186/.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS MYCALESIS. 721 



This species has been figured by Donovan in his * Insects of New 

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

 remulia of Godart, and confounded with the remulia of Cramer, from 

 which it is very distinct. 



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

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

 as in remulia ; but in both forms the undulating marginal lines and 

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

 remulia from North Ceram. 



Sp. 7. Mycalesis sirius. (Fig. 1, p. 718.) 



*Papilio sirius, Fabricius, Svst. Ent. p. 488. n. 201 (1775). 

 Hab. New Holland. ' B.M. 



" Al(B anticcB obscure rufce, apice fuscescentes, ocellis duobus fer- 

 rugineis, iride fusca, annido atro cincta pupillaque alba ; subtus 

 glaucce, arcubus duobus strigaqiie fermgineis, apice obscuriores, 

 ocellis sex, quinto majori. PosticcB obscure rufce, margine fusco, 

 strigis obscurioribus. Ante marginem ocelli quatuor, inter- 

 mediis majoribus ; subtus basi glaucce arcubus duobus strigaqiie, 

 medio fer rugineis, apice obscurioribus, ocellis septem, ultimo ad 

 angulum ani minutissimo." — 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, differing in the 

 number of ocelli alone. 



7^. Mycalesis zach^us. 



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

 (1793). 



Hab. ? {Fabr.); x\ustralia. 6 $, B.M. 



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

 interdum adhuc minutus ad angulum ani, subtus itidem fuscce, 

 anticis ocellis quatuor, posticis sex, omnibus pupilla albaT — 

 Ent. Syst. 

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

 ceding, in the National Collection. 



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

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

 Lasiommata (p. 387. n. 17). 



Sp. 8. Mycalesis narcissus. 



Papilio narcissus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. v. p. 428. n. 672, 

 673 (1798). 



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



This insect has been carefully described by Boisduval ; on the 

 upperside it is much like M. ita of Felder. 



* In the Banksian collection. 



