melese. L85 



*1325 b. Melese quadripunctata. 

 Melese quadripunctata, Roths. Nov. /,<><>]. xvi. p. 19, pi. 7. f. 15 (1909). 



5 . Head and thorax greyish brown, the basal joint of antennas, 

 vertex of bead, and patches on dorsum of teguhe, a1 base of patagia, 

 and on prothorax crimson ; palpi and lower pari of Brons crimson ; 

 pectus and legs crimson, the fore and mid tibia? fuscous In-own in 

 front; abdomen crimson. Fore wing red-brown ; a slight crimson 

 streak below basal half of costa, then the costal edge crimson ; a 

 small yellow antemedial spot edged with crimson on vein I ; 

 obliquely-placed small crimson spots edged with black above ami 

 below base of vein 2: a small crimson spot edged witli black- 

 beyond the cell in discal fold; cilia crimson at base, yellow at tips 

 from apex to vein 2, then black-brown. Hind wing semihyaline 

 white tinged with crimson ; the underside with the costal area pale 

 crimson. 



Huh. Pi:i;r, Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco {13i')/ti/er), type t $ 

 in Coll. liothsehild. Exp. 41- millim. 



*132o c. Melese sordida. 



Melese sordida. Roths. Nov. Zool. xvi. p. 271 (1909), & xviii. pi. 5. ff. 40, 41. 



J. Head and thorax pale grey-brown; palpi crimson behind; 

 antenna 1 with the basal joint crimson on outer side ; fore coxae 

 tinged with crimson, the tarsi whitish; abdomen crimson, the anal 

 tuft and ventral surface brownish white. Fore wins;- pale grey- 

 brown ; a subbasal blackish point below the cell; a minute ante- 

 medial white spot defined by blackish just above vein 1 ; a blackish 

 point in middle of cell ; faint brownish medial marks above and 

 below vein 1 and slight postmedial brownish marks with white 

 scales on them above and below vein (>. Hind wing ochreous 

 white, the inner area faintly tinged with crimson'. 



5 . Head and thorax red-brown, the teguhe edged with crimson, 

 the patagia with crimson streaks, the metathorax with crimson 

 spot; fore wing red-brown, an antemedial crimson patch on inner 

 ai'ea with white spot on it above vein 1, three obliquely-placed 

 crimson medial spots between the cell and inner margin, a slight 

 crimson and yellow postmedial mark below eosta, and a small 

 white subterminal spot defined by black below vein ; hind wing 

 crimson. 



Huh. Peru, Carabaya, S. Domingo (Ockenden), tvpe f c?, $ ,]| 

 Coll. Rothschild, Tinguri. Exp., 6 3(5, 2 40 millim. 



*132o (/. Melese nigromaculata. (Plate XLVII. fig. 20.) 



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



<$ . Head and thorax rufous; abdomen rufous, the ventral 

 surface and anal tuft brownish grey. Fore wing rufous slightly 

 suffused with darker brown ; an antemedial black point below the 

 cell and whitish point defined by black above vein 1 ; a quadrate 



