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LEPIDOPTERA INDIG A. 
SAMANTA MISENUS (Plate 70, fig* 1, la, S S ?). 
Mycalesis ( Samanta ) Mismus , de Niceville, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 1889, p. 164, pi. A, 
fig. 8, (J. 
Imago. —Male and female. Upperside. Both wings somewliat darker than in 
S. Nicotia. Forewing with either one, or two, sometimes three, subapical ocelli in 
the male, and two in the female ; the upper and lower when present in the male being 
very minute; the median ocellus invariably smaller than in S. Nicotia. Ilindiving 
with a similar median ocellus. Underside. Both wings with the basal area pale 
cinerescent-brown, the short strigae much darker brown and more densely disposed, 
the transverse discal band is much paler yellow and slightly narrower, the exterior 
margins of both wings pale cinerescent-ochreous, traversed by the marginal lines; 
ocelli on both wings similar and of the same number as in S. Nicotia. Male with 
.the subbasal tuft composed of ochreous hairs (these tufts being black in Nicotia), 
and the glandular patch also composed of ochreous scales. 
Expanse, c? 2f, ?2| inches. 
Habitat. —Sikkim ; Khasias. 
Mr. L. de Niceville remarks (Journ. Bombay N. H. S. 1889, 164) that c£ Mr. 
Otto Muller and I independently discriminated this species as distinct from Nicotia 
by the conspicuously darker ground-colour of the underside; it was only afterwards 
that the marked difference between the two species in the colour of the hairs of the 
‘ scent-fan ’ was noticed. It appears probable that this species only occurs in the 
ocellated form, as is the case in M. Ileri , and M. SuaveolensF 
Disteibotion According to Mr. L. de Niceville (1. c. p. 164), “ males and 
females were obtained in Sikkim from April 1st to May 1st, i.e. in the dry season ; 
and males and females from the Ivhasia Hills have been obtained by the Rev. W. A. 
Hamilton.” 
The illustrations of this species on our Plate 70, figs. 1, la, b, represent 
the male and female from specimens taken in Sikkim by Mr. 0. Muller, and now in 
the collection of Mr. J. H. Leech. 
SAMANTA HER! (Plate 70, fig. 2, 2a, b, $ ? ). 
Mycalesis Heri, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. Compy. i, p. 233 (1857), $. Butler, Catal. Satyr. 
Brit. Mus. p. 134 (1868). 
Samanta Heri , Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. 1880, p. 167. 
Mycalesis (Samanta) Heri , Marshall and de Niceville, Butt, of India, etc. i. p. 128 (1883). 
Imago. —Male. Upperside bright olivescent ochreous-brown; marginal lines 
and cilia pale ochreous-brown. Forewing with a large prominent subapical ocellus, 
and a very large lower median ocellus, black with ochreous outer ring and white 
pupil. Ilindwing with three moderatelv-large discal ocelli, the upper one smallest; 
sometimes there is a fourth lower minute ocellule, in the male, between the median 
