14G AMATTDJE. 



*44Sa'. Mesothen aurantegula. (Plate VII. fig. 25.) 



Loxophlebia aurantegula,~D. Jones, Trans. Bnt. Soc. 1914, ined. pi. i. f. 6. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown, the antennae with 

 some whitish towards tips, the tegulae with orange patches ; palpi 

 with the joints finely defined by white. Fore wing hyaline, the 

 veins and margins black ; a black discoidal bar conjoined to the 

 costal fascia ; the terminal band expanding widely on apical area 

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

 black ; the terminal band expanding somewhat towards apex. 

 i Hub. Brazil, Santos, Ghiamja (D. Jones), type f $ hi Coll. 

 D. Jones. Exp. 28 millim. 



*448i. Mesothen nana. (Plate VII fig. 26.) 



Mesothen namim, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 185 (1905). 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black, the last with a greenish 

 tinge ; frons with white spots at sides ; shoulders with orange-red 

 patches ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins rather widely 

 black. Fore wing with the black on inner margin expanding at 

 base ; a large triangular discoidal spot ; the terminal band ex- 

 panding widely on apical area and at tornus. Hind wing mostly 

 black, leaving a hyaline patch beyond the cell between veins 7 and 

 submedian fold. 



Hab. Fr. Guiana, Maroni 11., type f $ in U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 Exp. 18 millim. 



448 c. Mesothen endoleuca. (Plate VII. fig. 27.) 



Mesothen endoleuca, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 460 (1905). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; palpi in front, frons, basal 

 joint of antennae in front, a line behind antenna?, some scales on 

 edges of tegulse, patagia, shoulders, and legs white ; abdomen with 

 broad greyish subdorsal fasciae, the ventral valve of male slightly 

 edged with white ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. 

 Fore wing with the base black, the terminal band expanding at 

 apex and below vein 2. Hind wing with the inner area white below. 



Hab. Venezuela, Caura Valley (Klages), 1 J, 1 $. Exp. 

 22 millim. 



449. Mesothen desperata. 



Abdomen of male without ventral valve. 



Fig. 20.- Mesothen desperata, J. 



