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wings, in transverse lines ; and on the latter, ranged 

 in single lines. There is also in the middle of the 

 lower wings a larger, and a row of smaller brown 

 dots bordering on the scalloped line of the edge. 

 Body and feelers at the top dark brown ; beneath, 

 both white ; the clubs of the feelers, and the legs 

 light brown. 



XIX. MECHANITIS MERIANA. 



M, alls atris : macula baseos (posticorum antica') 

 Jasciaque externa fulvis, swpra media^ subtus undi- 

 que albo punctatis. 



From Brazil (Rio Janeiro). — The size and 

 form coincide with the M. Eutetye, to which it is 

 very similar ; but according to a mere description, 

 it is difficult to distinguish it from the Susannah, 

 The chief colour of the wings is black ; on the 

 superior wings you first observe a triangular reddish 

 yellow spot, which extends from the root to the 

 middle of the wing, is here rounded off, and 

 leaves behind a narrow black rim on the edge of 

 the upper and lower wings. Between the tip of 

 the wing and the large patch runs a broad scalloped 

 reddish-yellow ti-ansverse band, on the inner side 

 of which deep indentures are observed. It comes 

 very close to the sector edge, but it keeps very 

 distant from the exterior. Between the two spots, 

 there are four scattered white dots. From the 

 root of the lower wings to the middle of them, a 

 longish quadrangular reddish-yellow spot extends 



