HEDLCONID A. 
HELICONIA. III. 
HELICONIA ELEUCHIA. 8. 
Uprrrsipe black; the basal half of both wings glossed with blue; anterior wing 
crossed transversely by two bands of yellow : one band at the middle, irregular, reaching 
from the subcostal nervure to the anal angle, and divided by black nervures into four 
unequal parts; the other band between it and the apex, reaching from the costal 
margin to near the outer margin, also divided into four by black nervures. Posterior 
wing with a broad outer margin of white, divided by black nervures, and again sub- 
divided on the inner edge by short black lines. 
UnpErsiDE as above, except that the anterior wing has a small line of scarlet at 
the base, and the subcostal nervure marked by a line of yellow from the base to the 
first band, and that the posterior wing has five spots of scarlet at the base. 
Expan. 3445 in. Hab. New Granada. 
In the Collections of W. W. Saunders and W. C. Hewitson. 
HELICONIA FORNARINA. 9. 
Uprrrsipe dark brown. Anterior wing with a broad, irregular, transverse, 
double band of yellow at the middle, divided by black nervures into eight unequal 
parts, one of which is marked by a black spot. The space between the band and the 
apex and outer margin, marked by ten spots of unequal size, also yellow. Posterior 
wing with one small round yellow spot near the apex. 
UnpersipzE as above, except that there is an irregular longitudinal rufous band 
in the middle of the posterior wing, and a second small spot of yellow near the apex. 
Expan. 33 i. 
In the Collection of the British Museum. 
