196 AUCTIABM, 



*1584. Holomelina cetes. 



Bri/cea cetes, Druce, Biol. Cent,r.-Am., Het. ii. p. 396, pi. 77. f. 18 (1897). 



c? . Head and thorax dark olive-brown ; palpi orange-red below 

 at base ; shoulders with orange-red stripes ; abdomen blue-black, 

 with orange-red lateral stripe, the ventral surface olive-brown. 

 Fore wing olive-brown, with orange-red fascia on costa extending to 

 beyond middle. Hind wing black, with large triangular orange- 

 yellow patch on basal three fourths of costa extending to just below 

 cell. Underside of fore wing yellow, tinged with scarlet towards 

 costa, a terminal black band with irregular inner edge. 



Bab. Mexico, Oaxaca, type f <5 in Coll. Schaus. Eccp, 

 30 millim. 



1585. Holomelina esula. 



JBrt/cea esula, Druce. A. M. N. H. (6) iv. p. 88 (1889); id. Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Het. ii. p. 395, pi. 77. f. 17 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 291. 



<5 . Head and thorax yellow-brown ; antennae blackish ; basal 

 joint of palpi, a ring round neck, a stripe below the wings, and fore 

 coxae at sides orange ; abdomen with black dorsal stripe, broad 

 orange lateral stripes, the ventral surface brown^ Fore wing yellow- 

 brown, with the costal edge orange to beyond middle. Hind wing 

 orange-yellow, with broad black terminal band with somewhat 

 sinuous inner edge. Underside of fore wing orange, the terminal 

 area black-brown, its inner edge bent outwards to costa and inner 

 margin. 



Ilab. Mexico, Cuernavaca, Morelos (H, S. Smith), 2 (^ type. 

 Rvj). 32 millim. 



1586. Holomelina arbela. 



Urycea arbela, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) iv. p. 89 (1889) ; id. Biol. Centr.-Am., 

 iSet. ii. p. 396, pi. 77. f. 19 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 291. 



(5 . Head and thorax dark brown ; palpi at base and a ring 

 round neck orange ; abdomen blackish, with slight orange lateral 

 streaks. Pore wing dull brown, the costal edge orange to beyond 

 middle. Hind wing orange-yellow, with broad black terminal band 

 with waved inner edge. Underside of fore wing orange-yellow, 

 the terminal area blackish, its inner edge angled inwards below 

 costa and in submedian fold. 



Hab. Mexico City (Godman), 1 cJ type, Godman-Salvin Coll 

 Exp. 40 millim. 



1587. Holomelina tenuicincta, n. sp. (Plate XLII. fig. 13.) 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown ; abdomen with 

 subdorsal orange patches at base and subdorsal segmental lines. 

 Hind wing orange-yellow ; the cilia black except at tornus. 

 Underside of fore wing orange, the costal edge black : the terminal 

 area black, with irregularly dentate inner edge extending above 



