184 lithosiadj:. 



with yellowish white centre ahove vein 1; a crimson spot with pale 



edge in the cell towards extremity, a similar spot below end of cell, 

 and eon joined pale crimson spots with dee]) crimson annuli on them 

 above and below middle of vein 1 ; an oblique irregular pale crim- 

 son postmedial patch from eosta to vein o with triangidar yellow 

 spol I'dged with deep crimson on it above vein G and elongate 

 yellowish white spot edged with deep crimson ahove vein t5, its 

 lower extremity hooked ; short crimson streaks on extremities of 

 veins S to 6. Hind wing crimson, the cilia yellow. Underside of 

 tore wing crimson, the costal edge and apical area grey-brown, the 

 latter narrowing to above tornus, obliquely placed white postmedial 

 spots above and below vein 6. 



Ral). Pebu, San Gaban, type f $ in Coll. Joicey. Exp. 

 36 millini. 



1324 a. Melese chiriquensis. (Plate XLVII. fig. 18.) 



Melese chiriquensis, Schaus, l'r. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 220 (1905). 



6. Head and thorax dark red-brown; palpi crimson above; 

 basal joint of antennae and back of head with slight crimson 

 marks; pectus crimson; legs crimson at base, then brown and 

 white ; abdomen dorsally crimson, ventrally white and with brown 

 lateral streaks. Fore wing greyish brown thickly irrorated with 

 lii .eons ; a slight crimson mark at base of inner margin ; a crimson 

 antemedial spot below the cell with white point below it on vein 1 ; 

 a bifid hyaline spot below costa beyond middle, its upper part 

 small ; some crimson-tinged white points on costa towards apex 

 and on apical part of cilia. Hind wing with the basal half crim- 

 son, the terminal half brown with crimson spot below costa just 

 beyond middle. 



Hab. Costa Rica, Juan Vinas (Schaus), Id; Panama, 

 Chiriqui, type t 6 in P- s - Nat. Mus. Exp. 30 millini. 



L325a. Melese pusilla. (Plate XLVII. fig. 19.) 

 Melese pusilla, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvi. p. 272 (1909). 



Head and thorax rufous ; palpi crimson, brown in front except 

 at base; antenna' with tin' basal joint crimson in front; pectus, 

 fore coxae, and the femora above crimson; abdomen crimson, the 

 ventral surface and anal tufl pale brownish. Fore wing red-brown 

 suffused with darker brown ; antemedial white points defined b} r 

 blackish below median nervure and above vein 1 ; a small blackish 

 spot in middle of cell ; ;i faint postmedial dark shade with three 

 slight whitish spots on it towards costa, below which it is slightly 

 incurved, strongly incurved below vein 1 and with a patch of 

 whitish scales on it above inner margin. Hind wing crimson; the 

 underside whitish tinged with crimson. 



//r/A. SiKiNAM. Maroewym Valley. Aroewarwar Creek; Bit. 

 <ii [ana, l'otaro ( Klages), typet 6 in Coll. Rothschild ; Beazil, 

 Ain:i/ons, Ega (Bates), 1 6, Fonte Boa. Exp., 6 20, $ 

 2:i millim. 



