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Lethe confusa, Auriv. 
Very scarce here, but seems to have the same habits as the former sp. I have only 
obtained this insect at Hongkong. 
Fig. 1, PI. Ill is from a $ taken in July, at bamboo exudation. 
Lethe verma, Roll. 
Also apparently rare, as Commander Walker took but one specimen in March, at the 
exuding sap of a tree, and saw one or two others in local collections. I have not seen it here. 
Mycalesis (Calysisme) mineus, Linn. 
A very abundant insect, on the wing throughout the year, and though much more diurnal 
in habits than Lethe , delighting in shade and dark retreats under bushes and trees, where the same 
individuals may be found for days together. Though it does not fly far nor very swiftly, it has a 
jerky, lively flight and is constantly in movement, flitting about in the underwood and returning 
to the same resting-place again and again, often toying with others of the same species. 
It is fond of settling on the ground, especially amongst dead leaves. Mycalesis has apparently 
little taste for flowers, but may often be seen at overripe berries and the sap of various plants. 
The wet and dry forms differ considerably, but they overlap to a great extent, and the butterfly 
also varies individually, the white stripe across both wings on the underside of the d.s.f. being 
sometimes very broad and distinct, sometimes very little developed ; the same is the case with the 
ocelli on the upperside. 
Fig. 9, PI. II is from a $ taken in January or d.s.f., Fig. 10 is the underside of a $ taken 
in May or w.s.f. The sexes are alike, but the $ has a tuft of hairs on the upperside of the 
hindwing, near the anterior margin, usually hidden by the forewing but sometimes erected fan-wise. 
Egg, globular, smooth, greenish-white ; attached singly to the blades of several kinds of 
grasses and reeds, generally on the underside of the leaves. 
Larva, figured on PI. ia, Fig. 13, pupa Fig. 14. Jusf hatched the larva is entirely white, 
except the head which is brown. The larva is figured not quite fullgrown, when it changes from 
green to a uniform ochreous brown, with a very faint dorsal band, and one lateral band each side, still 
less distinct. Spiracles black but indistinct, and a faint diagonal marking on each segment each side. 
The upper surface also has a few irregularly scattered black specks. It feeds on Kyllingia 
monocephala , Rottb., and Mariscus albescens , Gaud., both widely spread tropical sp., Nat. Ord. 
Cyperacece , and on Lschoemum ciliare , Retz., Nat. Ord. Graminece , common in the tropics of 
S. E. Asia. The larvae are extremely sluggish, resting for hours in the same position, sometimes two 
or three days in the dry season. One larva I bred was pupating on February 2nd, having attached 
itself in the usual manner, when a sudden spell of very cold weather set in ; it remained in a torpid 
condition till the 13th, when the sun shone and the day was fairly warm : it then pupated actually. 
The butterfly emerged March 19th. 
