﻿ERYCINID.E.— 
  ITHOMEIS. 
  

  

  III.— 
  ITHOMEIS 
  AERELLA. 
  Figs. 
  11, 
  12. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  nearly 
  2 
  inches. 
  

  

  Upperside. 
  Dark 
  brown 
  with 
  three 
  basal 
  semi-hyaline 
  streaks, 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  

   lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  the 
  others 
  below 
  it 
  ; 
  a 
  transverse 
  white 
  band 
  crosses 
  the 
  

   apical 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  costa 
  to 
  a 
  little 
  below 
  the 
  lowest 
  median 
  

   nervule, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  reach 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  ; 
  this 
  band 
  is 
  broader, 
  more 
  

   regular 
  and 
  less 
  broken 
  up 
  into 
  spots 
  than 
  the 
  band 
  in 
  a 
  similar 
  position 
  in 
  

   I. 
  Heliconina, 
  Bates 
  ; 
  an 
  orange-rufous 
  submarginal 
  band 
  curving 
  inwardly 
  

   divides 
  the 
  apical 
  area 
  beyond 
  the 
  white 
  band, 
  but 
  becomes 
  obsolete 
  before 
  

   reaching 
  the 
  costa; 
  a 
  basal 
  orange 
  streak 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  The 
  

   posterior 
  wings 
  are 
  semi-hyaline 
  except 
  along 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  outer 
  margin, 
  which 
  

   are 
  rather 
  broadly 
  dark 
  brown 
  centred 
  by 
  a 
  similar 
  orange-rufous 
  band 
  to 
  that 
  

   on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  and 
  becoming 
  obsolete 
  along 
  the 
  costa 
  towards 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  With 
  markings 
  as 
  above, 
  but 
  the 
  orange-rufous 
  band 
  is 
  

   brighter 
  and 
  broader, 
  and 
  is 
  continued 
  uninterruptedly 
  along 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  

   a 
  broad 
  band 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  the 
  costa 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  

   the 
  white 
  transverse 
  streak 
  and 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   cell 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  the 
  orange-rufous 
  band 
  is 
  broader 
  and 
  continues 
  

   round 
  the 
  wings 
  ; 
  above 
  the 
  band 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  dark 
  band 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  

   above 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  basal 
  broad 
  white 
  area 
  along 
  the 
  costa. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Bolivia 
  (Buckley). 
  

  

  la 
  Mr. 
  Grose-Smith's 
  Collection. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  a 
  larger 
  insect 
  than 
  I. 
  Heliconina. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  ESTHEMOPSIS. 
  Feld. 
  

  

  I.— 
  ESTHEMOPSIS 
  SARACENA. 
  Fig. 
  13. 
  

  

  Upperside. 
  Resembles 
  E. 
  Clonia, 
  Feld., 
  but 
  dull 
  black 
  with 
  scarcely 
  any 
  

   bluish 
  reflections. 
  Anterior 
  wings, 
  the 
  transverse 
  bluish-white 
  band 
  of 
  spots 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  as 
  in 
  E. 
  Clonia, 
  but 
  the 
  first 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  band 
  is 
  shorter 
  and 
  

   the 
  spots 
  are 
  more 
  closely 
  clustered 
  together 
  ; 
  the 
  whitish-blue 
  rays 
  between 
  

   the 
  veins 
  of 
  E. 
  Clonia 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  are 
  absent. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  With 
  several 
  greyish 
  streaks 
  along 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  wings 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  represented 
  in 
  E. 
  Clonia. 
  On 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  

  

  