166 Mr. I'utlor's Desen^ifionfi of 



distance l1et^^'een tlie yellow band and the three subapical 

 spots double as wide ; three subanal yellow spots ; the 

 basal discoidal black streak and the l)asal half of the 

 internal l)lack streak absent ; secondaries black ; the costa 

 and a central sul)C0stal s])ot tawny ochraceons ; a narrow 

 band crossing the cell and a spot on al)dominal margin, 

 tawny ; two subapical yellow spots ; the wings 1 ielow paler 

 and duller than above ; primaries with four geminate 

 subniarginal white spots towards apex ; secondaries with 

 twelve subniarginal white spots ; two of them subapical, 

 re})lacing the yellow spots on upper surface : expanse of 

 wings, 8 inches, 9 lines. 



Demerara. B.M. 



This is the "Meo]icmitis Numata'' of Doubleday's List, 

 it mimics an undescriljed Melina'a from Demerara, allied 

 to M. Mmlus. 



39. Hdiconius BacUosus, n. sp. 



Closely allied to H. Pardalinus, differs above in the 

 tint of the wings, the chestnut or dark mahogany of the 

 ground colour being replaced by tawny; the black spots 

 are also smaller and the yellow band of primaries rather 

 different in outline ; below paler, the secondaries with a 

 marginal series of eight geminate Mdiite spots ; otherwise as 

 aljove : expanse of wings, 8 inches, 4 lines. 



Villa Nova {Bates). B.M. 



]\Iimics Melincca Mains, just as H. Pardalinus does M. 

 Pardalis. 



40. Hdiconms Vittattis, n. sp. 



Intermediate between H. Eucoma and H. Mcsscnc ; 

 primaries above much like H. Eucoma, but the yellow 

 band more oblique and narrower ; the discoidal black 

 streak broader; the median black spots smaller; the ex- 

 ternal third of the internal black streak and the black sub- 

 marginal spot between first and second median 1 tranches 

 wanting; only one minute, indistinct, subapical yellow 

 spot ; secondaries tawny the costal area brown with pale 

 greyish-brown central streak ; a central transverse macular 

 l)lack band ; the outer margin and a spot at apex black 

 dotted with yellow ; primaries below nearly as above, two 

 indistinct sipmmose yelloM' spots ]ilaced obliquely on each 



