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Show 718 MH. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS MYCALESIS. [June 27, Tbe animal in its general habit closely resembles the Alligators, and was on this account, by the late Professor Thunberg, in the University's collection, named Lacerta alligator. The specimen, which is imperfect, was brought from Sierra Leone, West Africa, by the late Professor Adam Afzelius, and was, together with his other collections, presented many years ago to this University's Zoological Museum. 8. Remarks upon the Fabrician species of the Satyride Genus Mycalesis; with Descriptions, and Notes on the named varieties. By A R T H U R G. B U T L E R , F.Z.S. The scarcity of figures of the Fabrician insects, and the culpable carelessness noticeable in the descriptions of that author, more especially the bad habit which he had of describing the same species twice under separate names, has made the determination of his species, at all times, a work requiring much time, labour, and patience. The existence of several types in the Banksian collection, of course, affords most important assistance to the student; but as the labels upon these types have in some cases been transposed, it is at all times necessary to compare the insects carefully with their descriptions. Fig. 1. Mycalesis sirius. Figs. 3, 3 a. Mycalesis terminus. 2. perseus. 4. blasius. I have recently been working out the genus Mycalesis, and I find that little or no notice has been taken of the Fabrician specimens, the necessary consequence of which has been that several of his species have been referred to genera with which they have no connexion, whilst the insects themselves have been redescribed, and thus |
