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recorded (P. Z. S. 1877, 583) from Kamorta, where it was taken by Mr. Eaphael 

 Meldola in April. It occurs also on Katscliall, Great Nicobar, is numerous on Little 

 Nicobar, and Nankouri, from August to November. It has not been recorded from 

 the Andamans. 



DisTKiBUTiON Outside Indian Area, — Mr. Distant (Rhop. Malayana, 50) records 

 it from the Malay Peninsula, Penang, and Singapore. It also occurs in Sumatra, 

 Nias, Java, Flores, Timor, Macassar, Borneo, Philippines, and Consul R. Swinhoe 

 (P. Z. S. 1878, 696) obtained the dry-season form in Hainan. 



ORSOTRI^NA MANDATA. 



Wet-Season Brood (Plate 58, fig. 3, larva and pupa; fig. 3a, b, c, J* ? ). 



ilfycaZesjs JIfowrfaia, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. East India Compy. i. p. 233 (1857). Butler, Catal. 



Satyr. Brit. Mus. p. 139 (1868). Davidson and Aitken, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 1890, p. 



267, pi. A, fig. 1, la, larva. 

 Orsotricena Mandata, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1880, p. 160; id. Lap. of Ceylon, i. p. 22, pi. 



11, fig. 1, la (1880). 

 Mycalesis {Orsotricena) Mandata, Marshall and de Niceville, Butt, of India, etc. i. p. 113 (1883). 



Hampson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1888, p. 348. 

 Mycalesis Gamaliha, Butler, Ann. Mag. Nat, Hist. 1867, pi. 2, fig. 3, 3a, b. 



Imago. — Male and female. Upperside uniform dark umber-brown ; marginal 

 whitish lines distinct ; the broad transverse discal band of the underside slightly 

 apparent. Underside generally darker coloured ; marginal whitish lines prominent ; 

 discal transverse band prominent, white, broad, tapering anteriorly on the forewing ; 

 the ocelli very prominent, similar to those in 0. medus, and with an encircling outer 

 silvery-grey ring ; a few ochreous-grey scales irrorating the outer margins. Male 

 with the dusky-brown tuft on both wings as described in 0. medus. Body dark 

 brown ; sides of palpi ochreous-white. 

 Expanse 1^ to 2 inches. 



Drt-Season Brood (Plate 58, fig. 4, ? ). 

 Mijcaleds Mandosa, Butler, Catal. Satyridae, Brit. Mus. p. 139, pi. 3, fig. 9 (1868). 

 Orsotricena Mandosa, Moore, Trans. Eut. Soc. Lond. 1880, p. 160. 

 Mycalesis (Orsotricsna) Mandosa, Marshall and de Niceville, Butt, of India, etc. i. p. 113 (1883). 



Imago. — Male and female. Upperside uniform dark brown, as in the wet-season 

 brood. Underside with similar broad transverse discal band, which is more or less 

 ochreous-white. Both wings with smaller ocelli, which are obsolescent on the fore- 

 wing, much less defined on the hindwing, and very slightly ringed outwardly with 

 silvery-grey. Outer margins slightly irrorated with ochreous-grey scales. Male with 

 the tufts on both wings as in the wet-season brood. 



Expanse 1| to 2^ inches. 



Adult Catekpii.lae. — " Spindle-shaped ; transversely rugose and rough, owing 



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