300 Mr. W. Scliaus on 



and suUermiual broader lines, the marginal line fine ; termen 

 and cilia fuscous brown. 



Expanse 27 mm. 



Hub. Limon, Esperanza. 



Tlie female, of which only a single poor specimen was 

 found, is greyish white crossed by fuscous lines, placed the 

 same as on underside of male ; underneath the wings are 

 somewhat darker. 

 • Near M. dulcis, Stichel. 



Xenandra nigrlvenata, sp. n. 



$ . Body black. Fore wings : base to near middle, inner 

 margin, veins broadly, and a spot on discocellular velvety 

 black ; interspaces from submedian fold to costa greenish 

 slate-colour. Hind wings velvety black ; a large orange-red 

 spot from costa and near base to median and vein 3, extending 

 to near termen. Fore wings below the same, duller. Hind 

 wings below the same, but the dark space greenish slate- 

 colour crossed by black veins. 



Expanse 27 mm. 



Hah. Juan Vinas. 



Near X. vulcanalis, Stichel. 



Mesene mygdon^ sp. n. 



S . Body fuscous brown. Wings crimson, the outer 

 margins black. Fore wings : base, cell partly, and costa 

 narrowly black ; a broad black line on discocellular ; cilia at 

 apex white. Hind wings : base narrowly black ; inner 

 margin yellow-white, black towards anal angle. Wings 

 below duller red, the outer margins black. Fore wings: 

 the cell entirely black, also beyond it ; the red space narrowest 

 between veins 5 and 6 ; a short outbent black shade below 

 cell and vein 2 ; the inner margin narrowly yellowish. 



Expanse 24 mm. 



Hah. Carillo. 



Above like M. phareus, Cr., underneath like rubella, Bates. 

 A form from Guapiles has the costal margin more broadly 

 black, filling the cell completely, only interrupted by a red 

 line beyond discocellular. 



Phcenochitonia ignipicla, sp. n. 



cJ . Body and wings black. Abdomen above from near 

 base to near end crimson. Hind wings : costa to beyond 

 middle white ; a crimson space on inner half of wing from 

 close to base to termen, its outer edge incurved, broader in 



