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57. — Heteeochkoa melakthe. 



J . Expans. 3". Allied to S. Mesenteria, Fabr. (Cramer, ]62 b.c), 

 and resembling it in its markings underneath, but wings more ample, 

 and fore- wing less incurved on the outer border. Above : black, with 

 scarcely a trace of darker marks ; fore-wing crossed beyond the middle 

 by a broad tawny-orange belt, commencing on the costa and ending on 

 the outer border ; its inner edge even, its outer edge a little broken 

 by the black ground colour extending along the nervures. Beneath : 

 yellowish, base of wings ochreous ; markings of cell of fore-wing very 

 similar to those of S. Mesenteria ; the black colour of end of cell, 

 however, extends to the hind angle of the wing, and there are two 

 grey spots in the interspaces on either side of the base of the first 

 median branch : the rufous-yellow colour of the wing beyond the cell 

 extends quite to the outer margin, which is free from dark lines ; the 

 nervures near the apex are broadly margined with dusky, and the apex 

 itself has a white spot. The hind-wing is crossed towards the base 

 by three broadish dark brown streaks, the middle one of which joins 

 the outer one ; a dusky streak runs between each of the nervures 

 towards the margin, and there is also a dusky brown patch on the 

 outer disc ; the outer margin is pale grey, with two neat black parallel 

 lines. 



This beautiful species was found in the interior valleys of 

 Guatemala.* 



58. — TIMETES COKITA. 



^ . Expans. 2" 9'". Almost identical above with Timefe Gorinna, 

 Latr., especially with the variety or allied species called T. Marcella 

 (Felder, Lep. Nov. Columb., No. 96), but the fore- wing n)ore pointed. 

 Beneath : entirely different. The ground colour is rufous-brown ; both 

 wings are crossed by a central silvery grey line, edged on the outside 

 with darker brown ; between this and the base is a less distinct, almost 

 lunulated, grey line, and another sub-basal similar line crosses the 

 fore-wing cell : exterior to the central streak, both wings are crossed 

 by three lines of connected grey lunules, a portion of which is obsolete 

 on the fore-wing : the apical part of the fore-wing has tliree or four 



* Heterochroa Spruceana. Closely allied to B. Melanthe, but smaller (2" 7'"). wings less rounded, 

 fore-wing strongly incurved on tlie outer margin. Above : very dark brown, basal black marks of 

 under-surface of fore- wing sbining through ; fore- wing crossed by a naiTow orange-tawny belt, extending 

 from the costa to near the outer margin, its external edge very irregular. Beneath : almost identical 

 with H. mcnenlerifi, the only decided differences being the dusky brown colourof the fore-wing, through 

 which the belt appears in a paler hue, and extending to the outer margin, and the absence of the third 

 brown streak along the outer border of the liinrt wing. 



Western valleys of Chimborazo, alt. 3-400n feet. Taken by Mr. R. Spruce, 



