MYCALESIS. Bj Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
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in 2—6; the one in cellule 2 larger than the rest, which are of almost equal size; all the eye-spots are sharply 
prominent, black, with white pupil and with a yellow and a hrown ring; before the distal margin two dark, 
undulate lines. ? unknown to me. The species is similar to the preceding, but may be at once distinguished by 
having the velvety spot on the forewing more sharply defined and placed near to the distal margin. Ashanti and Togo. 
M. mollitia Karsch (= ansorgei E. Sharpe ) (27 e) is larger than the preceding two. dT wings above mollitia. 
velvety black, the forewing with a light yellowish brown subapical band, which' is continued at the distal 
margin to the hinder angle; in this band is placed in cellule 5 a small, black, white-pupilled eye-spot; the 
hindwing at the distal and inner margins distinctly lighter; the forewing in the basal part of cellules 2 and 3 
with a rounded, dull black-grey mealy spot. The under surface is marked almost as in istaris, the eye-spots, 
however, are sometimes better developed, sometimes small and indistinct. The ? is unknown to me. — This 
very easily recognized species is only known from the Congo State, from Ruwenzori and Uganda. 
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M. Iamani Auriv. (27 a). cf: the wings above unicolorous, dark black-brown, the hindwing with a lamani. 
large, velvety black mealy spot near the hindmargin in cellule 2; on the under surface the unicolorous black- 
brown basal part is bounded by an almost straight whitish transverse line; the forewing has a large eye-spot 
in cellule 2, a small one in cellule 5 and a punctiform one in cellule 4 and in cellule 6; the hindwing has 
7 eye-spots, of which only the one in cellule 2 is somewhat larger than the others. ?: wings above lighter 
brown, the hindwing before the apex rather broadly grey; the under surface is also lighter and further differs 
in that the median line on both wings forms a weak, obtuse angle. On the lower Congo at Mukimbungu. 
M. obscura Auriv. (28a). cf; both wings above unicolorous black-brown with slight violet reflection; obscura. 
the forewing at the base and the hindwing almost to the anal angle clothed with long, appressed hairs, 
these parts consequently appearing almost black; beneath the basal part is unicolorous deep black-brown 
without gloss, but the distal part somewhat lighter and with strong silky gloss, somewhat inclining to violet; 
the forewing with a large eye-spot in cellule 2 and a small one in 5 and in 6; the hindwing with 7 eye- 
spots, of which only the one in cellule 2 is large; the black eye-spots are pupilled with bright bluish white 
and have an inner brown-yellow and an outer black-brown ring. Strongly recalls M. martins on the under 
surface. The ? is unknown. Congo and Ruwenzori. 
M. rhacotis Hew. H: both wings above unicolorous dark brown without eye-spots, at the base, rhacotis. 
especially in cellule lc of the hindwing, with appressed hairs, before the distal margin a fine, dark undulate 
line; the under surface almost darker than the upper; median line finely blackish and narrowly margined with 
violet-grey, on the forewing quite straight, on the hindwing very little curved or nearly straight; the eye-spots 
are black, white-pupilled, with a narrow yellow, a broader black-brown and a violet-grey ring; they are placed 
further than usual from the distal margin; the forewing with a larger eye-spot in cellule 2 and a smaller one 
in 5 and in 6; the hindwing with 7 eye-sp‘ots, of which those in cellules 2, 3 and 6 are of equal size and 
larger than the rest. Old Calabar, Congo and Nyassaland. 
4. Subgroup. 
The hindwing of the cf above always with two hair-pencils, one in the cell close to the costal margin ancl one in 
the basal part of cellule 6; in the normal position of the wings both are covered by the hindmargin of the forewing. The 
forewing almost always with a small, raised, weal-like mealy spot in cellule 1 a, close behind vein 1. — The upper surface 
of the wings always without white markings and the forewing never with sharply defined yellow subapical band. 
M. golo Auriv. (27 e). Roth wings above unicolorous dark brown without markings, in the ¥ somewhat goto. 
lighter than in the cf; on the under surface the basal 'part is dark velvety brown without distinct markings 
and distally almost straight, the median line being only slightly curved on the forewing and nearly straight 
on the hindwing, this line and the marginal area brown in the type-form; the eye-spots are black, white- 
pupilled, with a yellow and a black-brown ring; the forewing with a large eye-spot in cellule 2, a small one 
in 5 and a punctiform in 4 and in 6; the hindwing has 7 eye-spots, of which only the spot in cellule 2 is 
larger, but the one in cellule 6 not larger than that in cellule 5. cf: the pencils on the hindwing are light 
yellowish; the forewing with a small, not raised mealy spot in cellule la about at the middle of vein 1. 
Cameroons, Congo, Uganda. — In violascens Auriv., from Gaboon and the Congo, the median line on the violascens. 
under surface is broader and shows, together with the marginal area, a strong violet reflection. 
M. campa Karsch (27 f). Roth wings above unicolorous dark grey-brown without markings, beneath campa. 
with dark brown basal area, which on both wings (on the forewing almost rectangularly) projects strongly 
distad at vein 4; the forewing with a large eye-spot in cellule 2 and a small one in cellule 5: the hindwing 
