1867.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS MYCALESIS, /21 



This species has been figured bv Donovan in his ' Insects of New 

 Holland, pi. 28. f. 4 ; however, I found it in the collection as the 

 remuha of Godart, and confounded with the rermdia of Cramer from 

 which it IS very distinct. 



There are two forms of terminus, the one having small and nearly 

 regular ocelli (as in the type), the latter with ocelli varying in size 

 as in remuha ^^^ ;„ ^q^j^ f^^^^ ^^^ undulating marginal lines and 

 the subbasal line of the underside are very conspicuous. We have 

 remuha from North Ceram. 



Sp. 7. Mycalesis sirius. (Fig. 1, p. 7 18.) 



*Papilio sirius, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 488. n. 201 (17T5) 

 Hab. New Holland. g jyj 



"AlaanticcB obscure rufa, apice fuscescentes, ocellis duobusfer- 

 rugmejs, irule fusca, annulo atro cincta pupillaque alba ; subtus 

 glaiicce, arcubus duobus strigaque ferruyineis, apice obscuriores 

 oceUis sex, quinto majori. Posticce obscure rufce, margine fusco 

 stngis obscurioribus. Ante marginem ocelli quatuor, inter- 

 mediis majoribus; subtus basi glauccB arcubus duobus strigaque 

 medio ferrugineis, apice obscurioribus, ocellis septem, ultimo ad 

 angulum ani mimitissimo." — Syst. Ent. 

 _ This is a common and very variable Australian species • the spe 

 cimens chiefly differ in the number of their ocelli, though the females 

 are sometimes remarkable for having the bands of the underside 

 margined with yellow. Mycalesis daidis, Hew., from North Ceram 

 and manipa of Boisduval are varieties of this insect, differinff in the 

 number of ocelli alone. 



7". Mycalesis zach^us. 



Papilio zachceus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 217. n. 679 



Hab. ? {Fabr.) ; Australia. ^ 2, B.M. 



" Alee omnes supra fuscm ocellis duobus pupilla alba. In posticis 

 mterdum adhuc minutus ad angulum ani, subtus itidem fuscce, 

 anttcts ocellis quatuor, posticis sex, omnibus pupilla alba:'— 

 Ent. Syst. 



This description exactly agrees with a slight variety of the nre- 

 ceding, in the National Collection. o j h 



Professor Westwood has placed M. sirius in the genus Ceeno- 

 nympha (p. 398. n. 26); zachceus is placed with a query in the eenus 

 Lasiommata (p. 387. n. i7). s "= 



Sp. 8. Mycalesis narcissus. 



Pa/)«72o Ha;-cm?/5, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. v. p 428 n 672 

 67^ (1798). ^' ^ ''^' 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope (Fabricius) ■ Mauritius. B M 



1 his insect has been carefully described by Boisduval- on the 

 upperside it is much like M. ita of Felder. 



* In the Banksian collection. 



