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Show 260 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [Apr. 21, MYCALESIS SANATANA. M. sanatana, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. i. p. 231 ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 108. Common in East Pegu in March and April at 4000 to 5000 feet. MYCALESIS GOPA. M. gopa,Ye\o\. Nov. iii. p. 501 ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 107. A specimen from the Naga Hills taken in August together with specimens of M. perdicias, Hew., from Hongkong and Ichang in China, tend to confirm the opinion I have previously expressed, that these forms are inseparable. MYCALESIS GOTAMA. M. gotama, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. i. p. 232 (1857). M. charaka, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 566; Butt. Ind. i. p. 109. Sadarga oculata, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1880, p. 158. M. oculata, Butt. Ind. i. p. 109. A specimen of the so-called M. charaka from Margharita taken by Doherty in May, and one from Bhamo obtained by Major Adamson, are inseparable' from M. gotama, which also occurs in the Loochoo Islands (Pryer) and at Kiukiang (Pratt). MYCALESIS MALSARIDA. M. malsarida, Butl. Cat. Satyr, p. 134, t. 3. 14 (1868); Butt. Ind. i. p. 127. M. khasiana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 566 ; de Nicev. J. A. S. B. vol. lvii. pt. ii. p. 273 (1889) ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 127. The wet-season form of this butterfly was taken in May by Doherty at Margharita. MYCALESIS NICOTIA. M. nicotia, Hew. Gen. D. L. p. 394, t. 67. fig. 4 (1851); Butt. Ind. i. p. 129. Males of this species were common in East Pegu at 4000 to 5000 feet in March and April, and differ from those taken at the same season in Sikkim in the ground-colour of the underside, which is much paler. A female from the Naga Hills at about 6000 feet, taken in August, is of the rainy-season form, and agrees with others from Bhutan and Sikkim taken in June and August. MYCALESIS MALSARA. M. malsara, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. i. p. 231 ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 129. Samanta rudis, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1880, p. 166. Mycalesis rudis, Butt. Ind. i. p. 130. Common in March and April in the Karen Hills. The ocelli and breadth of the white band below are very variable, but all are nearer to the form rudis than to the rainy-season form |