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recorded (P. Z. S. 1877, 583) from Kamorta, where it was taken by Mr. Raphael 
Meldola in April. It occurs also on Katschall, Great Nicobar, is numerous on Little 
Nicobar, and Nankouri, from August to November. It has not been recorded from 
the Andamans. 
Distribution Outside Indian Area. —Mr. Distant (Rhop. Malayana, 50) records 
it from the Malay Peninsula, Penang, and Singapore. It also occurs in Sumatra, 
Nias, Java, Flores, Timor, Macassar, Borneo, Philippines, and Consul R. Swinhoe 
(P. Z. S. 1878, 696) obtained the dry-season form in Hainan. 
ORSOTRIiENA MANDATA. 
Wet-Season Brood (Plate 58, fig. 3, larva and pupa; fig. 3a, b, c, $ ). 
Mycalesis Mandata , Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. East India Corupy. i. p. 233 (1857). Butler, Catal. 
Satyr. Brit. Mus. p. 139 (1868). Davidson and Aitken, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 1890, p. 
267, pi. A, fig. 1, la, larva. 
Orsotricena Mandata , Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. Bond. 1880, p. 160; id. Lep. of Ceylon, i. p. 22, pi, 
11 , fig. 1, la (1880). 
Mycaleds ( Orsotricena) Mandata , Marshall and de Niecville, Butt, of India, etc. i. p. 113 (1883). 
Hampson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1888, p. 348. 
Mycalesis Gamaliba , Butler, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1867, pi. 2, fig. 3, 3a, b. 
Imago. —Male and female. Upper side uniform dark umber-brown ; marginal 
whitish lines distinct; the broad transverse discal band of the underside slightly 
apparent. Underside generally darker coloured ; marginal whitish lines prominent; 
discal transverse band prominent, white, broad, tapering anteriorly on the forewing ; 
the ocelli very prominent, similar to those in O . medus , and with an encircling outer 
silvery-grey ring; a few ochreous-grey scales irrorating the outer margins. Male 
with the dusky-brown tuft on both wings as described in O . medus . Body dark 
brown; sides of palpi ochreous-white. 
Expanse If to 2 inches. 
Dry-Season Brood (Plate 58, fig. 4, ? ). 
Mycalesis Mandosa , Butler, Catal. Satvridse, Brit. Mus. p. 139, pi. 3, fig. 9 (1868). 
Orsotricena Mandosa , Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. Bond. 1880, p. 160. 
Mycalesis ( Orsotricena) Mandosa , Marshall and de Niceville, Butt, of India, etc. i. p. 113 (1883). 
Imago.— Male and female. Upperside uniform dark brown, as in the wet-season 
brood. Underside with similar broad transverse discal band, which is more or less 
ochreous-wliite. Both wings with smaller ocelli, which are obsolescent on the fore¬ 
wing, much less defined on the hindwing, and very slightly ringed outwardly with 
silvery-grey. Outer margins slightly irrorated with ochreous-grey scales, Male with 
the tufts on both wings as in the wet-season brood. 
Expanse If to 2f inches. 
Adult Caterpillar.— cc Spindle-shaped; transversely rugose and rough, owing 
