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thorax with Mack spots, patagia black at tips, fore legs black in 

 front ; abdomen with dorsal series of large black spots and lateral 

 series of small spots, the three terminal segments black suffused 

 with metallic blue. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins 

 black ; the base orange, emitting a short streak above inner 

 margin and long fine streak below costa to near apex, a small 

 black spot at base of costa ; a black discoidal bar ; the terminal 

 band expanding widely on apical area and slightly at tornus. 

 Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins black ; some orange 

 at base of costa and inner margin ; the inner area black ; the 

 terminal band expanding slightly towards apex. 



Sab. S.E. Peru, Carabaya, St. Domingo, type f ? in Coll. 

 Dognin. Exp. 36 millim. 



*442 d. Mesothen flavicostata. (Plate VII. fig. 19.) 



Mesothen flaricostata, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xviii. p. 77 (1906). 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen orange ; palpi and antennae 

 black, the latter with the shaft white towards tips ; vertex of head 

 with black point; shoulders, pro- and metathorax witli black 

 spots, the patagia with short black stripes ; fore coxa? in front, 

 the extremity of femora, and the tibiae and tarsi above black, ex- 

 tremities of mid femora and the base and extremity of tibiae and 

 tarsi black ; hind legs with the extremity of femora and base of 

 tihi;e black; abdomen with dorsal and lateral series of black spots, 

 the ventral valve with black spot at extremity and line beyond it, 

 the end of abdomen blue-black. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and 

 margins black ; an orange streak below costa to well beyond middle 

 and some orange at base ; a slight black discoidal lunule ; the 

 terminal band expanding widely on apical area and slightly at 

 tornus. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins black ; the 

 inner area black with a slight hyaline streak; the terminal line 

 expanding into a patch on apical area. 



Hab. Peru, St. Domingo (Ocke/iden), type f in Coll. Joice^v. 

 Exp. 32 millim. 



442 e. Mesothen nomia. (Plate VII. fig. 20.) 



Mesothen nomia, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) v. p. 507 (1900). 



$ . Head orange ; antennae black ; tegulse and patagia orange, 

 the former black at base, the latter on outer side ; thorax black with 

 orange spots on meso- and metathorax ; pectus with orange lateral 

 patches ; legs orange, coxa? black, the fore coxa? orange in front, 

 f'emoro-tibial joints and hind tarsi above black ; abdomen black with 

 brilliant blue bands and broad orange bands on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th 

 segments. Wings hyaline, the veins and margins black ; fore wing 

 with orange fascia below basal half of costa conjoined at base to a 

 short streak above inner margin ; the terminal band expanding on 

 apical area and slightly at tornus ; hind wing with orange streaks 



