^VJ NVMOMlD.t:. 



Ccnu MESOTHEN, nov. 



TTfM\ M. jn/rrho. 



l'rnlK>rt<M« fully {K«vtlo])0(l ; j):»l|»i oMkiuoIv ujitiirntd niul reiu'liiMf; jiint nl)ov(7 

 vorU'X of lii'iul : aiit«iiiuf of m:il»< hipcvtiimt**, with tnoilfrnto hniiiolie* ; tibiar 

 with tho 8j)urs short ; aUhiincii «»f mnlo with vontrul valvo covorin^ biiAul 

 8egTiieut». l-'orr winj; with vriii .'l from aiigh* of cell ; .'» from will nUjvi' nngle ; 

 « I from upprr niiyh' ; 7.8,1), 1(» stalked, 11 from cell. Hind wing with the 

 lower part of (vll whort, the discoeelluhini nngh-d just tilK)ve median nervuro ; 

 \ein8 L' and 4 ttalkoil ; .'l antl .') abfteut ; (», 7 from upjx-r angle, 



A. Thorax and ahd..inen yellow, the hitler »treukcd with black. ttHjttthofrr,. 

 li. Thorax atid nlxloiiii<n onmgr. 



n. Abdomen batidod with blai-k petariri*. 



ft. Abilomen with dor*uil Mcrie!! of bhick 8)>ol0 Ufnta. 



C. Thorrix black with oriinge markings; iihtlumrn ornnge with 



black biindH guiiitnt. 



I). Tlu>nix orange-reil ; alxlomen black. 



II. AlHloriii'ii wjth nulMlorwid re<l »»poiH oti ]M throe .Hegmentn. rpimetheu*. 



f>. Alxlom<-n without »»id>(lor!»rtl rtHJ •.jM>t.'» pi/rrha. 



K. Thor.ix and aUh>meu black. 



a. Tegidw. patagin.nnd imtcheit nl baiM* of abdomen crimson, erytfurma. 



b. Patagia ond termiunl i*egments of nUIomon ornnge flarivrntri.s 



f. Patagia nml -Ith (*ogment of aUhnnen with crimson spots, caihrrina. 



(I. Thorax and atxhmien whollr black nnd grey dritj}frala. 



• H". Mesothcn rogcnhoferi. 



Di/i'Utdia rogeithofen, Sohnus. I' Z S. Is'cj, p. *J7.'» , it Am. I^'p. pi. 1 

 f. l.S. 



$ . Hoii'l hliick : julpi at l):i«c and h ir k of hrafl yellow ; from* 

 white; thorax and ahdonicii yellow; thorax with dor.sfil black 

 Htripe ; knees and tar^i M ick ; alulonuii with dorsal nnd lateral 

 black Rtrii>o.H, ln-cominp obsolete towarrln extremity, the lateral 

 htripes heeoniinj? stiblaternl towards ha.'*e ; winj^H hyaline, tho veins 

 and niarjjins black. Fore winp with short yellow streak above 

 ])a.se of inner margin, the terminal band expanding: to nj»ical area. 

 Hind winp with ."^ome yellow at ba5e. 



Haf>. liuAzn. Kio Janeiro. /•>;». .'30 millim. Typet in Coll. 

 Schau.'*. 



441. Mesothen petosiris. (Plate VIII. tig. 1.) 



Ijoxophlrhia prioms, Druce, P. Z. S. 18^3, p. 37«» ; Kirby Cat. lid. p. l.'i.'i. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen orange; antennir Idack : tegula[> 

 and patagia edged with black ; abd«»men with pair of dorsal black 

 .spots on 1st segment ; the 2nd segment with large 1)1 ue and black 

 suMor.sal patches, the 'Mi\ and 4th with blue and black bands: 

 the tcrnnnal segments blue-black ; wings hyaline, the veins and 

 margins rather narrowly black. Fore wing with orange-yellow 

 streak below costa and short streak alw)vc inner margin : the terminal 

 band expanding widely on a])ical area. Uind wing with some 

 vellow nl base, the inner area black. 



