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forming a submarginal row. Fringe near apex of fore wing white, 



rest black. Hind wing with an oblong saffron-coloured spot across 



the disk and including the abdominal margin. 

 Beneath dark brown, with the darker spots much less distinct than 



above ; the yellow spot of hind wing brighter than above. 

 Body brown. 

 Hab. Altar do Chao, R. Tapajos. 



Mesene eupteryx. 



(S • I" 2'" . Wings elongated and narrow, more so than in M. Nola, 

 H.-Schfiffer (Exot. Schmett. f. 23). Anal angle of hind wing rather less 

 prominent than the rounded outer mai'gin. Above vermilion-red ; 

 outer border of fore wing very narrowly edged with black ; outer mar- 

 gin of hind wing rather more broadly edged with black, which in some 

 examples is dilated into spots towards the anal angle ; the black border 

 extends round the apex to the costa, and round the anal angle a 

 short way up the abdominal edge. 



Beneath reddish ochreous ; black margins a little wider j apical half of 

 fore wing black, with a large buff spot in the middle. 



Head, palpi, and legs yellow. Thorax and abdomen orange. 



Hab. Para and banks of the Tapajos. 



Mesene Nydia. 



$ . I" 4'". Possibly the $ of M. eupteryx, but the locality different. 

 Wings elongated; above ochreous red, with a broadish outer and costal, 

 and very broad apical, black border to the fore wing, and a broad in- 

 dented outer border to the hind wing, extending a little along the 

 costa and abdominal edge. The black apical part of the fore wing 

 has a buff spot in the middle. 



Beneath, the same. 



Body orange ; abdomen brown at the base ; face, palpi, and legs yellow. 



Hab. Ega. 



Mesene Pyrrha. 



$. 1" 2'". Closely allied to M. Nola, H.-Schaff. (Exot. Schmett. 

 f. 23), of which both sexes are nearly alike in colours and markings ; 

 above rich orange-red, with a buff spot near middle of outer border 

 of hind wing ; the apical third of fore wing is deep black, but the mar- 

 gin of the black is very irregular and very deeply sinuated in its lower 

 portion ; in the middle it has a large buff spot. The outer edge of 

 hind wing is narrowly black and has three black marginal spots, one 

 at the apex and two at and near the anal angle. Fringe black. 



Beneath, the same. 



Head and body orange ; face, palpi, and leg;s yellowish. 



Hab. Ega. 



Genus Pachythone, nov. gen. 

 This new genus is formed to include a number of species Very 



hiss. PBOC. — ZOOLOGY, VOL. IX. 30 



