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bordered -with yellowish, sometimes broadly so ; tlie ocelli are small and are ofteu entirely 
eliminated. 
In male examples of the summer brood the pupil of ocellus on primaries 
varies in size, as also does the yelloAvish iiis in intensity. The females of this 
generation do not exhibit quite so much variation in size of pupil of ocellus, 
but the iris is sometimes very bright yellow and well defined ; towards anal 
angle there are often two or three faintly defined ocelli. 
The spring form is more constant above, but the colour and markings of 
underside are subject to considerable modification. None of the specimens 
are, however, quite identical Avith the Indian forms of this species known as 
visala, Moore, and indistans, Moore. 
Occiu's at Chia-ting-fu ; Chang-yang ; Ichang ; Hong-Kong ; Foochau ; 
throughout North-east and South India ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Malay Peninsula ; 
Andaman and Nicobar Isles ; Sumatra and Java. 
Mycalesis perdiccas. (Plate li. fig. 6, $ .) 
Mycalesis perdiccas, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. iii. {Mycalesis) pi. iii. fig. 15 (1862) ; Pryer, 
Rhop. Nihon. p. 30, pi. ix. fig. 2. 
Gareris perdiccas, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1880, p. 157. 
Mycalesis penicillata, Poujade, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1884, p. cxxxv. 
M. penidTlata, Pouj. — " Envergure : 48 mUl. Dessus d'un brun terreux. Ailes superienres 
entieres, assez arrondies, ayant im grand ceil noir pupille de blanc et cercle de jaunatre pres 
de I'angle interne entre les deux dernieres branches de la nervure raediane. Un pinceau de 
poils noirs presque au milieu de la nervure sous-me'diane. Ailes inferieurcs arrondies, tres 
legerement dentees, avec un tres petit ceil noir pupille de blanc pros de Tangle interne ; un 
pinceau de poils raides, d'un blanc jaunatre, a la base de la cellule. Dessous des ailes avec la 
base, jusqu'aux deux tiers environ, d'un brun nettement limite sable de jaunatre ; le reste, gris 
rose, se fondant en une teinte olivatre tres flnement sablee du brun vers les bords externes. 
Aux aUes superieures, un ceil correspondant a celui du dessus, surmonte de un a trois petits 
yeux noirs pupilles de blanc ; aux ailes inforieures, pres du bord exterieur, sept yeux tres 
petits inegaux, dont le plus grand correspond a celui du dessus. Les quatre ailes bordees de 
deux lignes brunatres festonnecs, la moins marquee centre la frange. 
" Cinq cS un peu varies." {Poujade, I. c.) 
The Chinese representatives of this species vary in the nvimber and size of 
the ocelli on under surface, in the intensity of colour of basal two thirds, and 
in the width of the pale transverse band, Avhich, in some specimens, is -without 
any lilacine tinge. One of these forms, Avhich so far appears to be peculiar 
