underwoodi. 
dorothea. 
uprepia. 
chozeba. 
sesamus. 
par anens is. 
ftavimacu- 
lata. 
ocellata. 
liampsoni. 
leucanioi- 
des. 
erythrastis. 
silvicola. 
innocua. 
quadrina. 
sordida. 
340 MELESE. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
is black with blue tubercles exhibiting black bristles. Head black, marked orange. From Panama through 
South America to Paraguay and Peru. Apparently everywhere rare. 
M. underwoodi Rothsch. is almost exactly like cruenta, but the forewing cpiite unicolorously red-brown, 
without the light discal spot, the marginal part in the $ (the <$ is not described) almost unnoticeably lighter, 
the hindwings diaphanous whitish, faintly tinted pink, with almost red-ochreous margins. Described accor¬ 
ding to 1 $ in the Tring Museum. Costa Rica. 
M. dorothea Stoll ( = leucostigma Sepp) (44 c) is but slightly smaller than cruenta, the forewing dull 
violettish-grey, in and below the cell spotted crimson-pink, at the same place as in cruenta there is a dull yellow 
($) or whitish {$) hyaline spot. In the <$ besides the inverted marginal part of the forewing is bright reddish- 
yellow. — Larva iron-grey, across the dorsum darker Avith a blackish-grey head and blue tubercles bearing 
straddling hair-tufts. It changes in an oviform Aveb intermixed with hairs into a lustrous red-brown, oval pupa. 
Guiana, apparently rather rare. 
M. aprepia Dgn. ( = inconspicua Rothsch.) (43 k, as inconspicua). Very much smaller than the 
preceding, on the greyish-red forewing a number of darker ring-spots: 2 basal ones, 2 antemedian ones, 1 cell- 
spot, 1 oblique spot beloAV the median, 5 more behind the cell in the interspaces of veins 3 to 8. Hindwings 
pale ochreous-yelloAV. Guiana and Upper Amazon. 
M. chozeba Drc. (= intensa Rothsch.) (43 g). The fiery ruddle-red forewing of the has dark shades, 
particularly across the posterior part of the cell and before the distal margin, at the inverted place. The forewing 
usually also shows behind the cell traces of minute light spots which, however, vary extraordinarily. The species 
is distributed from Costa Rica to the south as far as Rio Grande do Srd in the east and Peru in the Avest. On 
the Volcano Irazu in Costa Rica the most common female form is a form Avith entirely unmarked foreAvings 
tinted violettish-brown; beside this form there also occur specimens Avith a distinct postcellular hyaline spot 
in both sexes, which I denominate sesanius form. nov. (43 g) and which are usually larger than typical chozeba. 
M. paranensis Dgn. (45 h) is easily recognizable by the angular apex of the $ hindwing. ForeAvings 
light brown; the base of the proximal margin is strewn with yellow and from the middle of the proximal margin 
there extends a ruddle-red stripe obliquely into the wing. A post-median yelloAV spot is bordered with red. 38 mm. 
On the Upper Parana. 
M. flavimaculata Dgn. (43 h). The yellowish-red foreAving is at the costa darkened greyish, its distal 
part shaded Avith violettish-green, so that there remains only at the border a row of fiery-red internerval spots. 
In the middle of the cell, before the middle of the submedian space and before the apex golden yelloAV spots 
encircled by red. Ecuador. 
M. ocellata Hmps. (43 h) is smaller than the preceding, the forewing shaded Avith violettish-brown 
at the costal margin, border and proximal margin, so that there only remain irregular clouds composed of spots 
marked yelloAV and red, situate from the apex to the base of the proximal margin. Minas Geraes in Brazil. 
M. hampsoni Rothsch. (43 h) is still smaller, one of the smallest Melese at any rate, Avith an expanse 
of only 25 mm; thorax and forewing entirely reddish-grey, only above the middle of the proximal margin a 
lobular spot coloured red and yellow; in and behind the cell of the forewing dark dots. Guiana and Amazon 
to Peru. 
M. leucanioides H.-Schdff. (43 i). Very small, the greyish-red forewings in and behind the cell with 
some dark punctiform shades which are only faintly indicaded in the $. Hindwings pink, in the $ hyaline 
except the margins. Colombia. — erythrastis Dgn. only seems to be a little larger, the forewing of a light 
greyish-brown, washed over with red except the middle of the proximal margin. Hindwing pink with a dia¬ 
phanous centre. — silvicola form. nov. (43 i) is the form from the loAvlands of Villavicencio in Colombia, somewhat 
larger, the forewing more uniformly and duller coloured with a dull dark nebulous band right through the 
forewing. — Guiana. 
M. innocua Dgn. (44 c) is founded upon a single captured by A. H. Fassl near Cali in Colombia 
at an altitude of 2000 m. Presumably allied to the preceding, though larger, with yelloAvish-brown forewing 
being particularly in the basal part decorated with yellow spots marked with orange. 
M. quadrina Schs. (43 i) is larger than leucanioides which it otherwise greatly resembles, recognizable 
by one of the small black nebulous spots being in the middle of the cell and being larger and somewhat square. 
Before the last third of the foreAving there are 3 white punctiform spots proceeding from the costa and forming 
a straight line. Costa Rica and Colombia. 
M. sordida Rothsch. The is coloured almost like quadrina, but the characteristic spot in the middle 
of the cell and the 3 spots as small as the pricks of a needle beloAV the costa are absent. The $ recalls russata 
or drucei (43 f), but the distal Avhite punctiform spot is removed nearer to the apex, and another small Avliite 
spot is situate near the base above the submedian. Peru. 
