MYCALESIS. By H. Frtthstoreer. 
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cocellular of the forewing cut off straight and the eyes hairy. As in Henotesia all the three stems of the principal veins of the 
forewing are swollen, in contrast to Orsotriaena. Forewing with two subcostal veins arising before the end of the cell. 
I. Group. Both wings without sexual characters. 
M. inopia Fruhst. (91 a). Somewhat smaller than malsarida Btlr., ground-colour dull black, above inopia. 
otherwise identical with malsarida. Under surface: somewhat lighter, distally more copiously irrorated with 
grey-brown. Median band of the forewing mostly somewhat abbreviated, but broader. Forewing with only 
two instead of 3 or 4 apical ocelli (a character very unessential in itself, which, however, remains constant 
in both J and $ of inopia). Anal ocelli larger, their bordering lighter ochre-colour. All the ocelli lack the outer 
violet-grey margining which we observe in malsarida. Ocelli of the hindwing somewhat smaller and hence more 
isolated. Submarginal, proximal band lighter. All else as in malsarida, except that there is no secondary sexula 
character on the underside of the forewing and the upperside of the hindwing. Tonkin, Than-Moi, June to July; 
Chiem-Hoa, August and September. 
IT. Group. Forewing on both surfaces without sexual characters. 
a) Hindwing with a scent-pencil. 
a. Hindwing without androconial cavity. 
M. sirius F . occurs in Australia in two seasonal forms, of which the dry form was probably already sirius. 
described by Fabricius as zachaeus F. The scent-organs are unusually primitive, but in contrast to inopia Fruhst. zachaeus. 
the rudiments are already present. Under surface of the forewing only with grey-scaled anal margin, which ex¬ 
tends to the submarginal and has only quite a dull gloss. Above the submarginal only a few slightly shiny scales. 
Upper surface of the hindwing: costal border darker, grey-scaled, without glossy scent-patch, without scale- 
cavity and only with a long, thin scent-pencil with blackish hairs. Upper surface dull dark brick-red, with an 
apical and a median ocellus on the forewing. Hindwing with three to four yellow-ringed eye-spots. Under surface 
as in canicula Fruhst. (91 d), but more copiously decorated with light red-brown longitudinal bands on both wings. 
In northern Australia from Cape York to Brisbane. — There occurs also a subspecies on the Aru and Key Islands, 
but I have no material from these localities. — manipa Bdv. (== daidis Hew.) is the race from the South Moluccas, manipa. 
in my collection from Amboina, Ceram, Saparoea. Smaller and darker than Australian examples, with larger 
eye-spots on the upper surface, bordered with darker red. The ocelli of the hindwing beneath are without the 
pale grey bordering. — canicula Fruhst. (91 a), from Buru, where it seems to be common, is smaller and paler canicula. 
than Ceram examples. Apex and distal border of the forewing more broadly black. Ocelli between the lower 
medians larger, ringed with lighter red. Eye-spots of the hindwing more strongly developed. Under surface: 
lighter red-brown. Bordering of the ocelli more orange-coloured than grey-brown. The red-brown vertical median 
band of the forewing more indistinct, but straighter. Median band of the hindwing more strongly undulate. 
The red-brown subbasal band of the hindwing obsolete. — antecanis Fruhst. is about midway in size between anteccinis. 
canicula and manipa and differs from both in the darker apical part of the forewing above, with the black more 
extended. Apical ocellus of the forewing entirely absent. The two anal ccelli of the hindwing even more in¬ 
distinct than in manipa and only very weakly ringed with black. Under surface: brighter red-brown, the yellow¬ 
ish antemarginal band of both wings more pronounced; red-brown median of the hindwing more sharply 
dentate, distally edged with lighter. All the ocelli smaller, those of the hindwing of almost uniform size. German 
New Guinea, Waigeu; according to Hagen fond of wet, shady banks of brooks in the woods. Flies from November 
to January. 
M. patnia is undoubtedly the prettiest known Culapa. The androconial cavity of the hindwing con¬ 
tains deep black scales. Two subspecies, which have hitherto been regarded as independent ,,species“, although 
they only differ slightly in the colouring. — patnia Moore is according to Manders common on Ceylon, widely patnia. 
distributed and ascends to considerable heights; was observed most commonly round Kandy. The sexual forms 
are sharply differentiated; the rainy-season form very dark, especially on the under surface. The underside 
of the forewing bears the eye-spot of the upperside with light yellow bordering, standing out clearly against the 
red-brown-yellow ground-colour. Hindwing with three small ocelli. Submarginal area of both wings decorated 
with brilliant, glossy silver rings, longitudinal bands and fine transverse streaks. — junonia Btlr. only differs junonia. 
in the white and somewhat broader anterior bordering of the ocelli on the forewing, of which the basal yellowish 
tinge in the neighbourhood of the cell is absent, and in the general colouring of the underside of both wings 
being grey instead of reddish yellow. Larva on rice, junonia ascends in South India to about 1000 m., where 
it is met with in dense forest from April to May. Known from theNilgiris and Mysore, it extends northwards 
to the Kanara district. In my collection it is represented from Karwar, taken in October. 
M. marginata, hitherto only known from Sumatra and Borneo, may probably still be looked for 
from the Malay Peninsula, especially as it only occrfrs at elevations of over 1000 m., which have not yet 
been sufficiently explored there. — marginata Moore (91 d) is nowhere rare in North-East and South-West marginata. 
Sumatra and inhabits the mountains between 1000 and 2000 m. The eggs are dark yellow- and somewdiat 
larger than those of anapita Moore. Under surface yellow-brown with red-brown longitudinal bands. Fore- , 
