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bordered with dark brown ; a short brown line partly crosses the 

 wing from the costal margin to the end of the cell. Under side 

 pale brown. Primaries : the black spot as on the upper side, below 

 which is a small black spot edged with yellow, both spots enclosed 

 by several darl?: lines ; a reddish-bi-oAvn band crosses the wing from 

 the costal margin beyond the cell to the inner margin, beyond 

 which is a submarginal narrow black line. Secondaries very 

 similar to the piimaries, with a small black spot at the end of the 

 cell. Expanse 1| inch. 



Hah. N.W. Peru : Pai'amba, 3500 feet (Rosenberg, Mus. Druce). 



Allied to Mesosema lamackiis Hew., but without the brown 

 lines on the secondaries. 



Mesosemia candara, sp. n. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 8.) 



Male. Head, coUai', tegulse, thorax, and abdomen black, the 

 under side of the thorax, abdomen, and legs pale brown. Antennae 

 black ringed with white. Primaries bi-ight blue, the apex and 

 outer margin black ; a narrow white band partly crosses the wing 

 from the costal margin nearly to the middle of the outer margin ; 

 a large round black spot with white points in it at the end of the 

 cell, on each side of which a narrow black line crosses the wing 

 from the costal to the inner margin. Secondaries bright blue, the 

 costal, outer, and inner margins edged with black. Under side 

 pale greyish brown, the white band on the primaries about three 

 times the width as above and extending to the anal angle ; the 

 black spot the same as above, but edged with yellow ; a small black 

 spot just below the larger one, the lines very similar to those on 

 the upper side. Secondaries : a black spot at the end of the cell 

 with one white point in the middle, the wing crossed on both sides 

 of the black spot from the costal to the inner margin by a dark 

 bi-own line edged with paler brown on the inner side ; a rather 

 wide very indistinct submarginal band extends from the apex to 

 the anal angle. Expanse 1^- inch. 



Hah. Peru : Chanchamayo {Mas. Druce), 



This butterfly to some extent resembles Mesosemia loriihama 

 Hew. from Ecuador, but it is of a darker bltie colour and has only 

 one black spot on the primaries instead of two as in M. l&ruha'nia, 

 and on the vinder side it diifers in several small details. 



Mesosemia carderi, sp. n. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 9.) 



Male. Head, antennse, collar, abdomen, and legs black ; thorax 

 metallic dark blue. Primaries black, the base, costal margin, and 

 two bands crossing the wing beyond the cell dark blue ; a black 

 spot at the end of the cell with three white points, the spot 

 partly edged Avith blue on the costal side, the fringe black. 

 Secondaries black, broadly bordered with dark blue from the ajDex 

 to the anal angle, the base blue. Under side : primaries and 

 secotidaries pale greyish brown, both crossed by a number of dark 



