SATYR] D.E. 



MYCALESIS VIII. 



MYCALESIS XENEAS. 49. 



? Jlcwitsons Exotic Bitfferfies, Vol. III. fy. 4S. 



Upperside. j\Iale, dark browu. Anterior wing with one indistinct ocellus. 



Underside rufous-brown. Both wings crossed at the middle of a narrow hlac 

 band ; both with a submarginal line and the margin black. Anterior wing with a 

 short band of lilac within the cell, with two large ocelli, and below them a zigzag band 

 of browu ; posterior wing with sLx ocelli placed in an unusual position, one near the 

 middle of the costal margin, two together considerably below it, and three (the first 

 of which is larger than all the others) near the anal angle ; all the ocelli black, piipilled 

 with white, the irides rufous, bordered with brown, and again by lilac. 



Expan. 2t^ inch. Hab. Old Calabar. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



MYCALESIS RHACOTIS. .50. 



Upperside. Male, rufous-brown. Posterior wing with a submarginal line of 

 dark brown. 



Underside rufous-brown. Both wings crossed at the middle by a band of 

 lilac bordered inwardly with browu, both with a marginal band of lilac, its inner 

 border sinuated and traversed by a line of dark brown ; the outer margin also brown. 

 Anterior mng with two ocelli (the lower one much the largest) ; posterior wing with 

 seven ocelli ; the first, fourth, and fifth large, the other four much smaller ; all black 

 with pupils of white and rufous irides bordered with brown, and again by lilac. 



Expan. 1^ inch. Hab. Old Calabar. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



In its general appearance this species most nearly resembles M. Manipa. 



MYCALESIS RJESACES. 51, 52. 



Upperside. Male, rufous-brown : the middle of the anterior wing, and the 

 costal margin of the posterior wing, paler. 



Underside white, striated and clouded with rufous-brown. Both wings crossed 

 at the middle by a zigzag rufous-brown line. Anterior wing with two ocelli (the 

 apical one minute and indistinct) ; posterior wing with seven ; the fourth and 

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