58 Messrs. J. J. Joicey and G. Talbot on 
crimson. In other respects and in size not different from 
amastris 2. 
Hab. La Selva, San Juan, Choco slopes of Colombia, 
4600 feet, Sept., Oct., 1909. 299. 
9. Melese signata, sp. n. 
Closely allied to russata, H. Edw. 
6. Fore wing above darker brown than in russata. 
Basal area with irregular orange-red patches forming a 
basal, a median, and postdiseal series; the two first of 
three spots each, the anterior spot in the cell, outer row 
with anterior spot minute beyond end of cell; a white sub- 
costal spot. 
?. Fore wing above with costa edged with crimson to 
apex ; a yellowish-white costal lunule reaching below vein 5 ; 
crimson spots in basal area smaller than in ¢@, postdiscal 
series and upper median spot absent ; fringe orange, edged 
with crimson to vein 3, then blackish brown. 
Size as russata. 
Hab. Tabaconas River, N. Peru, 6000 feet (4. E. § F. 
Prathy (tau Peles 
10. Melese nebulosa, sp. n. 
Allied to flavimaculata, Dogn. 
2. Upperside of fore wing dark brown, largely suffused 
with crimson except at distal margin, base, and basal two- 
thirds of costa; a crimson spot in cell above vein 2; a 
crimson and yellow subbasal patch between cell and inner 
margin, bearing a yellow spot above the submedian ; close 
to this another similar patch, not reaching vein 2, and 
bearing a yellow spot above the submedian; in cellule 2, 
near cell, a rounded crimson spot ringed with yellow; 
between cell and apex, two subcostal spots in 5 and 6, the 
upper one yellow, the lower larger and almost white ; a sub- 
basal crimson spot on the median; the submedian edged 
with crimson to outer edge of subbasal patch, and inner 
margin yellow to same extent. Hind wing crimson, paler 
basally. 
Underside of fore wing crimson-pink; costa from opposite 
vein 2 narrowly dark brown, apex broadly so and narrowing 
to the tornus ; subapical spots as above. Hind wing pink. 
Antenne blackish, whitish at tips; head and palpi 
crimson, upper part of frons brown; tegule and base of 
patagia yellow and crimson, patagia fringed with dark 
