NYMPHALID^.-HELICONIN^. 



HELICONIUS. I. 



I.— HELICONIUS RUBELLIUS. Figs. 1, 2. 



Exp. 2J inches. 



Upperside bluish-black. Anterior wings with a curved orange-red Inind, 

 occupying about the third quarter of the costa, and curving towards the hinder 

 angle ; it is divided into eight spots by the nervures, most of which, except 

 those nearest the hinder angle, are long. The fifth, sixth, and seventh spots are 

 marked with yellow on the basal side, and the first is marked with a double 

 yellow spot. Posterior wings with the costa broadly brownish-grey, and a sub- 

 marginal row of five spots formed of yellowish-grey dusting. 



Underside reddish-brown, darker towards the base, especially on the 

 anterior wings. The costa is very slightly marked with red at the base, and the 

 transverse red band is narrower and duller than on the upper side, but it is 

 bordered on the basal side by a narrow yellow band, divided into spots by the 

 nervures, but otherwise only interrupted below the second spot ; it extends as 

 far as the lowest median nervule, below which the wing is at first dark grey, 

 and then light grey, as far as the inner margin. Posterior wings with a yellow 

 streak on the basal half of the costa, a red spot at the base, between the origui 

 of the median and submedian nervures, and a reddish-brown blotch about the 

 middle of the inner margin. 



Head and body spotted, and legs streaked with yellow. 



Hab. Colombia. 



In the Collectiou of H. Grose Smith. 



Allied to H. Heurippa aud Unimacidata, Howitson, aud H. Amor, Staudingei". 



II.— HELICONIUS AMANDUS. Fig. 3 



Exp. 3 inches. 



Upperside. Both wings brownish-black. Anterior wings with a broad 

 crimson transverse baud extending almost equally within aud without the cell, 

 to halfway between the lowest median nervule and the submedian nervure ; 

 median nervure slightly bordered with a greenish-yellow line above, and still 



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