Eiyciniclrc//-o/u Costa Rica. 299 



Ix'low vein 2; apex and outer margin broadly black ; some 

 blue irrorations near apex, and traces of a paler subterminal 

 line; ccsta fuscous gr-y irrorated with blue. Hind wings 

 slightly incurved below apex and angled at vein 4 ; termen 

 narrowly black, witli some blue irrorations forming a line at 

 anal angle ; traces of a fine black subterminal line at apex. 

 Fore wings below : base dark grey ; a geminate medial 

 brown line across cell, inangled on median and outbent 

 below it, divided by a grey line ; a large black ocellus over 

 discocellular, containing three blue points, circled with an 

 orange-yellow line, outwardly more broadly so and divided 

 by a fine brown line; space below ocellus dark groy, with a 

 fuscous spot and brown lines ; a postmedial brown line out- 

 curved around ocellus, then vertical, followed by a whitish- 

 grey shade ; outer margin brown, much darker towards costa ; 

 a whitish subterminal line from vein 5 to inner margin ; a 

 pale blue shade at apex. Hind wings below consisting of 

 alternate brown and blue-grey lines, the basal, subbasal, 

 antemedial, and medial slightly wavy, the last preceded by a 

 brown spot at vein 5 ; postmedial line straighter, the space 

 beyond to termen brown crossed by an outer blue-grey shade ; 

 a similar subterminal line and interrupted marginal line. 



Expanse 29 mm. 



Ilab. Cachi. 



The female referred in the 'Biologia' to M. ccelestis, 

 G. & S., with angled hind wings belongs to this species. 



Mesosemia eaperanza^ sp. n. 



S . Body above fuscous clothed with grey haii s. Wings 

 bright blue. Fore wings : a black line across middle of cell ; 

 a large round black spot over discocellular, containing a 

 small blue and white spot ; a black postmedial line outcurved 

 on costa, then vertical to submedian ; outer margin broadly 

 black ; a subterminal blue line. Hind wings : a subterminal 

 black line only distinct near apex ; a marginal and a terminal 

 line black line. Wings below grey, lines fuscous brown. 

 Fore wings : a medial line from subcostal to submedian ; 

 ocellus containing three blue points, circled with yellow, 

 preceded and followed by dark lines, suffusing between 

 vein 2 and submedian, or separate with a dark spot in space 

 between them ; postmedial expanding slightly towards inner 

 margin ; a broad outer shade, tinged with reddish brown 

 below vein 4 ; termen fuscous crossed by a bluish marginal 

 line. Hind wings: a basal, antemedial, and medial line, the 

 last with a black spot edged with whitish at vein 5; a post- 

 medial line; all the intermediate line.s whitish grey; outer 



