ERYCINID.E MESOSEMIA. 



Female. Upperside light blue, smeared with brown ; both wings crossed before 

 the middle by a curved band of blue, at the middle by a donl)le line of black, followed 

 by a band of brown. The outer marguis brown, traversed by a line of blue. Anterior 

 wing with a central oblong black spot, with two dots of blue. 



Underside differs only in being lighter. 



Expan. li in. Hab. Brazil. 



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



MESOSEMIA MEANA. 23, 24. 



Upperside. Female light brown to beyond the middle. Both wings crossed 

 by numerous black lines, followed by a baud of white (narrower on the posterior 

 wing), also by a band of grey separated from the white by a black line. The outer 

 margins broadly brown. Anterior wing with a large black central spot, with three 

 dots of light Jthie. 



Underside as aljove, except that the grey band and black line of the anterior 

 wing are absent ; the black line of the posterior wing broken into spots, the grey band 

 into sagittate spots. 



Expan. 1-^ in. Ilab. Amazon. 



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



MESOSEMIA CRCESUS. ? 25, 26. 



J P. Cra'si'S, Fad. P. Cajuaiciis, Cramer, PI, 236. 



Upperside. Female light brown to beyond the middle. Both wings crossed by 

 several black lines, followed by a T)road grey band traversed by a line of black ; the 

 outer margin dark brown. Anterior wing ^^'itll a large central black spot, with three 

 dots of light bli(c. 



Underside as above, l)ut much lighter ; the grey band nearly Mhite. 



Expan. Ift-^ in. Ilab. Amazon. 



In the Collections of W. VV. Saunders and W. C. Hewitson. 



MESOSEMIA MARISA. 27. 



Upperside. Female light brown, crossed by several black lines, followed near 

 the margin by a band of grey traversed by a black line, the margins brown. Ante- 

 rioi- wing with a large central black s]iot, with three dots of blue. 



Underside as above, but lighter. 



Expan. I-iif in. Hab. Amazon. 



In the Collections of W. W. Saunders and AV. C. Hewitson. 



The three butterflies last described bear so much resemblance to each other that I have had some 

 hesitation in separating them. They may be all varieties of the female of M. Crcesus. They all have 

 tlie three hJue dots on the central black spot. M. Meana bears much resemblance to Gnerisof Boisdnval. 

 figured at Plate 71 of the " Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera." M. Marisa is the most distinct. The black 

 line which traverses the grey band of the anterior wing is nearer to the margin. 



Descriptions are entirely unavailing to point out such distinctions, and I almost doubt ray ability, 

 with the best figures I can draw, to clearly indicate the minute differences which separate even 

 good species. 



