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black border, about 2 mm wide, containing slight traces of red -brown 

 markings as in typical L. oiiega, Hew. Underside as above, but fore 

 wing with narrow red-brown submarginal border on hind margin only ; 

 hind wing with similar border extending from base round costa to 

 anal angle. Both wings with three milky oval marginal spots in 

 apex, each spot divided into two by a vein. 



Bocca de Agy6, Upper Purus, December, 191B. 



A single male taken at Allianca shows a slight tendency 

 towards typical L. onega in the extension of the black markings 

 of both wings. 



LYCOREINyE. 



15. Lycorea ceres f. tra)isieiis, form nov. 



(^ . Ground-colour fairly dark brown, intermediate in shade 

 between typical L. ceres, Cram., and f. cinnamoinea, Weym. Fore wing 

 markings exactly as in typical ceres, hind wnng as in typical f. atergatis, 

 Dbl. 



Manicore district, Lower Madeira, June, 1913. 



An interesting intermediate between the three main fom s of 

 this species. The commonest form by far on the Lower Madeira 

 is atergatis. There is, however, in this form a distinct step 

 -towards the deep chestnut brown of ciiinamomea, so characteristic 

 of many Ithomiinae of this district. I have seen no typical ceres 

 from the R. Madeira. 



16. Lycorea pnsinuntia f. brunnea, form. nov. 



(^ . A distinct and not uncommon form, in which the brown 

 of the basal half of the fore wing has extended throughout all tiie pale 

 markings of the fore wing, even the subapical spots being tawny, 

 though slightly paler than the rest. 



Sebastopol, Labrea, Rio Purus, October. 1913. 

 This form also occurs at S. Paulo d'Olivencia, U. Amazon. 

 I have seen no intermediates. 



Heliconiin^. 



17. Heliconius melpomene madeira, ssp. nov. 



^ . Above as in H. m. thelxio'pe, Hubn., but with the yellow mark- 

 ings of fore wing beyond the cell arranged in a semicircle, not in the 

 form of a band, so that, in conjunction with the large yellow area at 

 the end of the cell the whole yellow area has a roughly subquadrate 

 appearance, the spots being, however, fairly well separated by black ; 

 those between veins 2, 3 and 4, however, not so distant from the cell 

 as in thelxiope. 



Lower Madeira, July, 1913. 



This form, I think, deserves a name, as it forms an interesting 

 intermediate between the forms known as thelxiope and aglaope, 

 Feld, occurring, too, in an intermediate region. I have seen no 

 typical thelxiope from the Madeira at all, and from the Upper 

 Madeira only typical aglaope. 



ENTOM. — AUGUST, 1919. R 



