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MESOSEMIA. V. 



MESOSEMIA MINOS. 39, 40, 41. 



BiojMiahna Minos, Boisd. Ms. Bouhleday, Brit. Mus. List. 



Upperside. Male (fig. 40) rufous or grey-brown. Anterior wing with the 

 usual black eyelike central spot, wath three clots of white ; below it a spot of brown, 

 marked with a black spot ; both encircled with two narrow bands of brown. The 

 outer margin, a narrow line near it spotted with black at its middle, and a broad 

 transverse band, all brown. Posterior wing with eight transverse bands and the 

 outer margin brown. The space between the third and fourth bands brown, with a 

 spot of black ; the eighth (the submarginal) band slightly thickened at its middle. 



Underside as above, but lighter. 



The female (figs. 39, 4l) differs only in having the posterior wing lighter towards 

 its outer margin, and the black spot on the middle of the submarginal band more 

 distinct. 



Expan. li~o in. to l^j in. Hab. Amazon. 



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



MESOSEMIA TRAGA. 42, 43, 44. 



Diophthalma Traga, Boisd. Ms. Bouhleday, Brit. Mus. List. 



Upperside. Male (figs. 42, 44) dark brown. The central black spot with 

 three white dots, and below it a brown spot, both encircled by two narrow bands 

 of brown. The outer margin, a line near it, and a broad band, all dark brown. 

 Posterior wing dark brown from the base to the middle; from the middle to the 



