THE BUTTERFLIES OF CEYLON ) 
16. Mycaresis (CALYSISME) suBpITA, B., E. 
Also found in S. India. It is not mentioned by Moore 
or De Nicéville as it apparently only differs from polydecta 
in having the sex mark of the male much larger and paler, 
and this was not regarded as a distinguishing mark when 
the “ Lepidoptera of Ceylon” and “‘The Butterflies of India, 
etc.,” were published. 
Common on the roadsides at Haldummulla, especially in 
May, June, and July, but I have not yet taken it above 3,000 
feet. 
It is the only Mycalesis I have taken in the Northern 
Province. It is common at Anuradhapura, and occurs 
sparingly in the Jaffna Peninsula. Rare at Galle. 
It seems to come to sugar more readily than tyfhlus or 
polydecta, and is very easy to breed. 
“ Kandy and Ratnapura’”’ (F. M Mackwood). 
The last three species are exceedingly variable and difficult 
to distinguish. The males of typhlus and polydecta have 
a small dark brown sex mark near the dorsal margin of the 
under side of the fore wing ; swbdita hasa much larger ochreous 
one. Bingham discriminates the two former by hind wing 
under side :— 
Posterior three ocelli only in a straight line = typhlus. 
Posterior four ocelli straight = polydecta. 
From my specimens this does not seem entirely reliable, 
as I have very typical polydecta in which the last four ocelli 
are not straight, though not so much out of line as in typical 
ty phlus. 
Personally I know no rule by which I can separate the two 
with certainty, as they grade almost perfectly into one 
another. M. subdita has a far larger and lighter sex mark 
than either, but the female is, so far as I can see, quite in- 
distinguishable from folydecta 9. The marginal lines on the 
upper side are perhaps a little clearer. 
The breeding experiments I have carried out so far are 
quite inconclusive. Being bred where the female was caught, 
