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twenty -one of which are there described for the first time. I am considerably indebted to these 

 for the characters whirl i I have here used as sectionally dividing the species of Mycalms found 

 in the Malay Peninsula. 



As in the genera fhtmiis and Ruplaxt , the males (as Mr. Moore has pointed out) are provided 

 with a glandular pouch (probably a scent -secreting organ*), covered by a tuft (or tufts) of hair, 

 which is either in some species found on both wings, or in others on the posterior wings only. 

 In Java a species possesses two of tbese appendages to the posterior wings, but according to 

 our present knowledge no species in this fauna possesses more than one* 



I have here included seven species, which account for all that have been referred to from 

 this region by other writers, though in some cases I have formed .conclusions as to specific 

 value which are not in unison with those of some authorities. In all cases, however, I haw 

 endeavoured to show where and why this divergence of opinion takes place. 



A. Malta possessing a pseudn arent-glawl on h)th anterior tmd posterior wings, 



L Mycalesis maianeas. (Tab. VII., tig. 4 



M $ i tdem MmmwtA, Hcwifcson. Exot. Butt. ili. p. 87 ; L 5. f. 27, 28 (1864) ; ButL. Cat. Satyr, p. 181. 



n. 18 U86B). 



SattKt Mtuanmx, Moore, Trans. Eut. Soc. 1880, p. 167. 



As I have not received this undoubted Malaccan species, I have here reproduced Hewitson's 

 figure, and add the description of that author : — 



l'\*[n v siilr. Male dark brown : thv outur half nearly of the anterior wing, and tin- outer margin of 

 the posterior wing, rufous-brown. Anterior wing with a tuft of hair near the inner margin ; the margins 

 of both wiujjs where thev meet silvery white. 



u Under side dark brown to the middle, rufous -brown beyond ; the outer margin and two subniargmal 

 lines dark brown. Anterior wing with three ocelli, two near the apex minute and touching, the third U-low 

 the middle* large ; posterior wing with seven, the first (touching the costal margin ), the fourth and fifth 

 large, the rest smaller, all black, with pupil white, and iris rufoua -orange." 



M Female hke the male, except that it has an orange band on both sides of the anterior wing, and has 

 but one ocellus, near the apex, on the underside of the anterior wing." 



Exp. wings, <T 1ft in. ; t 9 2A in. 1 



Hau. — Malay Peninsula; Malacca (coll. Hewits.) — Sumatra. S — Borneo; Sarawak (coll. Hewits.i. 



This species is peculiar in having, by its superficial characters, at least, a strong affinity 

 with the species of au African group of the genus. Mr. Moore has proposed a new genus 

 (Satoti) for its reception. 



Note. — In faithfully reproducing Hewit son's figure, our artist, Ml. H. Knight, must not Ik- held 

 responsible for the imperfect ueuration of the same. 



* As with the gemm Euplata, I have used die term *'psendo scent -gland," because, though the phtlmbiJity of these 

 beilJE? scent -producing or rtL-tiuL-.^K-n'tiny LtrjjAiis, a* m the gumm V(uiai* t is eiuiiiuiitly and distinctly probubk", still the uvidt'iiee 

 in its favour, unlike that of Dana r>, requires local veriiicution. 



\ 48 miUim . \ 5'j tuilliui. 5 Smith, in liock. ■ Heinl Hunters of Borneo/ Append. V. 



