160 l\v. W. C. Hewitson on 



Exp. 2 inches. 



Hah. — Gorge. 



This, and the three following species, have the posterior 

 wings of the same angular form as M. Telegone and 

 M. Mevania. 



Mesosemia Mamilia. 



Male, Upperside. Dark brown. Anterior wing (except 

 the costal margin, which is brown) blue, from the base 

 to the middle: a short line before the discal spot, the 

 discal spot, which is marked wdth two minute white spots, 

 and a line beyond it (which is not separate from the 

 brown of the rest of the wing till near the submedian 

 nervure) , all black : crossed by a curved band of blue 

 beyond the middle. Posterior wing with the basal half 

 blue, the outer half dark brown, traversed by a linear 

 blue band. 



Underside. Gray-brown. Anterior wing with the 

 discal spot (which is marked with three minute white 

 spots), and a spot below it, bordered with orange: 

 the line between it and the base longer than above: 

 crossed beyond the middle by a clouded band of white. 

 Posterior wing with the discal spot marked with two 

 minute white spots, and bordered with orange, with 

 bands of orange bordered with brown on each side of it : 

 crossed by a central bro^vn band, and by a submarginal 

 series of brown spots, both bordered inwardly with dull 

 white : the outer maryfin ang-ular. 



Female like the male, except that instead of the blue 

 band of the anterior wing, it is crossed by a broad pyri- 

 form band of white, and that the posterior wing is 

 crossed before the middle by a linear band of black. 



Exp. ly'^ inch. 



Hah. — Gorge. 



Mesosemia Mycene. 



Male. Upperside. Green. Anterior wing with a short 

 line before the discal spot: the discal spot (which is 

 marked with one minute spot) , a linear band beyond it, and 

 the rest of the wing (more than half), black. Posterior 

 wing with the outer margin and nervures near it black. 



Underside. Both wings with a discal spot marked with 

 one minute white spot, bordered with orange and crossed 

 on both sides of them by two brown bands : both crossed 



