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MYCALESIS. I. 



MYCALESIS NICOTTA. 1. 



M. JV'cof/a, Jleiritsoii, Gcii. Dii/r. Lcp. PI. 6G, /. 4,yj. 394 {nppprside), 

 rar. M. Ileri Moore, Cat. Lcp. E. I. C. Mus.p. 233. 



Upperside dark brown : the outer margin paler, traversed by two subraare;inal 

 lines of dark brown. Anterior wing \di\\ two ocelli : one near the apex small ; 

 the other, below it, large ; posterior wing, with one ocellus near the middle of the 

 outer margin ; all black with white pupils and rufous borders. 



Underside rufous, underlatcd with dark brown ; both wings crossed bevond 

 the middle by a band of pale yellow (interrupted where the wings meet) followed by 

 a broad band of purple-brown, marked with niuncrous ocelli ; live on the anterior 

 wing, the fifth much the largest ; on the posterior wing seven, the first and fourth 

 largest; all with white pupils and rufous borders: the outer margins of both wino-s 

 broadly grey and rufous, traversed by three dark-brown undulating lines. 



Expan. 23^hi. Hab. East India. 



In the CoUectious of W. W. Saunders and AV. C. Hewitson. 



MYCALESIS MESTRA. 2, 3. 



Upperside. Female dark l^rown. Anterior wing crossed beyond the middle 

 by a narrow band of white, followed by two ocelli ; one near the apex minute, the 

 other larger ; two submarginal black lines, the margin white. Posterior wing crossed 

 beyond the middle by an indistinct band (seen through) ; followed by two ocelli 

 towards the anal angle, the one nearest the angle minute, oval, and Hi-formed : a 

 submarginal line of rufous-white : the margin broadly white, traversed by a very 

 fine black line. 



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