Ill AM ATI D. 13. 



*443 d. Mesothen cosmosomoides. 



Loxophlebia cosmosomoides, Roths. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 30 (1911), and xx. 

 p. 471, pi. xiv. f. 32. 



5 . Head and thorax black ; palpi yellow ; shoulders with yellow 

 patches, the metathorax with orange patch ; fore coxae white ; legs 

 yellow streaked with blackish ; abdomen orange-yellow with broad 

 black band on three penultimate segments, the ventral surface 

 whitish towards base. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins 

 black ; the base black with a slight hyaline streak below costa ; a 

 narrow black discoidal lunule ; veins to 3 yellow on the hyaline 

 area ; the terminal black band expanding very widely on apical 

 area and below vein 2. Hind wing hyaline, the veins, costa, and 

 inner area yellow; a terminal black band expanding into a large 

 patch on apical half ; the underside with the cell and costal area 

 to beyond middle yellow. 



Hub. Surinam, Maroewym Valley, Aroewarwar Creek (^Klages), 

 typef 2 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 32 millim. 



*413e. Mesothen montana. (Plate VII. fig. 21.) 



Mesothen montana, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) vii. p. 175 (1911). 



5 . Head and thorax f uscoiis brown ; legs yellow, the hind tibiae 

 except towards base and the tarsi black ; abdomen yellow with sub- 

 dorsal and sublateral series of black spots except on basal segments. 

 Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins fuscous black ; a white 

 point at base of costa ; a black discoidal bar conjoined to the costal 

 area ; the black on termen expanding widely on apical area and 

 slightly below vein 2. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins 

 black ; the black on termen expanding towards apex ; the inner 

 area black. 



Kab. Costa Rica, Mt. Poas (Schaus), typef 2 ™ U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. Exp. 42 millim. 



* 1 13/. Mesothen meridensis. 



Cosmosoma msridense, Roths. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 36 (1911), and xx. 

 p. 470, pi. xiii. fig. 24. 



5 . Head and thorax black ; frons, a band on back of head, 

 patches on tegulae, streaks on patagia, and a pair of spots on meta- 

 thorax yellow ; palpi yellow except at base and tips ; abdomen 

 black with series of metallic blue bands and narrow yellow bands 

 on 2nd and 3rd segments except on ventral surface. Fore wing 

 hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black; a yellow streak 

 below basal half of costa ; the black on termen expanding on 

 apical area. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins black ; 

 the underside with the basal costal area yellow. 



Hab. Venezuela, Merida (Bricoin), typef $ in Coll. Roth- 

 schild. Exp. 34 millim. 



