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Show 1904.] OF SOUTH-AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 485 brown waved lines ; a black spot with white points at the end of cell of both wings ; the fringes blackish brown. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Colombia, near Bogota (Mus. Druce). Allied to Mesosemia meeda Hew., but very distinct on the under side. MESOSEMIA PARISHI, sp. n. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 10.) Male. Head, antenna?, collar, tegula?, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Primaries dark brown, crossed beyond the cell by three darker brown lines, the submarginal line waved, the second the widest; a round black spot with three white points at the end of the cell edged with yellowish brown. Secondaries dark brown, crossed about the middle from the costal to the inner margin by two narrow very dark brown lines; a waved submarginal line extends from the apex to the anal angle. Under side very similar to the upper side but very much paler in colour, the fringes of both wings dark brown. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. British Guiana : Bartica (Mus. Druce). Similar to Mesosemia ibycus Doubleday, from the Amazons. CREMNA AZA, sp. n. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 11.) Male. Head, antenna?, collar, tegula?, thorax, and abdomen pale greyish brown. Primaries pale greyish, crossed from the costal to the inner margin by a series of uneven white lines broken into spots ; fringe alternately brown and white. Secondaries : the base pale greyish brown spotted with white, the outer half of the wing white, crossed by indistinct greyish waved lines. Under side similar to the upper side but whiter. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Interior of Colombia (Mus. Druce). This species is allied to Cremna ceneus Cram., but it is at once distinguished from it by the white hind wings ; it is also near Cremna malis Godman. ERYCINA MENDITA, sp. n. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 2.) Male. Head, antenna?, collar, tegula?, thorax, and abdomen black. Primaries black, crossed about the middle from the costal to the inner margin by a bright crimson band, widest on the inner margin, the fringe black. Secondaries black, crossed from the apex almost to the inner margin just above the anal angle by a bright crimson band, below which a second broad, short, crimson band extends from the anal angle partly round the outer margin; the fringe alternately black and white. Under side : -Primaries bright dark glossy blue, the apex, base, inner margin, and a wide central band crossing the wing from the costal margin to the anal angle all black ; a large red spot on the inner margin nearest the anal angle. Secondaries bright dark blue, with a wide central black band ; the inner margin is black edged with blue, a bright 32* |
