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is an orange subcostal streak; the outline of the orange hue is pro- 

 minent near the costa, where it has a notch in front; underside 

 with a white streak and a white spot on the costa, and a white spot 

 on the exterior border. Hind wings with a very broad bright 

 orange stripe, which is narrower towards the exterior border, to 

 which it nearly extends; under side with three white stripes, which 

 towards the base are only separated by the veins, and of which the 

 middle one is much longer than the hind one, and more than twice 

 the length of the costal one ; three exterior elongated white spots of 

 various size. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 l.nes. 



a. Bogota, New Grenada. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Mennis districta. 



Mas. Nigra ; caput et thorax pilosa; palpi porrecti, pilosis caput 

 vix superantcs, articulo do longi-conico ; antenna: subsetulosce ; 

 alee ovhracece, margine fasciaque angustis nigris ; anticce 

 elongates. 



Male. Deep black. Head and thorax pilose. Proboscis long. 

 Palpi porrect, pilose, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint 

 elongate-conical. Antennae minutely setulose. Abdomen hardly 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Wings ochraceous, lonir, rather 

 broad, with a narrow black border, which is slightly dilated at the 

 tips. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with a narrow black band at 

 a little beyond the middle; exterior border convex, very oblique. 

 Hind wings much shorter; a narrow black band at two-thirds of 

 the length, interrupted and abbreviated towards the costa. Length 

 of the body 6 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. New Grenada. From Mr. Mark's collection. 



■ ; 5 ; MS Mennis Integra. &,$ 



Mas. Atra; ala oehracece, margine tenui nigro ; antics margine 

 apud apices valde dilatato. 



Male. Deep black, in structure like M. districta. Wings 

 ochraceous, with a narrow black border, which is much dilated at 

 the tips of the fore wings and hardly dilated at the tips of the hind 

 wings. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 19 lines. 



a. Bogota. 



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