182 L. de Niceville — List of the Butterflies of Ceylon. [No. 3, 



subapical ocellus between the discoidal nervules. Hindwing with a less 

 distinct small ocellus between the second and first median nervules^ 

 a subba-sal tuft of yellow hairs overlapping a small glandular patch of 

 dark brown scales extending below the first subcostal nervule and 

 surrounded by the ordinary nacreous costal area. Underside, hoth wings 

 pale ochreous-brown, palest externally ; marginal lines distinct ; with a 

 moderately broad pale ochreous-yellow transverse discal fascia, the 

 inner border of which is sharply defined by a dark brown line, the 

 outer border being diffused. Forewing with a small prominent sub- 

 apical and a large median ocellus ; and with a small glandular patch of 

 d2dl hroivn scales on the middle of the submedian nacreous area. Hind- 

 wing with seven ocelli, the upper second and third, and the seventh 

 minute and almost obsolete, the other four prominent. Body beneath, 

 legs^ and sides of palpi pale ochreous ; club of antennse blackish and 

 tipt with ochreous. Expanse : 1-87 inches." 



" A single specimen of the male of this species (presumably of the 

 wet-season brood) taken at Udagama, in the West Central District of 

 Ceylon by Mr. Reginald Poole, and now in the collection of Mr. E. E. 

 Green, is all that is yet known to the author." (Moore, I.e.). 



Mr. John Poole has sent a single male of this species to 

 de Niceville to see, taken at Udagama. Before anything definite can be 

 said about this supposed new species, much more must be known about 

 it than can be ascertained from a couple of specimens. 



With regard to the Calysisme group of the genus Mycalesis, Manders 

 writes: — "I have through the kindness of Mr. Ormiston and others 

 been able to examine a large series of specimens from Ceylon, and I find 

 as a result that though it is easy to separate typical examples of each 

 it is impossible to draw any hard and fast line between the seasonal 

 forms ; and further I am in some instances unable satisfactorily to 

 discriminate the species ; there are certain specimens which are inter- 

 mediate between M. perseus and M. polydecta.^' Further, Manders has 

 compiled the following note on the appendages of the males of the 

 subgenus : — " The yellow hair-like processes on the upperside of the 

 hindwing of M. perseus and M. polydecta are situated immediately be- 

 hind the subcostal nervure at its origin. They arise almost in a bunch 

 between the scales of the wing, and pass forwards and outwards in a 

 fan-shaped manner to the oval depressions about to be described. They 

 are structureless and solid throughout (as examined under yV oil imer- 

 sion lens magnifying 950 diameters), they gradually taper to a point, 

 and are probably chitinous in composition. The oval depressions 

 alluded to above are two in number, one situated on the submedian 



