SATYRINAE 
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MYCAEESIS 
Brxeatu as above: sometimes paler: often with a cliscal line from below and beyond middle of 
costa of foi'ewing to near tornus of hindwing, obscurely paler: usually five ocelli on forewing and six 
on hindwing, all more sharply defined than above. 
9 . Above and Bkxeatii as in male, but slightly paler, and Avith pale diseal line beneatli less obscure. 
TjOC. Cape York 2 8 7. Thursday Is. 12. Prince of AVales Ts. 6. Banks Is. 2 3. Darnley Is. G 7 12. 
Claudie R. 1. Cairns 5 (i 7 8 io 11. Kuranda 1 2 3 4 G 7 11 12. Tngham 4 5 9. jMackay 4. Daly 
R. 4. DarAvin 3 8 9, Melville Is. 2otf^ 17Q. 
Tile outer area.s of the forewing abo\'e are sometimes smoky: the ocelli vary considerably in size 
and number. 
19. Mycalesis terminus Pabricius. 
This si)ecies affords the best Australian illustration of a butterfly with a distinctive Avetseason and 
dryseason form: a common occurrence among the butterflies of the tropics. M. terminus terminus is 
the form taken during the Avetseason (summer') months, and lira is the less abundant form taken during 
the dryseason (Avinler) months. Neither form is strictly confined to the Avet season or the dry season, 
but each greatly jn'edominates during its OAvn period. 
Examples from Murray Ts. and Darnley Ts. are of a decidedly duller broAvn, and liaA’e the discal 
area of foreAving much ])aler. 
19a. M. terminus terminus Fabricius. Fig. 72, 73. 
Systema Entomologiae, j). 488. 1775: Donovan. Insects New Holland, pi. 28, f. 4, 1805. 
c?. Aboa'e. ForeAving reddish brown, Avith costa, apex and tennen, broadly broAvn: an irregular ill- 
defined discal area, orange-yelloAA', centred by a single prominent black ocellus in area 2. Hindwing 
broAvn A\’ith discal area shaded reddish broAA’ii: a series of three or four dark subterininal ocelli placed 
in a straight line. 
Bexeath. Brown: outer areas paler and variable: a discal line from beloAv and beyond middle 
of costa of foreAving to near tonms of hindAving, red-broAvn oufAvardly edged jAale yelloAv: foreAving 
Avith five and hindAving Avith six dark irregular subterminal ocelli. 
9 . Above and Bexeath as in male: sometime-s slightly paler. 
TvOC. Thursday Fs. 5. Prince of Wales Ts. 5 G. Banks Is. 2 3. Darnley Ts. n G 12. ‘^Fnrray Ts. S 9. 
Claudie R. 1. Cooktown 10. Cairns 1 G 7. Tvuranda 14 0 6 7 8. CardAvell G 8. Tngham 4 0 9. 
jMackay 2 3 4 7. 54 o’ 25 Q . 
19aa. M. terminus terminus, f. tira nov. Fig. 74. 
(?. Above. ForeAving pale reddish broAvn, Avjth costa, apex and termen, broadly dull broAvn: an irregu¬ 
lar illdefined discal area, dull orange-yelloAV centred by a single black ocellus in area 2. Hindwing 
dull broAvn Avitli discal area shaded pale reddish brown: a series of three or four minute dark sub- 
terminal ocelli, placed in a straight line. 
Bexeath brown: outer areas paler: a discal line from beloAV and beyond middle of costa of fore¬ 
Aving to near tornus of liindwing, I’ed-broAVu oiitAvardly edged })ale yelloAV: foroAving with fiA’e and liind- 
Aving Avitli .six minute dark subterininal ocelli. 
9 . Above and Bexeath as in male: sometimes slightly paler. 
Loc. Tvuranda 10 11. Maekay 9. 15d^ 11 Q. 
20. Mycalesis perseus Fabricius. 
Tliis name lias been applied in error to the allied Indian species. The type is still in the Banksian 
collection of the British !Museum; it is from Australia and Avas no doubt captured in the neighbourhood 
of CooktoAvn. Tliis is only one of several instances in Avliich names giA^en to Australian insects have 
been applied by early entomologists to allied species from other countries, and the error persisted in 
hy later revieAvers. 
This is an exceedingly A’ariable species, and the dryseason form perseus perseus has up to the time 
of Avriting been A’ery poorly represented in Australian collections. We ha\’e secured long series from 
Cape York and the adjacent islands, and find the variation so great that in seA-eral hundred examples 
it is diflicull to find tAA^o exactly identical. It appears to grade almost imperceptibly into the AA'etseason 
form infiiscata. 
