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distinction from MW. imitata is the absence of the median band on the secondaries of that 
species. The Heliconius having a similar pattern to M. scylax is H. clarescens, Butl. 
We have figured the type specimen, a male, taken near Chiriqui. 
2. Melinza parallelis, 
Melinea parallelis, Butl. Cist. Ent. i. p. 155°. 
Alis anticis nigris, basi fulvis, fasciis quatuor maculis albis compositis in dimidio apicali, proxima per cellulam ad 
angulum analem transeunte, ultima apicem occupante; posticis fulvis, margine externo et fascia lata 
mediana nigris : subtus ut supra, margine posticarum albo maculato et fascia subcostali (fasciee longitudinali 
conjuncta) nigra. 
Hab. Panama’, Chiriqui, Calobre (Arcé), Lion Hill (2Leannan). 
A close ally of M. messatis (Hew.), but differing in the black band of the secondaries 
passing completely across the wings, in MM. messatis this band being incomplete and 
not reaching the abdominal margin. Mr. Butler’s description was taken from a 
duplicate from one of M*‘Leannan’s collections. The Heliconius corresponding in 
colour to M. parallelis is H. fasciatus, nob. 
3. Melina lilis. 
Mechanitis lilis, Doubl. & Hew. Gen. Diurn. Lep. i. t. 17. f. 4°. 
Alis anticis nigris dimidio basali (nisi margine interno et maculis duabus una discali, altera inter ramos medianos 
primum et secundum, fulvis), dimidio apicali fasciis duabus flavis fulvo marginatis, una extra cellulam obliqua, 
altera apicali ex maculis quatuor composita; posticis fulvis, margine externo et fascia mediana nigris: subtus 
ut supra marginibus externis albo maculatis; posticis fascia subcostali nigra fasciw longitudinali conjuncta. 
Hab. Panama, Lion Hill (M‘Leannan); VENEZUELA’. 
A single specimen from the Panama railway has the characteristics of this Venezuelan 
form, which here appears probably at the limit of its range in this direction. There is 
apparently a gap in the Isthmus where no Melinwa of this form is found, as none have 
reached us from any point between the Panama railway and Costa Rica, the gap being 
filled by M. scylax. This, perhaps, is an additional argument in favour of WZ. imitata 
being a distinct species. 
4. Melinewa imitata. (Tab. II. fig. 11.) 
Melinea imitata, Bates, Ent. M. Mag. i. p. 55°. 
Melinea tachypetis, Feld. Reise d. Nov., Lep. p. 355’. 
Melinea lilis, Butl. & Druce, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 334 (nec Doubl.) ’. 
M. lili valde similis, sed macula alarum anticarum discali et macula intra ramos medianos primum et 
secundum conjunctis fasciam indivisam constituentibus, marginibus quoque fulvis fasciarum anticarum 
apicalium flavarum absentibus. 
Hab. Mexico? (Sallé, Doubl. & Hew.), Mts. Oaxaca (Fenochio); GuatTema.a, Retal- 
huleu, Polochic valley (O. S. & F. D. G.'); Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt, Janson) ; 
Costa Rica (Van Patten*, Rogers). 
