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104. Melesse klagesi spec. nov. '(PI- VII. fig. 11). 



?. (Jlosely allied to .1/. haboxd Donfiiin (PI. VII. fig. 12) and M. cliiriquensis 

 Schaus. DiliVis iVdin hnhom in tho black spots in and around apex of cell of 

 forewing being larger and very distinct, somewhat ocellate; tiie postineilian hyaline 

 patch consists of a central linear oblong streak and the upper and lower spots 

 reduced to dots, while in babosa the npper and central spots are large and irregular 



in shape, and the lower one only is a dot. Tlindwing sooty grey, black instead 



of jiale grey ; abdomen bright crimson instead of pale j)inkish crimson. 



Length of fore wing : 13 mm. 



Ilab. Aroewarwa ('reek, Maroewyra Valley, Surinam, March lOofi (S. M. 

 Klages). 

 ^2 ? ?. 



HVi, Melesse flavipuucta spec. nov. (PI. VII. figs. 13, 14). 



S. Palpi ])ale crimson; head cinnamon-brown; base of antennae and collar 



pale crimson ; thorax cinnamon-brown ; abdomen rosy crimson. Forewing 



cinnamon-brown, ai)ical jiortion of costal margin and the outer margin rosy 

 crimson ; a snbliasal round liiack spot, a lialf-obi iterated darker median band and 

 a (lark jiatcli at end of cell; aliout one-third from the base on vein 1 is a round 

 spot ; npper half yellow, lower half orange. Hindwing rosy cwimson. 



? . Larger and rather ]ialer. 



Lengtii of forewing : J 15 mm. ; ? 11) mm. 



Hub. C!aparo, Trinidad, November 19(15 (S. M. Klages), type; Quevedo, 

 AV. Ecuador (v. Bnchwald); La Union, U. Huacaraayo, f !arabaya, Peru, December 1904 

 (G. Ockenden) ; Aroewarwa (ireek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, April 19U5 (S. M. 

 Klages); Sta. Catharina, Brazil; Fonte P>oa, Amazoiias, October 19(i(i (S. M. 

 Klages); Bnenavista, East Bolivia, August 1900 (.1. Steinbach); Paramaribo, 

 July 1892 ; S. Javier, R. C'achabi, Ecuador (Flemraing & Miquetta). 



21 3S, 13 ? ¥. 



106. Melesse quadripuuctata spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 15). 



?. Palpi and head yellowish crimson: thorax cinnamon-brown, variegated 



with yellowish crimson; abdomen and hindwing pale salmon-pink. lAu'ewing 



deep ciuDaraon-brown ; costal and outer margin crimson ; at end of cell a crimson 

 dot with dark ring ; a similar larger s[iot between veins 2 and 3 and 3 and 4 : 

 on vein 1 is a yellow spot with a crimson ring. 



Lengtii of forewing : 20 mm. 



Hub. Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, 6000—10,000 ft., Peru (Bottger). 



1 ?. 



107. Melesse iuconspicua spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 2S). 



¥. Head and body i)ale yellowish grey-brown. Forewing darker, with 



five half-obliterated transverse dotted l)lai-kish lines. Hindwing fuscous maize, 



semihyaline. 



Length of forewing : 12 mm. 



Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1906 (S. M. Klages). 



1 ?. 



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