NYMPH ALID.E. SATYRIN.E. MYCALESIS. 117 



The description of M. minctis which we extract in full from the newly published " Rhcpa- 

 locera Malayana" by Mr. W. L. Distant, is the first detailed description of the species that 

 has been published authoritatively ; it was taken after careful comparison of the specimens 

 figured, with the Linnrean typical specimens in the possession of the Linnivan Society 

 of London, and may be accepted as conclusively settling the question as to what M. mincits 

 really is. 



The only authority for identifying M. juslhia is Cramer's figure, a detailed description 

 taken from which is appended for reference* ; the only point in which this figure appears 

 to dilTer from typical 71/. miiteus is in having the median fascia of the underside ochreous 

 instead of white. 



Similarly the only authority for identifying At. dnisia is Cramer's figure, a description 

 taken from wliich is also appended for referencet. This figure differs from typical M. vniieiis 

 in having, like that of M. justina, the median fascia ochreous, and in the absence of the 

 seventh (anal) ocellus in the hindwing on the underside, but neither of these characters can 

 be here relied on as indicating specific differences. The great variation in the ocellation of 

 the forewing on the underside which is detailed further on is not referred to in any of the 

 three original descriptions or shewn in the figures, and with these variations manifested in a 

 long series of what are all undoubtedly the same species, we are unable to accept the absence 

 of a single ocellus on the hindwing as a specific character ; and as the white and ochreous 

 fasciiE occur with the same distribution of the ocelli, and the gradations from white to ochreous 

 and to greyish are numerous, we cannot arrive at any other conclusion than that the three 

 belong to one and the same species which stands as M, mineus, Linna;us. 



97- MycalesiS mineUS, Linnaeus. 

 Papilio iiiineus, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. 2, p. 768, n. 126 (1767) ; id., Fabricius, Syst. Ent., 

 p. 488, n. 197 (1775) ; Saiv'us miueus, Godart, Enc. Meth , vol. ix, p. 510, n. 97 (1819) ; Mycalcsis miuens, 

 Hiitler, Cat. Lep. B. M., Satyridcs, p. 135, n. 31 (:868) ; id., Cat. Fabr. Lep., p. 34, n. 8 (1869) ; id., Distant, 

 Rhop. Malay., p. 50, pi. iv, figs. 13, male, x/i^, female; and var., pi. iv, fig. 7, male (1882) ; Calysisme mineus, 

 Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1880, p. 162 ; idem, id., Lep. Cey., p. 22, pi. xi, figs, 4, 4*, male; 4a, female 

 {i88o) ; Pa/ilio driisia, Cra.mer, Pap. Ex., vol. i, pi. Ixx.xiv, figs. C, D (1775); Jl/ycalesls <lritsia, But\er, 

 Cat. Lep. B. M., SatyritlcB, p. 133, n. 26 (1868) ; idem, id., Cat. Fabr. Lep., p 33, n. 6 (1869) ; Calysisme 

 driisia, Moore, Trans. Ent Soc Lond., 1880, p 161 ; idem, id., Lep. Cey., p 20, pi. xi, figs. 3, 3a (18S0) 

 711 ale ; Papilio justina, Cramer, Pap. Ex., vol. iv, pi cccxxvi, fig. C (1780) ; Mycalesis justiiia, Hiibner, Verz, 

 bek. Schmett., p. 53, n. 524 (1816) ; Calysisme justina, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond , 1880, p. 161. 



Habitat : Throughout North-East, and South India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay Peninsula, 

 Andaman and Nicobar Isles, Sumatra, Java and China. 

 Expanse : i-8 to 2*2 inches. 



DESCRIPTION: "Male: Upperside fuliginous-brown., Forrmng with a very faint, 

 pale, straight fascia, which passes a little beyond end of cell, and from which to outer 

 margin the colour is slightly paler ; a black spot with a white centre and a faint ochraceous 

 margin between first and second median nervules, and two marginal fuscous lines, the inner- 

 most of which becomes faint and obsolete towards apex ; cilia smoky ochraceous. Hind-wing 

 with a tuft of long pale hairs situated near costal base of the wing. Two distinct marginal 



* Mycalesis j7istina, Cramer. Habitat : Coromandel Coast. Expansr : 2 inches. Description: Undrr- 

 SIDB rich brown. 5(7M 7<'/«(7j crossed beyond the middle by a narrow pale ochreous fascia, not quite reaching 

 the costa in the forewing, and extending to the abdominal margin near the anal angle in the hindwing. The 

 usual marginal wavy dark lines, the innermost bounded inwardly by a paler fascia than the ground-colour : on 

 the hindwing the space between the dark lines is ochreous. Fore-wing- w'nh a subapical and a larger lower ocellus 

 black, pupilled with white, and surrounded with a rufous iris. ///Wjc/;?^ with seven similar ocelli, the second' 

 third and seventh the smallest and equal-sized ; the first and sixth also equal-sized and larger ; the fourth 

 and fifth the largest of all. (Cramer, Pap. Ex.. pi cccxxvi, fig C (1780). 



t Mycalesis, dnisia, Cramer. Habitat : Coromandel Coast and China. Exfansu : 2'4 Inches. Dp.s- 

 CRIPTIon : Ufthrsioe, reddish brown, with two paler marginal lines. Forewing- with an ocellus placed be- 

 tween the upper median nervules, black, pupilled with white, and with a deep yellow iris Hindwin<' unmarked. 

 Undkrside paler dull brown Both «//«?.? crossed beyond the middle by a pale ochreous fascia, "reaching the 

 costa of the forewing and the abdominal margin of the hindwing. Two marginal pale lines, broader than on 

 the upperside. Forewing with an upper and larger lower ocellus. Hindwing with six ocelli, the first and 

 sixth equal-sized, the Second and third smaller, the fourth and fifth largest. (Cramer, Pap. Ex., pi lixxiv 

 figs. C, D(i777j. ' 



