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MYCALESIS. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
of the costal margin to the posterior part of the distal margin likewise strongly watered with white; the two 
transverse markings in the cell of the forewing narrower than in una and filled up with dark, the subbasal 
band on the hindwing and the complete discal band running as in una, but somewhat narrower; of the eye- 
spots only the white median dots are sharp and distinct, arranged as in una but still smaller, on the forewing 
in cellules 2 and 5, the spot in cellule 4 being absent, on the hindwing in cellules la—6; of the black and 
brown borderings slight traces are visible only in spots 1 b, 2 and 6 on the hindwing and 2 on the fore¬ 
wing. On the Sesse Islands in the Victoria Nyanza. 
The following four species differ from the preceding in that the blue transverse band on the upperside of the 
forewing in the H is entirely absent or only indicated by a diffuse violet shade and that except in zinebi a white transverse 
band is present on the forewing in the ?. 
zinebi. M. zinebi Btlr. The cd above with unicolorous black-brown wings, lighter at the distal margin; the 
basal half of cellules la and lb on the upperside of the forewing roughened with erect scales and almost 
black, but without long hairs; the under surface brown-grey with three dark transverse lines, which are 
arranged almost as in iccius ; the third transverse line of the hindwing almost uniformly curved; eye-spots 
only represented by small white dots or entirely absent. Sierra Leone to Togoland. 
italus. M. italus Hew. (26 e). The cd is very similar to that of the preceding species, but somewhat larger 
and in the basal part of cellules 1 a and 1 b on the upperside of the forewing densely clothed with long, 
dark hairs; the ? is distinguished by the broad white transverse band of the forewing; in both sexes the 
eye-spots on the under surface are large and well developed and the dark transverse lines sharply prominent. 
Distributed from the Niger to Gaboon. 
xeneas. M. xeneas Hew. (27a) differs from the preceding in the light median line on the under surface; the 
forewing in the cd above black-brown, in the apical part lighter brownish and with two eye-spots of equal 
size in cellules 2 and 5, of which the latter is more distinct and pupilled with white; the hindwing is uni¬ 
colorous black-brown; the ? is larger and differs in the forewing having larger eye-spots and behind the cell 
a broad white subapical band extending from the costal margin to vein 3, and in both wings being ornamente.d 
by a black marginal line; on the under surface the grey, or in the ? whitish median line is on both wings 
distinctly outangled or outcurved at vein 4; the eye-spots stand out sharply and are black with white 
pupils and an inner yellow and outer brown ring, the two on the forewing and those in cellules 2 and 6 on 
the hindwing are larger than the others; both wings with a distinct black marginal line. Old Calabar, 
Cameroons and northern Congo district. 
phcdanthus. M. phalanthus Styr. (27 a) is smaller than the preceding species, but otherwise so similar as to be 
only distinguishable by its having the line on the under surface quite straight, at least on the hindwing. 
Distributed from the Gold Coast to the mouth of the Congo. In the cf there is on the upper surface 
of the forewing in the base of cellule 2 a dark hair-pencil, which is entirely absent in xeneas ; in the ? the 
distal part of cellule 1 b on the forewing is distinctly lighter behind the large eye-spot, which is not the case 
in the ?? of xeneas. 
Evadne Group. 
The species of this group are distinguished from the following by the approximation of veins 6 and 7 of the 
hindwing in the H- The pencil in celulle 6 of the hindwing, which is usually present in the cfcf of the following group, 
is always absent here. The cfcT are further often distinguished by special velvety spots on the hindwing. 
feae. M. feae Auriv. cf: wings above black-brown, the forewing behind the cell with a lighter transverse 
band, curved basad at vein 4, and with two black, white-pupilled eye-spots in cellules 2 and 5; hindwing 
above unicolorous black-brown, at the distal margin somewhat lighter and with two undulate blackish lines; 
the wings beneath black-brown, at the base suffused with grey, the median line narrowly yellowish white, 
angled at vein 4 on both wings; the forewing with a brown transverse line near the base, a yellowish line 
in the cell and two black, white-pupilled eye-spots, each of which is surrounded by a rust-yellow, a blackish 
and a grey ring, at the distal margin two nearly even dark transverse lines; the hindwing with six eye-spots, 
two in 1 c, a larger one in 2 and one each in cellules 4—6, which are all surrounded by a rust-coloured, 
a blackish and a grey ring; at the distal margin two slightly undulate lines; hindwing without velvety spot, 
but with two hair-pencils, one at the anterior margin of the cell and one in the middle of cellule lc. 
Discovered on the Island of Fernando Po at an elevation of 1 400 m. by the celebrated naturalist Leonardo Fea. 
sciathis. M. sciathis Hew. (27a). Under surface of the wings yellow-brown; the hindwing beneath without eye- 
spots in cellules lb and 3; the yellow-grey median line on the under surface distinctly curved in S-shape. cf: 
wings above unicolorous dark brown, the forewing above only with a single black, white-pupilled eye-spot 
