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MESOSEMIA. VIII. 



MESOSEMIA MACILERA. 70, 71. 



Upperside. ]\Iale dark brown. Anterior wing crossed beyond the middle by 

 a band of white. The black spot with three white dots ; a brown spot lielow it ; two 

 bands between it and the base, and two I)eyond it. Posterior wing with the outer 

 half white. Crossed at the middle by three distinct bands of black ; a short line at the 

 anal angle. 



Underside as above, except that the white band of the anterior wing is obscure, 

 and that the posterior wing has ten transverse bands, with a black spot between the 

 fourth and fifth ; the ninth band broad, the tenth broken into spots. 



Expan. Iyo in. Ilab. Amazon. 



In the Collection of the British Museum. 



MESOSEMIA MAGETE. 73. 



Upperside rufous-brown. Both wings crossed beyond the middle liy a broad 

 band of white. The central spot of the anterior wing with three white dots ; an in- 

 closed space below it, and three bands on each side of it. Posterior wing with seven 

 bands of brown, the three outer bands broad and distinct ; a white spot on the apex. 



Underside as above. 



Expan. Irti) in. Hab. Amazon. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitsou. 



MESOSEMIA MATISCA. 73. 



Upperside. Female white. The central black spot of the anterior wing with 

 three white dots, bordered with yellow and surrounded by a large space of grey-brown. 

 Between it and the outer margin, which is bi-oadly ])rown, there is a transverse band 

 of the same colom-. Posterior wing crossed transversely by four bands of lirown ; 

 the outer margin slightly brown. 



Underside as above, except that the transverse bands are broader. 



Expan. 1 in. Hab. Amazon. 



In the Collection of Mr. Bates. 



Closely allied to P. Hyphea of Cramer, but without the linear black band which crosses both the 

 wings of that species. 



MESOSEMIA MELESE. 74. 



Upperside light brown. Both wings with the central black spot. On the an- 

 terior wing with three white dots ; on the posterior with one. Both with some indis- 



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