Lep idop tera of the Amazons. 131 



ing a submarginal series of black spots ; fringe black ; pri- 

 maries with a slender, obliqiie, testaceous litura across the 

 cell, a pentagonal group of dots beyond the cell, partly 

 testaceous and partly white ; body dull black, tegulre 

 tawny: wings below dull black, all the markings testa- 

 ceous: expanse of wings 1 inch. 



Pupunha, Rio Jurua, 5th November, 1874. 



AJlied to S. hippea of Herrich-Schaffer. I cannot 

 imagine why the latter should be removed from Symma- 

 chia; it is certainly not congeneric with Cricosoma leo- 

 pardinum. 



Excepting in form, aS'. punctata is almost exactly like 

 S. caUigrapha. 



Mesene, Westwood. 



149. Mesene sophistes. 



Mesene sophistes, Bates, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. 

 ix. ph 386 (1868). 

 Fonteboa, 16th December, 1874. 



Recently figured by Moeschler under the name of M. 

 pactolus. 



150. Mesene trucidata, n. sp. 



The single example in Mr. Trail's collection being both 

 faded and imperfect, I take my description from a specimen 

 obtained by Mr. Bates at Ega. 



Black, primaries crossed by a broad oblique and slightly 

 arched carmine band, secondaries crossed by a central, 

 slightly ai'ched band of half the width; wings beloAv paler, 

 basal area and outer border spotted with grey: expanse of 

 wings 1 inch. 



Coary, 16th October, 1874. 



Nearly allied to M. cingulus,\)ui with the carmine band 

 of double the width (in Mr. Trail's specimen it has faded 

 to orange). 



Calydna, Westioood. 



151. Calydna hiria. 



Erycina hiria, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 584, n. 95 

 (1823). 

 Pupunha, 5th November, 1874. 



