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Mycalesis SANATANA. 



M. sanatana, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. i. p. 231 ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 108. 



Common in East Pegu in March and April at 4000 to 5000 feet. 



Mycalesis gopa. 



M. gopa, Eeld. Nov. iii. p. 501 ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 107. 



A specimen from the Naga Hills taken in August together with 

 specimens of M. perdicias. Hew., from Hongkong and Ichang in 

 China, tend to confirm the opinion I have previously expressed, that 

 these forms are inseparable. 



Mycalests gotama. 



M. gotama, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. i. p. 232 (1857). 



M. charaha, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 566; Butt. Ind. i. p. 109. 



Sadarga oculata, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1880, p. 158. 



M. oculata. Butt. Ind. i. p. 109. 



A specimen of the so-called M. chardka from Margharita taken by 

 Doherty in May, and one from Bhamo obtained by Major Adamson, 

 are inseparable from M. gotama, which also occurs in the Loochoo 

 Islands (Pryer) and at Kiukiang (Pratt), 



Mycalesis malsarida. 



M. malsarida, Butl. Cat. Satyr, p. 134, t. 3. 14 (1868); Butt. 

 Ind.i. p. 127. 



M. Masiana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 566 ; de Nicev. J. A. S. B. 

 vol. Ivii. pt. ii. p. 273 (1889) ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 127. 



The wet-season form of this butterfly was taken in May by 

 Doherty at Margharita. 



Mycalesis nicotia. 



M. nicotia, Hew. Gen. D. L. p. 394, t. 67. fig. 4 (1851) ; Butt. 

 Ind. i. p. 129. 



Males of this species were common in East Pegu at 4000 to 5000 

 feet in March and April, and differ from those taken at the same 

 season in Sikkim in the ground-colour of the underside, which is much 

 paler. A female from the Naga Hills at about 6000 feet, taken in 

 August, is of the rainy-season form, and agrees with others from 

 Bhutan and Sikkim taken in June and August. 



Mycalesis malsara. 



M. malsara, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. i. p. 231 ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 129. 

 Samanta rudis, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1880, p. 166. 

 Mycalesis rudis, Butt. Ind. i. p. 130. 

 Common in March and April in the Karen Hills. 

 The ocelli and breadth of the white band below are very variable, 

 but all are nearer to the form rudis than to the rainy-season form 



