386 MR. H. W. BATES — CATALOGUE OE EETCINIDiE. 



CrICOSOMA PHjEDRA. 



c?. I" 2'". Fore-wing costa very slightly arched to three-fourths of the 

 length, then more strongly bowed to apex ; apical angle obtuse ; 

 outer margin of both wings curved outwards near the apex and 

 becoming straight towards the hind angle. Above rich oi-ange, varied 

 with a number of small blackish spots which become larger towards 

 the outer margins ; four of them form elongate streaks crossing the 

 fore-wing cell from the costa ; and the outermost form a submarginal 

 row of spots, which on the hind wing are united into a continuous line. 

 Fringe dark brown. 



Beneath, the same, scarcely paler. 



Head and body wholly orange-coloured. 



Hab. Forests of Tapajos. 



Mesene sophistes. 



c? & 5 . 1". Resembles M. eingulus, StoU (Suppl. Cram. t. 13. f. 4), 

 but wings varied with spots encircled by light-brown lines. Apex of 

 fore wings acute in both sexes. Above brown ; basal portion of both 

 wings varied by oblong brown spots margined with buff; a row of 

 similar spots near the outer margins ; across the middle of each wing 

 is a red belt which is not contmuous from one wing to another, and is 

 much broader on the fore wing, especially towards the costa. Fringe 

 brown, varied with ashy white. 



Beneath much paler, and the buff circles and marks broader and more 

 numerous. 



Hab. Upper and Lower Amazons. 



Mesene fuliginea. 



S . 1". Size and shape of M. jErope (Dbld. and Hew. Gen. D. L. pi. 71. 

 f. 2), wholly sooty-black above, with fringe of fore wings varied with 

 white. 



Beneath brown, varied with darker-brown markings or spots, which form 

 more or less regular belts across both wings. 



Hab. Villa Nova, Amazons. 



Mesene pyrsodes. 



S . 1" 2"'. Closely allied to M. ^rope (Dbld. & Hew. Gen. pi. 71. f. 2) ; 

 shape of wings very similar, but fringe wholly black. Above black, 

 disk of wings occupied by a large, rich-crimson common spot, which 

 scarcely extends to the subcostal on fore wing, and approaches very 

 nearly to the abdominal edge of the hind wing ; its upper margin on 

 fore wing is indented, and it lies much nearer the base than the outer 

 margin. 



Beneath dingy brown, with no trace of red spots, except near the inner 

 margin of the fore wing, which has a pallid-rufous cloud ; the basal 

 portion of both wings is varied by a number of short dusky streaks ; 

 and there is a submarginal row of larger dusky spots on both wings, 

 preceded by bluish lunules. 



Hab. Ega. 



