208 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



SAMANTA MISENUS (Plate 70, fig. 1, la, b, ^ ? ). 

 Mycalesis (Samania) Misenus, de Niceville, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soo. 1889, p. 1G4, pi. A, 

 fig. 8, c?. 



liiAGO. — Male and female. Upperside. Both wings somewliat darker than in 

 S. Nicotia. Foreiving with either one, or two, sometimes three, subapical ocelli in 

 the male, and two in the female ; the upper and lower when present in the male being 

 very minute ; the median ocellus invariably smaller than in S. Nicotia. Hindiving 

 with a similar median ocellus. Underside. Both wings with the basal area pale 

 cinerescent-brown, the short strigge much darker brown and more densely disposed, 

 the transverse discal band is much paler yellow and slightly narrower, the exterior 

 margins of both wings pale cinerescent-ochreous, traversed by the marginal lines ; 

 ocelli on both wings similar and of the same number as in S. Nicotia. Male with 

 the subbasal tuft composed of ochreotis hairs (these tufts being black in Nicotia), 

 and the glandular patch also composed of ochreous scales. 



Expanse, S 2f , ? 2f inches. 



Habitat. — Sikkim ; Khasias. 



Mr. L. de Niceville remarks (Journ. Bombay N. H. S. 1889, 164) that " Mr. 

 Otto MoUer and I independently discriminated this species as distinct from Nicotia 

 by the conspicuously darker ground-colour of the underside ; it was only after^vards 

 that the marked difference between the two species in the colour of the hairs of the 

 'scent-fan' was noticed. It appears probable that this species only occurs in the 

 ocellated form, as is the case in If. Eeri, and M. Suaveolens." 



DiSTjiiBDTiGN.— According to Mr. L. de Niceville (1. c. p. 164), " males and 

 females were obtained in Sikkim from April 1st to May 1st, i.e. in the dry season ; 

 and males and females from the Khasia Hills have been obtained by the Rev. W. A. 

 Hamilton." 



The illustrations of this species on our Plate 70, figs. 1, la, b, represent 

 the male and female from specimens taken in Sikkim by Mr. 0. MoUer, and now in 

 the collection of Mr. J. H. Leech. 



SAMANTA HERI (Plate 70, fig. 2, 2a, b, ^ ? ). 



Mycalesis Heri, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. Compy. i. p. 23-3 (1857), ^. Butltr, Catal. Satyr. 



Brit. Mus. p. 134 (1868). 

 Samanta Heri, Moore, Trans. Ent. See. Lend. 1880, p. 167. 

 Mycalesis {Samarda) Heri, Marshall and de Nice'ville, Butt, of India, etc. i. p. 128 (1883). 



Imago. — Male. Upperside bright olivescent ochreous-brown ; marginal lines 

 and cilia pale ochreous-brown. Forewing with a large prominent subapical ocellus, 

 and a very large lower median ocellus, black with ochreous outer ring and white 

 pupil. Eindioing with three moderately-large discal ocelli, the upper one smallest ; 

 sometimes there is a fourth lower minute ocellule, iu the male, between the median 



