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Male sex-mark in form 1 as in M. perseus, but the patch of specia- 

 lized scales on the underside of the fore wing half as large again. 



Exp. $ 2 48-46 mm. (1-9-2-2"). 



Hah. The Himalayas at low elevations from Kulu to Sikhim ; 

 and eastwards through Assam and Cachar to Burma and Tenas- 

 serim ; recorded from Bengal. 



Var. suhfasciata, Moore, a common form, has the terminal 

 margins of both fore and hind wing broadly pale. 



Var. nicoharica, Moore, very closely resembles typical mineus, 

 but on the whole is darker, with the transverse discal band on the 

 underside of the wings more brownish white. 



Race polydecta, Cramer. — tf 2 . The southern representative 

 of M. mineus, which it closely resembles in both seasonal forms. 

 Occasional specimens have the yellow ring encircling the large 

 median ocellus on the upperside of the fore wing very much 

 broader than in any specimen of M. mineus that I have seen ; 

 others, the females especially, have the transverse discal band on 

 the underside much broader and pure white, not brownish or 

 dusky ; others, again, of the dry-season form have the ground- 

 colour on the underside more strongly suffused with purple ; 

 but there are no constant characters by which this race may be 

 distinguished from M. mineus. The male sex-marks are precisely 

 similar to those of M . mineus. 



Exp. 6 2 48-56 mm. (1-9-2-2"). 



Hah. Central Provinces southwards to Travancore and in Ceylon. 

 Eecorded on the west coast of India up to the latitude of Bombay, 

 and on the east to Calcutta (? true mineus). 



55. Mycalesis perseoides, Moore (Calysisme), Lep. Ind. i. 1890-92, 

 p. 179, pi. 60, figs. 2-2 c, <$ 2 ■ 

 Calysisme intermedia, Moore, Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 187. 



$ 2 • This form closely resembles M. mineus, in both wet- and 

 dry-season specimens. As in that form, the disposition of the 

 ocelli on the underside of the hind wing separates it from M. 

 perseus. From M. mineus it differs in the male sex-mark on the 

 underside of the fore wing, which is longer, broader and ochraceous 

 brown, not black in colour. 



Exp. <3 2 44-56 mm. (1-75-2-2"). 



Hah. Typically from Burma and Tenasserim, but the variety 

 noted below^ from S. India, Mysore. 



From Kathlekan, in Mysore, there is in the British Museum 

 Collection a series of what I take to be a variety of this form. 

 The specimens (all males) belong to the dry-season form. They 

 are uniformly smaller than typical perseoides, and differ on the 

 upperside of the fore wing in the very broad pale iris surrounding 

 the median ocellus, and on the underside of the same wing in the 

 margin of the darker basal portion of the wing being prominently 

 concave just above the dorsal margin. The male sex-mark on the 

 underside of the fore wing is larger than that of M. mineus but 

 resembles it in colour. I have been unable to separate even as a 

 variety M. intermedia, Moore, from M. perseoides, Moore. 



