1904.] OF SOUTH-AMEKICAN BUTTERFLIES. 483 



Mesosemia axilla, sp. n. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 5.) 



Female. Head, antennfe, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. 

 Primaries dark brown, crossed beyond the cell from the costal to 

 the inner margin by a wide curved white band ; a lai'ge black 

 spot at the end of the cell edged with yellow, three small white 

 dots about the middle of the black spot. Secondaries brown, the 

 central portion of the wing white from the costal margin to nearly 

 the anal angle, the fringe of both wings dark brown. Under 

 side : — Primaries similar to the upper side, but with the veins 

 yellow and a submarginal row of white spots, the spot at the end 

 of the cell more distinct and a yellow line between it and the 

 base. Secondaries similar to the upper side, but with four white 

 spots on the outer margin nearest the apex and a yellow line on 

 the costal margin. Expanse 1\ inches. 



Hah. Bolivia : La Paz (Mus. Druce). 



This species is allied to Mesosemia mai'sidia Hew., but it differs 

 from it in the very mixch wider white bands on both wings and 

 the entire absence of the white submarginal spots on the 

 primaries. 



Mesosemia anica, sp. n. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 6.) 



Head, antennfe, collar, tegulse, thorax, abdomen, and legs dark 

 brown. Primaries dark brown, crossed beyond the cell from the 

 costal to the inner margin close to the anal angle by a rather wide 

 slightly curved white band ; a large black spot at the end of the 

 cell with three white points in it, the white point nearest the 

 inner margin of the black spot twice the size of the other two 

 white points. Secondaries dark brown, crossed fi*om the costal 

 to the inner margin by a white band almost filled up with fine- 

 waved dark brown lines, the fringes of both wings dark brown. 

 Under side of both wings very similar to the upper side, but paler 

 in coloui'. Secondaries with a black spot about the middle edged 

 with white. Expanse 2 inches. 



Sab. Peru (Mus. Druce). 



This species is allied to Mesosemia thymetus Cram., but it 

 differs from it in the white band of the primaries being much 

 narrower and that on the secondaries crossed by fine waved 

 dark brown lines. 



Mesosemia paramba, sp. n. (Plate XXXIII, fig. 7.) 



Male. Head, antennfe, collar, thorax, abdomen, and legs brown. 

 Primaries dark brown, a round black spot edged with yellow at 

 the end of the cell, a blue spot with a white point in the middle 

 of the black spot, a yellow line near the base of the cell and one 

 beyond the cell ; the inner margin from the base almost to the 

 a,pex dark blue, the fringe dark brown. Secondaries dark blue, 

 the outer margin from the apex to the inner margin broadly 



Proc. Zool. Soc.— 1904, Yol. I. No. XXXII. 32 



