MKLESE. 



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two spots below end of coll : a .small scarlet^edged hyaline s])ot 

 beyond the cell, between veins 5 and ') Hind wing crimson. 



Fig. 56. — Melese anuts/ris, (^ . \. 



2 with an irregular crimson-edged pale yellow patch on costa 

 beyond middle, extending down to vein 4 and with its outer edge 

 excised ; a series of conjoined crimson-edged yellow spots on termen 

 between apex and vein 3. 



JJab. Mexico, Jalapa (TruJiUo), ty\)e ; Guatemala (CJiam/non) ; 

 Costa Rica {Underwood), Godman-Salvin Coll.; Eeazil, Sta. 

 Catherina. E.vp., d 40, $ 44 millim. 



1816. Melese rnssata. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 1.) 



Eli/dt(s nt.<saXus, II. Edw. Papilio, iv. p. 60 (1884); Kirbv. Oat. Het. 

 p. 219. 



$ . Head and thorax orange-red. suffused with grey-brown on 

 frons, tegula3, and outer edge of patagia ; tips of antenna? and tarsi 

 white ; abdomen crimson. Fore wing crimson, suffused with grey- 

 brown, leaving a slight crimson streak below costa and slight marks 

 in cell ; irregular crimson-edged orange patches on basal area below 

 the cell ; a postmedial crimson-edged white lunule below the costa 

 with a yellowish mark above it on costa ; cilia crimson and yellow 

 from apex to vein 3. Hind wing crimson. 



Eah. Mexico, Cuesta de Misantla (Trvjillo), 1 $ , Godman- 

 Salvin Coll. Ki'p. 44 millim. 



1317. Melese incerta. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 6.) 



Malabm incertm^, Wlk. iii. 716 (1855) ; Kirby, Cat. Ilct. p. 246. 



S . Rufous brown : palpi above, sides of Irons, and 1)asal joint of 

 antennaj crimson ; tcguUe edged with (rimson ; legs white and 

 brown, fore coxae and part of femora crimson ; abdomen crimson, 

 the oxti'emity brov n, the ventral surface white. Fore wing with 

 tine subcostal crimson streak, and some crimson at base of inner 

 margin ; an antemedial crimson point on vein 1 ; cilia crimson 

 from apex to vein 2. Hind wing crimson. 



5. Antonnte white at lips ; fore wing with crimson-edged yellow 

 antemedial spot on vein 1. 



Hah. Venezuela, Aroa ; Ekazil, Para, 1 S type, Espiritu Santo, 

 2 $ ; Bolivia, R. Songo. Exi>., S 80, $ 3(3— lV» millim. 



