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Hah. Tingnri. Carabaya, 340ii ft., dry season, Angnsf l'.iu4, aud Santo 

 Domiugo, Carabaya, 0000 ft., .Inly l'.H)2, dry season (G. R. Ookenden). 

 ■^ SS,\ ?. 



1-"). Melesse hampsoni spec. nov. 



f?. Coxae, poctns, and palpi crimson ; niitennae \^v.\o fuseons with wliite tii)s ; 



head and tliorax brownish grey ; abdomen crimson. Forewing brownish grey ; 



in cell a luinnte black dot, beyond cell two black dots; below these two dots an 

 ill-defined brown patch ; from base for two-thirds of length of inner margin :i 

 large irregnlar orange patch between inner margin and vein 4; a cell-spot within 

 this orange patch. Hindwing crimson. 



Length of forewing : 12 mm. 



Hah. Potaro, British Gniana, April 10i)S ; Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May Ulofi, 

 and Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewyra Valley, Snrinam, A]iril Itdi.") Cfi.. M. Klages); 

 La Union, Rio Hnacamayo, Carabaya, 2i)0i) ft., wet season, November YM)\ 

 (G. R. Ockenden). 



21 S6. 



M. Melesse punctata si)ec. nov. 



(?. Poctns, palpi, and coxae pale crimson ; legs wliitish clay-brown ; antennae 

 j)ale brown, strongly pectinated ; head and thorax lavender-grey, strongly washed 



with pale crimson ; abdomen pale crimson. Forewing pale testaceous brown, a 



donble yellow spot ringed with scarlet on and below costa one-fourth from apex ; 

 in cell and on disc six scarlet spots, one l)etween vein 1 and inner margin with 

 yellow centre. Hindwing pale crimson. 



Length of forewing : 12'.5 mm. 



Hah. Bulim, Ecuador, December lltiio (Flemming & Mi({netta). 



1 cT. 



IT. Melesse pusilla spec. nov. 



(J. Pectus and palpi pale crimson ; legs, head, and thorax brown : antennae 



brown, anterior one-third white ; abdomen crimson, tij) yellowish. Forewing 



bright brown, a snbbasal and a cellular blackish dot with pale centre one-fonrtii 

 I'roni ai)ex ; from costa to vein 7 a greyish white streak ; a pale grey ill-dcfiiicd 

 patch above inner margin on disc. Hindwing pale crimson. 



?. Pectus pale crimson; palpi, head, antennae, and thorax pale lirown ; 



abdiimen dull crimson. Forewing reddish brown, one-fifth from base between 



veins 2 and 4 two white dots with dark rings ; a blnckish dot in cell and a white 

 spot on costa one-fourth from apex. Hindwing pale crimson. 



Length of forewing : S W mm.; ? 11 ram. 



Ha-h. Potaro, British Gniana, May 19t)8 ; Fonte Boa, Amazouas, October 19Ufi : 

 and Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, (Surinam, May I'.to.j (S. M. Klages). 



3 cJc?, 1 ?. 



18. Melesse nigromaculata spec. nov. 



S- Pectns, legs, palpi, head, antennae, and thorax pale yellowish brown ; 



abdomen pale crimson. Forewing pale yellowish brown, a white spot on costa 



and one below it at apex of cell ; a square black jiatch in cell and a snbbasal 

 black spot ; a white spot on vein 3 and a similar one on vein 2 on disc. Hind- 

 wing pale rose. 



