214 srNTOMlDJE. 



445. Mesothen pyrrha. 



Bycladia lyyrrha, Schaus, Ent. Aoi. v. p. 89 (1889); Druee, Biol.-Centr, 

 Am., Het. ii. p. 348, pi. 71. f. 27 ; Kii-by, Cat. Het. p. 146. 



J . Head and abdomen black ; antennae at tips, palpi in fronts 



frons, guise, and coxse white ; 

 thorax orange ; abdomen with 

 the ventral valve white and 

 slight dorsal white streak at 

 base ; wings hyaline, the veins 

 and margins black. Fore 

 wing with the terminal band 

 Y\g. ViX.— Mesothen 'pyrrha, ^. f. expanding on apical area and 



at tornus. Hind wing with 

 the terminal band expanding at apex, the inner area black. 

 5 . Abdomen with lateral white stripes. 



Hah. Mexico, Vera Cruz ; Colombia, 1 $ ; Cayenne. Exiy. 

 20 millim. Type t in Coll. Schans. 



446. Mesothen erythsema, n. sj). (Hate IX. fig. 2.) 



J . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; tegulae and patagia 

 crimson, the latter fringed with black ; coxse and femora crimson ; 

 abdomen with lateral crimson patches on 1st segment ; wings 

 hyaline, the veins and margins rather broadly black. Fore wing 

 with discoidal black lunule ; the terminal band expanding at tornus 

 and widely on apical area. Hind wing with the inner area black ; 

 the terminal band expanding towards costa. 



Hah. Colombia, Bogota, 1 J type. Exp. 40 milUm. 



*447. Mesothen flaviventris. 



Bycladia flaviventris, Dnice, Biol.-Oentr. Am., Het. i. p. 62, pi. 8. f. 12 

 (1884) ; Kirbj, Cat. Het. p. 146. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; antennae at tips and 

 frons white ; patagia with orange patches ; abdomen with lateral 

 white spots on 1st segment, the terminal segments orange ; wings 

 hyaline, the veins and margins rather narrowly black. Fore wing 

 with orange point at base ; the base of costal and inner areas 

 black ; a black discoidal lunule ; the terminal band expanding 

 widely on apical area and slightly at tornus. Hind wing with the 

 terminal band expanding towards apex. 



Hah. Panama, Chiriqui {Trotscli). Exjp. 26 millim. Type in 

 Coll. Staudinger. 



*448. Mesothen catherina. 



Bycladia catherina, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 275 ; & Am. Lep. pi. i. f. 12. 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; patagia with crimson 

 spots ; 4th segment of abdomen with lateral crimson spots ; Avings 



