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MESOSEMIA. II. 



MESOSEMIA NESTI. 11, 12. 



Diophthahna Nesti, Boisduval, Mss. 



Upperside. Male dark brown. Anterior wing witli an obscure black spot in the cell, with 

 a single dot of white. The inner margin produced as in the genus Euphea. The outer margin 

 of the posterior wing rufous, smooth, and shining. 



Underside light brown. Eoth wings with an oblong black spot in the cell, with three 

 white dots on that of the anterior wing, and two on that of the posterior wing. Both crossed 

 at the midcUe, and again, be\oiid it, by broad bands of dark bromi. Both with the outer 

 margin and a line near it brown. 



Expan. 1-^0 in. Ilab. Cayenne. 



In the Collection of Dr. Boisduval. 



This species, though widely different in the form of its anterior wing from M. Steli — the wing of the male of 

 which is not produced — does not differ from it at all on the underside. Fig. lU may apply to hoth, except only that 

 M. Steli has a round spot near the middle of the margin of the posterior wiug. 



MESOSEMIA STELI. 13. 



Diopliflialiiia Steli. Boisduval, JIss. 



Upperside. Female light rufous browii. Both wings crossed at the middle by a continuous 

 band of dark brown ; beyond the middle by a broader band of the same colour; the outer 

 margins also brown. Anterior wing with a triangular black spot in the cell with three white 

 dots, and a narrow line of brown near the outer margin. Posterior wiug with a row of five 

 lunular spots — the middle one larger than the rest — near the outer margin 



Underside as above, except that it is lighter, that the anterior wing has a small brown 

 spot near the inner margin ; that the posterior wing has a similar spot on its costal margin, and 

 an oblong black spot in the cell twice crossed with white. 



The male is much darker and smaller, but does not otherwise differ. 



Expan. S 1 j^ in. $ ly^ in. Hab. Amazon. 



In the Collections of W. W. Saunders and W. C. Hewitsou. 



Where it is not necessary to figure hoth se.^es, I have given tlie females, because they are larger, and more dis- 

 tinctly marked. 



MESOSEMIA ODICE. 14. 



Erycina Odice, Godart, Ency. Meihod. payc 583. 



Upperside. Female light brown, with numerous transverse lines. Anterior wing with 

 the usual eye-like spot at the end of the cell with three white dots and rufous iris, and below 

 it a small spot of brown. Crossed just beyond this eye by two lines of brown, and between it 

 and the base by two similar lines, except that one is short. Posterior wing crossed by two lines 

 near the base, and two near the middle. Both wings crossed beyond the middle by a band of 

 brown, and nearer the outer margin by a line of black spots, the middle one largest. 



Underside as above, except that the lines which cross the posterior wing arc more waved, 

 and the space between them thickly dotted with brown. 



