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in the middle into a somewhat lengthened lobe. Above : deep black, 

 wings crossed by a broad light blue belt stretching, in the fore-wing, 

 from the basal part of the costa to near the hind-angle, and, in the 

 hind-wing, accompanying the outer border and dilated near the lobe. 

 Beneath : brown, with a large black ocellus, having two white pupils 

 placed obliquely, and surrounded by two yellowish rings ; outer border 

 dark brown, with a dark brown belt between the border and the cell. 

 From the ocellus extends a light brown line (margined with dark 

 brown), which crosses also the hind- wing to near the abdominal margin; 

 the hind-wing has a small black ocellus with yellowish iris, and the 

 outer border is broadly dark brown, with a row of six dull whitish 

 specks. — 



Guatemala ; province of Vera Paz. 



78. — MESOSEMIA VESTALIS. 



? . Closely allied to M. Lagora (Hewits., Exot. Butt. Mesos., 

 f. 20). Above: white. Fore-wing crossed by three light brown lines, 

 namely, one near the base, and two beyond the end of the cell, besides 

 which, the outer border is narrowly light brown ; at the end of the cell 

 is an ocellus, with a linear deep black pup»il, surrounded by a pale and 

 a greyish ring ; near the outer margin is a string of blackish spots* 

 The two outer brown lines are continued on the hind-wing, but the 

 basal one is wanting. There is a row of three black spots near the 

 anal angle; the outer border is white and free from dark lines. Beneath: 

 the dark lines are much thicker than above, and there are four on the 

 anterior wing and five on the hiud-wing ; besides which, the outer 

 borders are broadly brown, and have a line of sub-marginal black spots, 

 edged with grey lunules. The ocellus of fore-wing is rounded and 

 black, and has a white pupil. 



Guatemala ; province of Vera Paz. 



79. — PHELES ALICIA. 



(^ . Fore-wing of same form as P. heliconides (H. Sch.). Hind-wing 

 more ample, anal angle slightly produced and pointed. Above : deep 

 blue-black, opaque, glossy ; fore-wing crossed, beyond the cell, by a 

 faintly transparent and silky-white belt ; some of the. nervures which 

 traverse it are black, and it terminates near the end of the first median 

 branch, a small white spot lying between this and the hind angle. The 

 hind-wing has a clear white fringe. Beneath : duller bluish-black, with 

 the white belt same as above ; the hind-wing has a number of bluish- 

 grey streaks, one of which is on #he costa, another on the abdominal 

 edge, and the rest, much abbreviated, between the nervures. Head 



