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FAMILY ERYCINIDA 



GENUS AEICOEIS. Weshuood. 

 Aricoris Jansoni, sj). nov. 



^. Alse supra fere velut in A. Lago, majores et ad basin 

 virescentes ; apice posticarum latins nigrescente : snbtns 

 fusciB anticse plaga basali a vena costali intersecta, duabnsque 

 pone medium a venis intersectis fasciam interruptam for- 

 nantibus, albis ; postica3 areis l)asali et apicali albicantibus : 

 venis nigrescentibus : exp. alar. unc. 1, lin. 9. 



?. Alte supra fere A^elut in A. Zff^o, majores et area basali 

 nitide cserulescentes : subtus fuscse cupreo nitentes albido 

 venosse ; anticse fascia postmedia obliqua oclirea ; posticie 

 costa basali oclireo albida ; margiue externo albo quadri- 

 maculato : exp. alar. unc. 1, lin. 9. 



r^. Wings ahove almost as in A. Lagus, larger, and greenish 

 at tlie base ; the apex of the hindwings more broadly black : 

 heloiv brown ; frontioings with a basal white patch, inter- 

 sected by the costal nervmre, and two patches intersected 

 by the nervures beyond the middle, forming an interrupted 

 band ; h indivings with the basal and apical areas whitish : 

 the veins blackish : expanse of wings, 1 inch, 9 lines. 



?. Wings ahove almost as in A. Lagus, larger, and with 

 the basal area brilliantly shot with blue : helow brown, shot 

 with copper-colour and veined with whitish ; frontwings 

 with an oblique ochreous band beyond the middle ; hind- 

 wings with the basal costa whitish ochreous ; the outer 

 margin with four white spots : expanse of wings 1 inch, 

 9 lines. 



Chontales (Nicaragua). Coll. Druce and B. M. 



I have described this species from the smallest specimens 

 that I have yet seen: it is constantly much larger than 

 A. Lagus : it is named after its captor, Mr. E. M. Janson. 



GENUS MESENE. 

 1. Mesene Oriens. sjy. nov. 



Alse supra aurantiacse ciliis fuscis : auticse costa apicali 

 margine externo et venarum apicibus nigris ; posticas ma- 

 culis venas terminantibus hastatis nigris : corpus auran- 

 tiacum capite albicante : alee subtus pallidiores, margine 



