18(5 LITHOSlADJ:. 



black patch irrorated with whitish in the cell towards extremity; 

 three obliquely placed small white spots defined by blackish between 

 lower angle of cell and inner margin ; postmedial small white spots 

 defined by blackish on costa and in discal fold. Hind wing pale 

 crimson ; the underside brownish white. 



2 ■ Fore wing with the termen and cilia darker brown ; hind 

 wing deeper crimson, the underside pale crimson. 



Hub. Surinam, Maroewym Valley, Aroewarwar Creek ; Brazil, 

 Minas Geraes (Kennedy), type t 6 in Coll. Rothschild ; Peru, 

 Carabaya, Huacamayo, La Union. Exp., 3 30, 5 32 millim. 



*1325e. Melese albogrisea. (Plate XLVII. fig. 21.) 



Melese albogrisea, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvi. p. 273 (1909). 



2 ■ Head and thorax white tinged with red-brown ; abdomen 

 pale grey-brown dorsally tinged with crimson. Fore wing white 

 tinged with reddish brown ; small antemedial white spots defined 

 lyy blackish below median nervure and above vein 1 ; traces of a 

 brownish bar in middle of cell and of an obliquely curved series of 

 spots between lower angle of cell and inner margin ; an oblique 

 hyaline postmedial bar defined slightly by blackish from costa to 

 discal fold, its outer edge waved ; the costa towards apex and 

 termen rather darker with the cilia tinged with crimson. Hind 

 wing very pale reddish brown faintly tinged with crimson. 



Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), type f $ in Coll. Roth- 

 schild. Exp. 32 millim. 



*1325/. Melese castrena. (Plate XLVII. fig. 22.) 



Melese castrena, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 220 (1903). 



6 . Head and thorax pale brown ; palpi crimson above ; basal 

 joint of antennae' and back of head with slight crimson marks; 

 metathorax with orange patch; fore coxae and base of femora above 

 crimson ; pectus and legs whitish ; abdomen yellowish white, 

 dorsally crimson except at extremity. Fore wing yellow-brown; 

 a black point in middle of cell and slight discoidal point; scarlet 

 points below median nervure before middle of cell and in extremity ; 

 a yellowish patch on middle of inner margin with scarlet ante- 

 medial annulus on it and two medial annul!; two minute hyaline 

 spots below costa beyond middle, edged with blackish and with 

 yellowish mark with scarlet scales on its edges above them on costa. 

 Hind wing yellowish suffused with crimson on inner and terminal 

 areas. Underside of fore wing with the cell suffused with crimson. 



J I al). Brazil, Castro Parana, typef 6 in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 

 30 millim. 



*132oy. Melese pumila. (Plate XLVII. fig. 23.) 

 Melese pwtmla', Dogn. Ann. Sec. Ent. Beh/. lii. p. 154 (1908). 

 J . Head and thorax pale rufous ; antennae with the basal joint 

 pink ; pectus, coxae, tarsi, and hind legs white, the fore femora pink 



