494 RHOPALOCERA. 
8. Mesene silaris. (Tab. XLII. fig. 29.) 
Mesene silaris, Godm. & Salv. P. Z. 8. 1878, p. 363". 
MM. leucopo similis, cruribus anticis nigris facile distinguenda. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt 1). 
Our specimens of this species are from Belt’s collection in Nicaragua, from whence 
alone we have received it. Its black front legs easily distinguish it from its near ally 
M. leucopus. 
9. Mesene barce. 
Beotis barce, Hew. Ex. Butt., Lemonias and Bzotis, f. 77. 
Alis rufescenti-brunneis, anticis macula parva ad cellule finem, altera ad medium marginis interni, aurantiacis,. 
posticis fascia transversa ejusdem coloris bipartitis; subtus ut supra. Exp. al. 0-9 in. 
Hab. Mexico (G. Mathew 1). 
The only specimen we have seen of this distinct species is that in the Hewitson 
collection in the British Museum. This was obtained by Mr. Gervase Mathew of the 
Royal Navy, who took it in Mexico, probably near to some port on the west coast. 
The palpi being short, and not projecting beyond the forehead, indicate that this 
species should be placed in Mesene and not in Beotis. Its nearest ally is perhaps 
Mesene monogramma (Bates), synonyms of which are Beotis quadrinota, Butl. Cist. Ent. 
li. p. 82, and B. barzanes, Hew. Ex. Butt., Erycinide, f. 2. 
6’. Anal angle of secondaries produced. 
10. Mesene hedemanni. 
Mesene hedemanni, R. Feld. Verh. k. k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1869, p. 468 °. 
Mesene niciades, Boisd. Lép. Guat. p. 22?. 
Alis nigro-fuscis, anticis fascia interna et plaga elongata obliqua ultra cellulam flavidis; posticis fascia basali 
alteraque submarginali ejusdem coloris; subtus ut supra fasciis pallidioribus ; abdomine fusco ad basin 
flavido cincto, 
mari similis sed fasciis pallidioribus. 
Hab. Mexico, Paso del Macho near Cordova (Hedemann'); Guatemata 2, Chiacam, 
Panima, Cahabon (Champion), Polochic valley (Hague); Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt) ; 
Costa Rica, Cache (Rogers); Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui ( Champion), Chiriqui 
(fibbe).—CoLomBIa. 
A species allied to MW. tricolor (Symmachia tricolor, Hew.), with which it has often 
been confounded, JM. tricolor on the upper side has the transverse outer spots much 
more rufescent ; beneath the primaries have a discal streak parallel to the costa, and 
the secondaries have a yellowish patch near the middle of the inner margin, neither of 
which marks are found in I. hedemanni. 
This isa common species in the State of Panama and also in Nicaragua; but in Guate- 
