MELAMEEID,E. — CEEATOCAMPLELE. 1 9 



Mennis cytherea. (Tab. II. fig. 12.) 



Mennis cytherea, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 287. 



Wings above orange-red ; all the veins black ; the apex and outer margins of the 

 primaries narrowly black ; the costal margin of the secondaries broadly black. Fringe 

 black. Body black. 



Expanse 23 millim. 



Hdb. Peru. 



Mennis una. (Tab. II. fig. 13.) 



Mennis una, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 287. 



Bed ; the costal and outer margins narrowly black on the primaries ; also a few 

 black specks on the veins near the apex. Secondaries with only the outer margins 

 black. 



Expanse 22 millim. 



Hob. Petropolis, Brazil. 



Nelo caullama. (Tab. II. fig. 18.) 



Nelo caullama, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 288. 



Primaries red ; the costal and inner margins narrowly, the apex and outer margin 

 broadly black. Secondaries black. Body black. 

 Expanse 30 millim. 



Hab. Peru. 



This species closely resembles Nelo coccineata, Walker, but differs in the shape and 

 extent of the red. 



Fam. CERATOCAMPID^:. 

 Syssisphinx basirei. (Tab. III. fig. 5.) 



Syssphinx basirei, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 289. 



Primaries above fawn-colour at the base and along the outer margin, the median 

 space darker, and separated from the paler portions by a basal and marginal dark brown 

 line ; almost the entire median spaces from the subcostal to the submedian vein 

 vitreous, here and there flecked with opaque clusters of scales. Secondaries fawn- 

 colour, with a dark marginal line, beyond which the wing is slightly darker than at the 

 base ; the disk of the wings occupied by large vitreous patches as on the primaries. 



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