings of an 

 inner sinuate line. 



Underside. Both wings purplish grey, the middle third crossed by a broad 

 curved darker band, extending from the costa of the anterior to the inner 

 margin of the posterior wings ; the outside edge of the band is clearly defined 

 b}^ a narrow pale grey space. On the anterior wings, inside the band, the cell 

 is crossed near the base by a sinuate line, and a subreniform darker spot near 

 the middle ; on the disc are two small ocelli, one towards the apex, the other 

 between the middle and lowest median nervules ; towards the outer margin are 

 two sinuate dark lines. On the posterior wings the dark central band becomes 

 grey towards the base and anal angle ; the inner edge of the band where it 

 crosses the cell is curved towards the base ; on the disc between the veins is a 

 row of seven ocelli with white pupils and tawny rings, the first, fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth being larger than the others ; outside the spots are two dark lines, of which 

 the inner is very sinuate. 



The/t'/Hrt/<; resembles the iiiah\ but is larger and paler. 



Hab. Sambawa, Adonara, and Pura. 



In the Collections of the Hon. Walter Eothscbikl aud Mr. Grose-Smith. 

 Nearest to M. Mineus and M. Perseus, f'abr., but differs chiefly in the elongate shape of the 

 posterior wings and on the underside in the shape of the central baud. 



