SATYRID.E. 207 



at base; inner-margin in $ slightly convex. Hind-wing: 

 an excavation, followed by a marked prominence, on costa 

 at base ; hind-margin markedly dentate ; in $ , close to base, 

 a tuft of long hairs springing from edge of subcostal nervure ; 

 inner-marginal groove very imperfect. Abdomen rather long, 

 in $ hairy at extremity. 



Of this genus, which (though poor in species) is distributed 

 throughout the warm regions of the globe, two species are 

 recorded from Southern Africa. These are very dissimilar in 

 size and colouring, and both appear to be peculiarly African. 

 Mycalesis is readily recognisable by the collector, being the 

 only South African genus in which three of the nervures of 

 fore-wing are basally enlarged. 



120. Mycalesis Evenus. 



Mycalesis Evenus, Hpfr., Peters' Reise nach Mossmb^ 



[Ins., p. 394, pi. 25, f. 5, 6. 



Mycalesis Gambius, E. Doubl., List Lev. Brit. Mus. 9 



[p. 139. 



Var. $ . Mycalesis Eusirus, Hpfr., op cit., p. 393, pi. 



[25, f. 3, 4. 



Mycalesis injusta, Wlgr., Lep. Rhop. Cqffr., p. 33, n. 1. 

 Var. ? . Mycalesis Caifra, Wlgr., op cit., p. 34, n. 2. 

 Exp. 1 in. 8 lin. 2 in. 



$ . Brown, with an ochreous tinge : two ocelli in fore-wing 

 beyond middle. Fore-wing : beyond cell, an indistinct, 

 rather suffused, ochreous transverse streak, between subcostal 

 nervure and first median nervule ; between ocelli (which are 

 situated respectively between two discoidal and second and 

 third median nervules, white - centred, and ringed with 

 ochreous) an indistinct ochreous suffusion ; rarely a very 

 minute, third ocellus, immediately below upper one. Hind- 

 wing: usually unmarked ; occasionally a small blackish spot 

 between second and third median nervules ; a smooth 

 glistening space on costa, wider near base, and on its edge, 

 springing from subcostal nervure close to base, a tuft of long 

 whitish hairs. In both wings, a dark line running parallel and 

 close to hind-margin. UNDER-SIDE. With a violaceous gloss. 

 Basal halves of wings dark-brown, abruptly separated from 

 ochreous-brown outer halves by a pale-ochreous, rather sinuate 

 streak, from costa of fore-wing to inner-margin (near anal angle) 

 of hind- wing. Fore-wing : a distinct pale streak with dark 

 edges across middle of discoidal cell ; before it, a similar 

 streak, very little paler than ground-colour ; ocelli distinct, 



