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Show 1867.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS MYCALESIS. 721 This species has been figured by Donovan in his ' Insects of New Holland,' pl. 28. f. 4 ; however, I found it in the collection as the remulia of Godart, and confounded with the remulia of Cramer, from which it is very distinct. There are two forms of terminus, the one having small and nearly regular ocelli (as in the type), the latter with ocelli varying in size as in remulia ; but in both forms the undulating marginal lines and the subbasal line of the underside are very conspicuous. W e have remulia from North Ceram. Sp. 7• MYCALESIS SIRIUS. (Fig. 1, p. 718.) * Papilio sirius, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 488. n. 201 (1775). Hab. New Holland. B.M. "Alee anticce obscure rufce, apice fuscescentes, ocellis duobus ferrugineis, iride fusca, annulo atro cincta pupillaque alba ; subtus glaucce, arcubus duobus strigaque ferrugineis, apice obscuriores, ocellis sex, quinto majori. Posticce obscure rufce, margine fusco, strigis obscurioribus. Ante marginem ocelli quatuor, intermediis majoribus ; subtus basi glaucce arcubus duobus strigaque, medio ferrugineis, apice obscurioribus, ocellis septem, ultimo ad angulum ani minutissimo."-Syst. Ent. This is a common and very variable Australian species ; the specimens chiefly differ in the number of their ocelli, though the females are sometimes remarkable for having the bands of the underside margined with yellow. Mycalesis daidis, Hew., from North Ceram, and manipa of Boisduval are varieties of this insect, differing in the number of ocelli alone. 7a. MYCALESIS ZACHEEUS. Papilio zacheeus, Fabricius, Ent. Svst. iii. pt. 1. p. 217. h. 679 (1793). Hab. ? (Fabr.); Australia. 6 ?, B.M. " Alee omnes. supra fuscce ocellis duobus pupilla alba. In posticis interdum adhuc minutus ad angulum ani, subtus itidem fuscce, anticis ocellis quatuor, posticis sex, omnibus pupilla alba."- Ent. Syst. This description exactly agrees with a slight variety of the preceding, in the National Collection. Professor Westwood has placed M. sirius in the genus Ceeno-nympha (p. 398. n. 26); zacheeus is placed with a query in the genus Lasiommata (p. 387. n. 17). Sp. 8. MYCALESIS NARCISSUS. Papilio narcissus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. v. p. 428. n. 672, 673 (1798). Hab. Cape of Good Hope (Fabricius) ; Mauritius. B.M. This insect has been carefully described by Boisduval; on the upperside it is much like M. ita of Felder. * In the Banksian collection. |
