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NYMPHALID^. 
to Western China, is sufficiently aberrant in character to be worthy of a 
varietal name, and I therefore describe it as : — 
Var. mag^a, var. nov. Expanse GO millim. liather more fuligiuous-brown ; three distinct apical 
ocelli on primaries, and the ocellus towards inner angle of considerable size. On the under 
surface the basal two thirds browner ; ocelli on primaries as above, those on secondaries well 
defined. All the wings have a wavy blackish submarginal line, and the fringes are hardly 
paler than the ground-colour. 
In some respects this form agrees with de Niceville's description of 
M. sanatana, but the complete ocelli on the under surface of the wings distin- 
guish it. Probably M. sanatana, Moore*, and M. go]}a, Feld.f, are Indian 
forms oi M. ])erdiccas ; and if this should ultimately prove to be the case, then 
sanatana, Moore, would rank as the type of the species. 
Occurs throughout China and Japan, and is also found in the Corea. 
Mycalesis gotama. (Plate II. fig. 5, 6 .) 
Mijcalesis gotama, Moore, Cat. Lep. E.I.C. i. p. 232 (1857); Pryerj Rliop. Nihou. p. 30, 
pi. ix. fig. 1. 
Sadarga gotama, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. 1880, p. 157. 
Mycalesis borealis, Felder, Reise Nov., Lcp. p. 500 (1867) . 
" Upperside pale brown ; fore wing with upper and lower ocelli ; hind wing with a minute ocellus. 
Underside pale greyish brown ; fore wing with transverse yellowish-white band, and the two 
ocelli as above ; hind wing with transverse yellowish-white band ; three ocelli from anterior 
margin near angle, the two lower very small ; and three near anal angle, the two lower also 
very small. Sexes alike. Expanse, c? If' $ i2 inches." (Moore, Cat. Lep, E. I. C.) 
M. horealis, Feld. — " tS • Alse supra fusca), ciliis albidis, striga submargiaali obscuriore, plus minus 
obsoleta, antica; occUis duobus nigricantibus, albo pupillatis, ochraceo iridatis, superiorc sub- 
apicali, parvo, iiifcriore modiano, multo majore, posticte immaculata;. 
" Alae subtus pallide canoscenti-ochracea;, striga submargiuali undulata, altera autemarginali 
tortiaque anteciliari fuscis, fascia discali angustissima obliqua, nonnunquam integerriam, 
posticarura cellulam hand stringente ochraceo-alba, intus fusco anguste cincta, antica) costa 
basin versus lajtius ochracea, ocellis duobus supernis, sed majoribus et saturatioribus, fusco 
ciuctis, circa superiorera nonnunquam duobus minutis obsoletis, postica) ocellis sex ut in anticis 
coloratis, tribus superioribus magis extrorsum jactis, parvis obsolotioribus, docrescentibus, 
(piarto inter ramum median um i)rimum ct secundum inferiore anticarura ])aullo minore, 
scqucnto niinuto ; infimo nonnunquam vix conspicuo. 
"Habitat: (Jliina Septentrional, Shanghai." {Felder, 1. c.) 
Mi/calcsia {'Sadarya) ocalata, Moore (Tnuis. Ent. Soc. Ijond. 1880, p. 158), 
» Horsfield & Moore, C^it. Lep. E. I. C. i. p. 2:51 (1857). 
t Ifeise Nov., Lep. iii. p. 501 (18(37). 
