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large median and a much smaller subapical white- centred black 

 ocellus, each with an orange-yellow iris, the upper portion of the 

 iris round the median ocellus very broad, the lower incomplete 

 and a more or less triangular orange-yellow discal patch. Hind 

 wing uniform, with two very small fulvous-ringed black ocelli. 

 Underside deep ochraceous yellow, subterminal and terminal lines 

 as on the upperside ; fore and hind wing crossed near base by a 

 darker ochraceous-yellow line, followed by a silvery discal band, 

 beyond which there are two ocelli as on the upperside, but each 

 encircled also by an outer silvery ring ; and on the hind wing a 

 curved series of seven similar ocelli having a silvery band bordering 

 them on both sides, the third and fourth ocelli from tornus 

 together and the. apical ocellus by itself placed on a brighter 

 ochraceous patch encircled with black. Antennae, head, thorax 

 and abdomen brown, somewhat ochraceous beneath. Sex-mark in 

 form 2. — 2 • Similar, more strongly suffused with ochraceous on 

 the upperside ; the orange-yellow patch on the fore wing larger, 

 spreading to the base of the wing ; no ocelli on the hind wing. 

 Underside as in the $ , but of a brighter ochraceous yellow ; basal 

 area of both fore and hind wing crossed by two darker yellow 

 bands, and the discoidal cell of the fore wing with an interior 

 loop of the same colour. 



Exp. S 2 42-54 mm. (1-7-2- L5"). 



Hob. Ceylon. 



69. Mycalesis junonia (PI. II, fig. 12), Butler, Cat. Satyr. Brit. Mm. 

 1868, p. 146, pi. 3, fig. 4 ; M. $ de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 132, 

 pi. 16, fig. 57 <$ ; Moore (Nissanga), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 216, 



pL78,fig8.1,l«,lft,<y?. 



<S 2 • Close to M. patnia, but on the upperside of a duller 

 brown ; the median ocellus on the fore wing encircled with pure 

 white ; no discal patch, or merely faint traces of one. Underside : 

 markings similar to those in M. patnia, but altogether of a duller 

 and browner shade, without any general ochraceous tint, a large 

 bright ochraceous spot posteriorly on the hind wing in the $ . The 

 median ocellus on the fore wing broadly encircled with white. 

 Male sex-marks in form 2. 



Exp. <S 2 44-52 mm. (1-75-2-05"). 



Hob. The hills of Southern India. 



70. Mycalesis mystes, de Niceville (subgen. Myrtilus), Jour. Bomb. 

 N. H. Soc. vi, 1891, p. 343, pi. F, figs. 1 & 2 ; Moore (Myrtilus), 

 Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 221. 



Wet-season form. — S • Upperside brown, terminal margins broadly 

 paler, the transverse discal white fascia showing through faintly 

 on both fore and hind wing ; subterminal and terminal pale yellow 

 slender lines on both wings, more distinct on the hind wing. 

 Fore wing with a single white-centred, pale-ringed, median black 

 ocellus. Underside : ground-colour similar, a pure white transverse 



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