ERYCINID^. — MESOSEMIA. 



MESOSEMIA MESOBA. 118,119. 



Uppekside. Male, cerulean blue. Anterior wing with the discal spot black, 

 marked by one minute white spot : crossed by six linear bands : two near the base, 

 two beyond the middle, and two submarginal. Posterior wing crossed beyond the 

 middle by four hnear black bands : the outer margins of both wings dark brown. 



Underside pale grey-brown. Anterior wing as above, except that it is crossed 

 beyond the middle by a broad band of white. Posterior wing with a minute black 

 discal spot : crossed by nine grey-brown bands. 



Exp. I-j^Iq- inch. Plab. Ecuador. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



MESOSEMIA METURA. 120, 121. 



Upperside. Male, cerulean blue. Both wings with three bands beyond the 

 middle and the outer margins dark brown. Anterior wing with a black discal spot 

 marked by one minute white spot. 



Underside rufous. The discal spot marked by three minute white spots : two 

 small brown spots below it, two bands between it and the base, and four between it 

 and the outer margin. Posterior wing with a discal spot marked by two minute 

 white spots ; crossed by nine rufous-brown bands : the outer margin brown. 



Exp. 1-j^ inch. 



In the Collection of W. W. Saunders. 



MESOSEMIA MESSALA. 122, 123. 

 S Mesosemia li/essala. Hewitson. Trans. Ent. Soc.,p. ICl, 1870. 



Upperside. Male, brilliant dark blue : the costal margin and apex of the 

 anterior wing dark bro^n, the discal black sjiot marked liy two white spots : crossed 

 beyond the middle from the costal margin to the middle of the wing by a narrow 

 band of white. 



Underside dark brown, the discal spot marked by three minute white spots: 

 the transverse white band broad and extended to the anal angle. 



Female, like the male, except that the transverse white band is broad on both 

 sides, and extends, though indistinctly, half-May across the posterior wing. 



Exp. 1 1^ inch. Ilab. Ecuador. (Gualaquisa.) 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson, 



