no NYMPHALID^. SATYRIN^. MYCALESIS. 



the basal area is paler, being of a pale purplish ochreous, the discal transverse line having: a 

 much broader yellowish border ; the ocelli on both wings are very prominent, and slightly 

 larger than those in S. goiatna," (Moore, 1. c.) 



There are four males and three females of this species in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, 

 and a single female specimen of the preceding species, M. charaka. They were all received 

 at the same time in the same box from Sylhet. The specimens of M. oailata shew considerable 

 variation in the size of the ocelli on the underside, and it seems probable that the two species, 

 which occur in exactly the same locality, are really only one variable species. 



Between Sadarga and the next subgenus Orsotricena are placed two species, M. siidra, 

 Felder, from Java and Sumatra, and M. orseis, Hevvitson, from the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra 

 and Borneo, each of which has been taken by Moore as the type of a new subgenus, of which 

 in each case it is the sole representative. The subgenera are characterised as follows : Dalapa. 

 "Type, D. sudra* Foreiving more triangular than in Gareris, costa less arched, the exterior 

 mart'in oblique. Male with a similar glandular patch of raised scales and tuft on the submedian 

 nervure, but less prominent. Hindioing not so broad, somewhat quadrate in form ; exterior 

 margin and anal angle more convex, and waved ; fust subcostal slightly swollen at the base 

 beneath, tufted above ; second branch with a slightly raised fold on the upperside extending 

 from first branch to near the end. Club of antennce thicker. Eyes hairy." Sukalaya. "Type, 

 6". orseis.% Foretving comparatively long and narrow ; costa slightly arched ; exterior margin 

 oblique, almost straight and even. Male with a very slight glandular patch (more distinct 

 beneath) sparsely covered with delicate short hairs. Hindiving small, oval ; exterior margin 

 convex, waved ; first subcostal branch slightly swollen at its base, second very concave at 

 its base ; cell narrow ; disco-cellulars very oblique. Male with a long tuft of hair covering 

 a glandular patch above base of first subcostal branch. Club of antenna slender. Eyes 

 almost naked." (Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1880, pp. 158, 159). 



* Mycahsis sudra, Felder, Reise Nov., Lep., vol. iii, p. 500, n. 863, pi. Ixvii, fig. 10 {iZ6j) , fevtale ; 

 Dalapa sudra, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1880, p. 159. Habitat: Java, Buitenzorg, Sumatra. Expanse: 

 2'3 inches. Dkscription : "Femalk: Upferside almost as in ^J/. j^^/rt, but darker as far as the line seen 

 through from the underside, beyond that the two ocellj of the /o>-eiving \eTy distinct, the submarginal line drawa 

 back but conspicuous. Hindiving; with two posterior, very distuict, ocelli, the two lines on the margin more 

 wavy, wider, on the paler ground, the inner one broadly palely defined within. Undersidh darker than in l\f. 

 ttalii, much darker on the disc within the line, which is more distant from the cell than in that species, outwardly 

 defined with diffused whitish, almost straight in the hindiving; the ochraceous border broader than in 71/. txala, 

 the submarginal line more drawn back. Forewing with two almost similar ocelli ; hindiving; with the upper 

 ones smaller than in HI. nala." (Felder, 1. c.) 



t Mycalcsis nala, Felder, Wien. Ent. Monatsch., vol iii, p. 403, n. 46 (1859). Habitat: Java. Exp.\nse: 

 Not given. Description : " Wings subpellucid. Upperside (darker in the m.-^lr), with an exterior curved line, 

 and three obscure marginal wavy lines. Foreiving wiih two exterior fuscous ocelli (in the male tinted more dis- 

 tinctly with yellow) included in a white patch ; in the female with twoothers between them obsolete. Hindiving 

 with a po^terior ocellus circled with blackish yellow, marked with a white drop, and some others minute, 

 obsolete. Underside brownish fuscous (darker in the male), with a swarthy flexuous basal streak (obsolete 

 in the femaleI, the outer border pale yellowish brown, sprinkled with fuscous dots towards the margin, the 

 exterior fuscous line of the upperside ; another adjacent angulate obsolete, a third very angulate beyond, and 

 two others marginal undulate, fuscous. Forewing of the male with the two ocelli of the upperside smaller 

 and more distinct ; of the female with six unequal exterior black ocelli, pupilled with white and circled with 

 yellow and brown (the first, third and fourth obsolete, the fifth larger). ///«(/ot/«^ in both sexes with seven 

 exterior black ocelli, circled with yellow and brown (the fifth largest, the first three and the sixth obsolete iu the 

 MALE." {Felder, 1. c.) 



It is not clear to what group M. nala belongs in the absence of specimens for examination. 



§ Mycalcsis orseis, Hewitson, Ex. Butt., vol iii, p. 89, lilycalcsis y\ vi, figs 36, 37 (1864), male; id., 

 Distant, Rhop. Malay., p. 49, pi. v, fig. 4(1882), viale; Suralay a orseis, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond , 1880, 

 p. 159. Habitat: Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo. Expanse: 2'i inches. Description: "Male: Upper- 

 side nifous brown, tinted with lilac. Both wings crossed beyond the middle by an indistinct band of lilac 

 (scarcely seen on the hindiving), and with two submarginal lines of rufous brown. Forewitig with two 

 or three very indistinct ocelli- Underside: Both wings with the basal half rufous, crossed by a line 

 of darker brown, also crossed at the middle by a broad common band of lilac-white, beyond the band 

 yellow (lilac near the apex), with the outer margin and two submarginal lines (the inner line zig-zag) brown. 

 Foteiving with six ocelli, the first four of equal size, the fifth large, the sixth minute, blind Hindwing with 

 seven ocelli, the fourth and sixth [ ? fifth] largest ; the irides bright orange." (Hewitson, 1 c ) 



Distant remarks :— " This species appears to possess the usual variation in macular m.irkings, and is included 

 among the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula on the authority of the Singapore specimen in the Hewitsonian 

 collection. I have not seen it myself iu any other collection from the Malay Peninsula, nor have I been able 

 to examine a female specimen." (Distant, I.e.} 



