MIKESA. 
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MIRESA, Walk. 
Miresa bracteata. (Plate CII. fig. 2.) 
Miresa bracteata, Butler, Ann. cf- M(uj. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. vi. p. 64. n. 5 (1880). 
Primaries with the costal area olive-brown^ washed with lilacine; iuteruo-basal area 
fulvous internally^ gradually shading into ferruginous, and lastly into olivaceous towards the 
median vein ; the veins across it indicated by lilacine-grey scales ; a zigzag metallic silver 
stripe from the subcostal vein near the apex to just below the middle of inner margin, the 
inner angle of the zigzag stripe confluent with a large cuneiform patch of silver just below 
the end of the cell ; disk beyond the silver stripe olive-green, crossed by pale sericeous veins ; 
external border dark red-brown, densely sprinkled with metallic plumbaginous scales ; fringe 
red-brown : secondaries of the male stramineous, slightly washed with dull rose-colour in 
front ; of the female rosy brownish, with whitish veins and external border, stramineous 
abdominal border, and ochraceous fringe : thorax bright chrome-yellow ; antennae and 
abdomen orange-yellow or bright ochreous. Under surface red-brown, with the internal 
areas of the wings and tail (particularly the caudal tuft of the male) ochraceous ; legs 
chrome-yellow. Expanse of wings, J* 36 millim., ? 40 millim. 
Darjiling [Lidderdale) . 
Miresa decedens. (Plate CII. fig. 3.) 
Miresa decedens, Walker, Cat. Lcp. Het. v. p. 112-5. n. 4 (18.55). 
Reddish (day-coloured : the primaries with the basicostal area darkei', almost chocolate- 
coloured, bounded by a slightly sinuous diflPused stripe, which is followed by a few metallic 
silvery scales ; outer margin and fringe also dotted with metallic scales : secondaries 
unicolorous, rather paler than the primaries : body dull sulphur-yellow, the antennae dull 
flesh-coloured ; the head, collar, and abdomen washed with reddish testaceous ; the tegulte 
tipped with orange : under surface of wings becoming pale yellowish towards the outer 
margins. Body below whitish ; tibiae dull rust-red in front, otherwise testaceous or wliite. 
Expanse of wings 34 millim. 
North India [James) . 
The thorax is not striped, as described by Walker ; the tegula of the left side has been 
displaced, so that its orange tip is in the centre of the thorax ; the right-hand tegula is, 
however, in position, and shows its tip at the side : two of the three slight luteous stripes, 
partly luteous in front," are thus accounted for ; the left-hand stripe was evidently supposed 
to be rubbed off. 
