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MYCALESIS. By H. Fruhstoreer. 
paler, more rounded, more obsolete. Under surface: much lighter, the distal area lighter grey; the antemar- 
tematensis. ginal region broader and lighter yellow. Halmaheira, August, September. — In ternatensis Fruhst., the form 
from Ternate, the colouring is even lighter, the base of both wings becomes almost grey, the foreground of 
the ocelli almost light yellow, the antemarginal area of both wings sharper. Under surface: the distal area 
of both wings yellow-grey instead of grey-violet. Base light red-brown. Antemarginal area broader, lighter 
kyllenion. yellow-grey. — kyllenion Fruhst. (91 c) more recalls asophis Hew. than terminus F. in the darker colouring 
of the upper surface and most nearly approaches flagrans Btlr. from British New Guinea. The yellowish 
foreground of the ocellus of the forewing, however, is somewhat darker than in flagrans. Under surface. 
distal area of both wings more violet, base deeper brown, the yellowish antemarginal area narrower, deeper 
in tone. The distal yellowish bordering of the red-brown median band narrower, darker. German New Gui- 
n fro pates, nea. — atropates Fruhst. Smaller than kyllenion, the yellowish bordering of the ocelli of the forewing re¬ 
duced, darkened. The foreground of the ocelli proximally rounded, not sharply cut off as in kyllenion. Under 
surface: antemarginal lines of both wings more strongly undulate, the adjoining area lighter, more grey-violet. 
The small ocelli of the forewing more pronounced and more uniform. The band proximally to the ocelli 
grey-white instead of yellowish. Base of the wings lighter brown. Dorey and Hattam, Dutch New Guinea, 
tenninulus. Mafor. — termimilus Fruhst. Somewhat smaller even than atropates. Base of the forewing more reddish, 
ocelli smaller, their yellowish foreground more rounded. Under surface: essentially darker than in examples 
from Dutch New Guinea. The ocelli smaller, their bordering on both sides uniform grey-violet, so that the 
flagrans. submargina! band does not stand out distinctly. Waigen. — flagrans Btlr., from Milne'Bay, British New 
Guinea, appears to be more the product of a district with a longer dry season, for the disc of the fore¬ 
wing above and the distal part of the hindwing beneath are essentially lighter yellow resp. grey than in 
asophis. kyllenion Fruhst. from German New Guinea. — asophis Hew., from Mysol, on the other hand is an in¬ 
teresting, strikingly darkened form with the upper surface unicolorous brown and the ocelli broadly bordered 
with red and placed in a light grey-violet area which contrasts distinctly with the brown-black basal part of 
pattens, both wings. — pallens Oberih., unknown to me in nature, is according to its author’s description and in con¬ 
formity with its name, an albinotic aberration; based on a $, which is shaded with whitish on each side of 
matho. the anal ocellus of the forewing. — Finally, niatho 8m. again approaches kyllenion, from which it differs 
above in having a lighter yellow foreground to the ocellus of the forewing and especially beneath in the lar¬ 
ger and more uniform eye-spots of the hindwing, which are black and also bordered with lighter yellow. Not 
rare in New Pomerania, New Lauenburg and New Mecklenburg and apparently very variable, as Ribbe 
furnished it with three names, so that examples seem to occur which more resemble remulia from the South 
Moluccas than pseudasophis from Batj an. But still more probably we are dealing with geographical races 
terminus, which are not yet entirely segregated. — terminus F. inhabits the Australian continent. We figure (91 d) 
a ^ of the rainy period. But an intermediate form is also known, and in my collection a pronounced 
dry-season form is represented, with the eye-spots of the hindwing already reduced above, while beneath 
they are placed in a uniformly light brown area and especially on the forewing are scarcely indicated even 
as small dots, so that on the forewing the moderately large anal ocellus of the upper surface is hardly recog¬ 
nizable. Common in Queensland. Concerning the habits nothing is known, except that Hagen, who records 
the species as aethiops Btlr., remarks: ,,Very common in shady woods in November, December and April 4 ‘. 
M. phidon is a further Papuan species with primitive sexual characters. Underside of the forewing 
with short friction-patch, extending somewhat beyond the submarginal, ceasing before the median band, 
moderately glossy and containing no central cavity. Hindwing with glossy costal area and an elongate and 
pointed androconial cavity, which is filled with light grey scales and covered by a tuft of grey hairs. The 
phidon. margins of the cavity with a dull gloss. — Three local races may be distinguished: phidon Hew., from Aru 
and Waigen, differs from the figured phidonid.es in the red-yellow under surface of both wings and the small- 
jhidonides. er ocelli of the hindwing. — phidonides Fruhst. (91 a). Larger than phidon from Aru; the apical ocellus 
of the forewing above, which is wanting in phidon, very distinct. Ocelli of the hindwing more strongly 
expressed. The black antemarginal lines on both wings more regular. Under surface darker than in phidon. 
The brown band running proximally to the ocelli less sharply defined, lighter red-brown and shading more 
into the ground-colour. The black pupil of the anal ocellus of the forewing smaller, the rings bordering the 
ocelli larger. Ocelli of the hindwing proximally bordered with red-brown instead of whitish. German New 
Guinea. Common in Stefansort and Simbang. Flies in January, April to August, and then again November. 
Taken by Doherty also in September in Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea, and reported by Oberthur 
from Sorong. In the Dresden Museum there are examples from Korido which will probably differ sub- 
xanthias. specifically. — - xanfhias Sm. (= obscura Sm.) must be regarded as a strongly differentiated island race, with 
very large anal ocellus on the forewing, bordered with dark yellow, and beautiful dark yellow submarginal 
lines and ocelli distinctly ringed with the same colour on the upperside of the hindwing. The under sur¬ 
face not essentially different from that of phidonides. New Pomerania, New Lauenburg. 
messena. M. messena Hew. (91 b) is a quite distinct species, peculiar to the North Moluccas. The under sur¬ 
face differs from the tipper in the darker red-brown ground-colour, a broad yellow submarginal band and in 
the 8 brilliant violet, in the $ pale yellow longitudinal stripes beyond the cell in both wings. All the ocelli beneath 
