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intermediate country, and has never, so far as we know, been found in the great 
collecting grounds of Chiriqui and its vicinity. | 
d. Wings black, crossed by a broad bright blue band. 
5. Mesosemia gaudiolum. (Tab. XX XVIII. fig. 5, Tab. XLII. fig. 1 ¢ .) 
Mesosemia gaudiolum, Bates, Ent. Monthl. Mag. i. p. 202*; Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. ix. p. 417°. 
Alis nigris anticis, plaga magna subtriangulari a dimidio cost basali ad angulum analem extendente nitide 
cerulea; posticis margine externo angulato plaga triangulari submarginali nitide cerulea; subtus fuscis, 
fascia communi lata transversa lineis fulvis et fuscis marginata et ocellos includente; posticis maculis 
sordide albidis submarginalibus. 
9 alis fuscis, anticis bitriente basali dilutiore, parte distali linea pallida bisecta, ocello nigro bipupillato et fulvo 
ciliato ad cellule finem, extra et intra eum linea fusca ad marginem internum producta et posticas 
transeunte ; posticarum parte distali nigra et plaga purpurascente-cyaneo notata; subtus mari similis. 
Hab. Guavemata, Vera Paz (F. D. G. & O. 8.17), Choctun, Polochic valley (Hague), 
San Juan in Vera Paz, Senahu, Chiacam (Champion). 
We obtained several male specimens of this species during an excursion to the 
forests of Vera Paz north of Coban in 1862, and since then Mr. Hague has forwarded 
us others from the Polochic valley and elsewhere. Mr. Champion also found it, and to 
him we are indebted for the single female we now describe. 
M. gaudiolum frequents the dense forests of the hotter districts, and, so far as we know 
at present, its range is restricted to the department of Vera Paz in Guatemala. 
6. Mesosemia grandis. (Tab. XX XVIII. figg. 63,72.) 
Mesosemia grandis, Druce, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 159°. 
M. gaudiolo affinis, sed plagis nitide ceruleis fasciam communem latam formantibus a coste anticarum medio 
ad angulum posticarum analem transeunte. 
@ anticis parte distali rufo-brunneo lavata, posticis ad marginem externum haud ceruleis, 
Hab. Costa Rica, Cache (Rogers); Panama, Chiriqui (Arcé 1), Volcan de Chiriqui, 
Bugaba (Champion). 
Mr. Druce described this species from specimens sent from Chiriqui, and we have 
since received a large series from Mr. Champion, including examples of both sexes. Its 
presence has also been traced to Costa Rica, whence Mr. Rogers sent us a single female. 
M. grandis frequents the denser forests up to an elevation of about 4000 feet on 
the Volcano of Chiriqui. 
e. Base of primaries and discal area of secondaries pale shining blue; female 
stmilar to male. 
7. Mesosemia ceelestis, sp.n. (Tab. XXXVIII. fig. 16 9 .) 
Alis ccelestino-ceruleis, anticis parte distali nigra ocello nigro ad cellule finem et ultra eam linea acuta trans- 
versa nigra, marginem internum haud attingente ; posticis nigro marginatis; subtus alis fuscis, anticis ocello 
