Publ. 15. IV. 1911. 
MYCALESIS. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
broadly margined with yellow, with blue-white pupils. Sexual organs rather simple. Under surface of the 
forewing without scale-cavity. Hindwing with small androconial hollow filled up with brown and a short, rounded 
black spot of scent-scales at the lower margin of the scent-patch as well as a short, thin, grey-brown hair-pencil, 
which covers a layer of black-grey scales proximally to the rounded deep black distal spot. Halmaheira, Batjan, 
in coll. Fruhstorfer; Morty, Ternate, according to Moore. 
M. mahadeva, hitherto only known from the main island of New Guinea and there only from the north 
coast, where it occurs in two local races, fulviana Sm. (91 c) is the form from Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, with fulviana. 
lighter under surface, and according to Hagen flies in shady woods from April to July. The under surface 
has come out too grey in the figure. As a matter of fact its predominant shade is yellowish. The upper surface 
resembles that of messena, except that on the forewing there is a distinct median black eye-spot. $ lighter 
yellowish and larger than the <$, with the distal border on the forewing reduced, always an accessory anal eye- 
spot and 2—3 median ocelli. -— mahadeva Bbv. (= comes 8m.) is before me from Dorey and Kapaur, in addition mahadeva. 
Doherty has taken it also in Humboldt Bay. Both sexes of more uniform and paler red-brown tone, black 
distal border of the forewing more narrowed. Anal ocellus of the hindwing smaller than in fulviana. Under 
surface predominantly grey with distinct violet sheen. Bands more broadly red-brown. Both races have 
in common a broad, glossy friction-patch (without central dot), bordered above by black scales, on the underside 
of the forewing. The scent-patch of the hindwing is bordered below by a very broad layer of glossy, deep black 
scales. It also contains a shallow cavity filled up with grey, which is covered by the scent-pencil with its 
long brown hairs. 
M. arabella Fruhst. (91 c). This pretty species somewhat recalls tilmara Fruhst. from Sangir in the arabella. 
shape of the broad black subapical spot on the forewing, oroatis Hew. from Java in its size, messene Hew. in 
the red-brown ground-colour of the hindwing and the base of the forewing, but beneath closely approaches 
evara Fruhst. and cococlaemon Kitsch. The forewing bears a broad triangular black apical spot, which extends 
on to the apex of the cell, the costal margin is also broadly bordered with brown-black. The hindwing shows 
two distinct, thin black antemarginal lines, which traverse the entire wing, whilst a third proximal red- 
brown line already begins in one example to disappear towards the anal angle. Between median 2 and median 
3 a small black dot-like ocellus. Under surface: dark grey-violet with two red-brown bands arranged as in 
evara Fruhst., of which the subbasal is moderately, the distal very broad. The two ocelli of the forewing larger 
than in evara, the hindwing with six ocelli, of which the subanal one is again the largest, whilst the others are 
even somewhat smaller than in evara and completely isolated. Of the two black antemarginal lines the proximal 
one is less strongly undulate than the corresponding line in evara. The friction-patch on the underside of the 
forewing remains naked as in duponcheli. The scent-patch of the hindwing shows only a small yellow-scaled 
depression, which is not surrounded or bordered below by any androconial patch. The usual scent-tuft light 
yellow. Waigeu, very rare, only <$$ in coll. Fruhstorfer known. 
M. discobolus Fruhst. (91 c), <J. Length of the forewing 24—27 mm. One of the most distinct species, discobolus. 
remarkable for the pointed wings and the highly developed secondary sexual characters. The scent-scales of 
the hindwing are joined into a complete ring, which is strongly widened below and encloses a white oval area, 
covered by the usual hair-pencil. The hair-pencil is basally blackish, above yellowish. The pattern of the 
wings is plain black with broad red-yellow longitudinal bands. The forewing shows a subapical and an inter¬ 
median small ocellus, the hindwing a similar one between the middle and lower medians. Under surface: yellow¬ 
ish basal spot with a confusion of red-brown x’ings and a sharply defined red-brown median band, which is 
distally bounded by pale violet. On the forewing there are two small dots, on the hind wing six black inter- 
neural dots. In the large friction-patch on the underside of the forewing is placed a small black scent-spot, 
in size and shape like that of perseus F. Aroa River, British New Guinea and Hattam, Arfak district, 
Dutch New Guinea. The under surface of discobolus has the character of a dry-season form and is cpiite iso¬ 
lated in the series of Papuan Mycalesis on account of its minute ocelli. 
M. barbara Sm. (92 e) is another very distinct species. Upper surface black with relatively broad, barbara. 
orange-coloured median band on both wings. Under surface somewhat recalling shiva Bdv., but lighter 
grey. German New Guinea (only 2 in coll. Fruhstorfer) from Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, hitherto only 
known from the Sattelberg, where it flies in December and January. — me a Rothsch. is a melanotic race from mea. 
the upper Aroa River, British New Guinea, where it was taken in numbers. Median band much reduced. To¬ 
gether with it flies a Nymphalid, Messaras satyrina mimica Rothsch., which is deceptively like it and which 
there replaces Messaras satyrina felderi Kitsch from Dutch New Guinea. 
M. Valeria Sm. A charming species. $. Forewing black, median part of the hindwing pure white Valeria 
Under surface with white median band on both wings, in the ^ much widened and present also on the forewing 
above. Milne Bay, British New Guinea, very rare. 
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