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quite inscpnr.nhle from visnlu, and one from Oiissa in the Indian Museum being almost 

 inseparal)le from pe/seus, except that the apex of the forewing is pointed not rounded. 



Sixth Group. — Telinga, Moore. " Forciving comparatively long and narrow, apex 

 slightly convex, exterior margin oblique, nearly straight, posterior margin convex near the 

 base ; cell long. Himhviug broad, somewhat quadrate ; costa arched at base, and thence 

 straight to apex ; exterior margin waved, convexly angular in the middle ; anal angle convex ; 

 cell broad, triangular ; disco-cellulars very long and oblique ; second subcostal emitted just 

 before end of the cell ; upper and middle median branches from lower end of the cell. Male 

 with a small subcostal tuft and glandular patch. Palpi stout at tip. Club of antmna well 

 formed. Eyes hairy." (Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc, Lond., 1S80, p. 167). 



7\'li>tga differs but little structurally from Calysisme ; ih^foraving is rather more elongate 

 and the lower disco-cellular nervule in tliat wing is straight not concave ; the Jmiihving is also 

 more quadrate and more distinctly waved ; but the colouration is far richer and darker or 

 more rufous ; the ocelli of the underside are all well separated as in the perseiis type. Only 

 two species are known, both from the hills of South India. 



Key to the species of Telinga. 



B. Males with a glandular patch and tuft on the hindwing only. 



a, a', 3^ a?. Upperside rich dark rufous brown, darkest at the apex of the forewing. 



a*. The medium-sized lower ocellus on the upperside of the forewing not olaced 

 on a rufous patch. f.o^vu 



TOO. M. (Teluiga) adolphei, Nilgirls. 

 a". The large lower ocellus on the upperside of the forewing placed on a 

 rufous patch, 

 loi. M. ( Tc/in^a) ocvLus, Travancore. 



100. Mycalesis adolphei, Gueiin. 



Satyrus acfo//ket, Gumn, Deless. Souv. Voy. Inde, pt. 2, p. 76 (z8^^); Myca/esis atio///iei, Butler Cat. 

 Lep. B. M., SatytidcE, p. 139 , n. 54 (1S68) ; M. onatas, Hewitson, Ex Butt., vol. iii, p. 90, Mycalesis ■[,{. vi 

 fig. 40 (1864) male; Telinga adolJ>hci, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lend,, 1880, p. 168. 



Habitat : Nilgiris, South India. 



Expanse : 2*2 to 2*3 inches. 



Description : " Upperside blackish brown, darker towards the costa of the forewing, 

 ■which has near the apex, and a little below the middle, near the outer margin, two very small 

 scarcely visible white points. Hindwing with two small ocelli, not prominent, of a tawny 

 yellow, pupilled with black, equally near the outer margin. Underside, both wino-s paler 

 brown than the upperside ; the foreiving showing the two small white points of the upperside. 

 The hindwing with two oblique transverse brown bands, tha first near the base rather 

 sinuous and not reaching the outer margin ; the other beyond the middle, starting from the 

 costa at two-thirds the length of the wing, and terminating at the anal angle. This latter 

 band is straight, clearly defined exteriorly, and diffused interiorly. Between this band and the 

 margin is a series of four small white points, of which the second from the anal angle is circled 

 with black." (Guerin, I.e.) 



Hewitson described Mycalesis onatas as a distinct species with the following remarks • 



"This species is very near to Satyrus adolphei, of which it is probably only a variety but 

 since his descriptions are always so full and accurate, and he does not menHon the undulations 

 of the underside, I have come to the conclusion that it is distinct." Guerin certainly does 

 not mention these, nor the rufous tinge of the upperside, nor the presence of the transverse 

 lines on the underside of the forewing ; but as these latter are an unvarying character of all the 

 species in the genus, they can hardly have been absent from M. adolphei, but were probably 

 overlooked. We prefer, therefore, to follow Mr. Moore in uniting these two species under the 

 older name. Hewitson's description of M. onatas is appended for reference.* 



