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HELICONIA. VIII. 
HELICONIA PACHINUS. 26. 
FTeliconius Pachinus, Salvin, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1869. 
UrrrrsipE black, tinted with blue on the basal half of the anterior wing: 
anterior wing crossed at the middle beyond the end of the cell from the costal margin 
to near the anal angle where there are two yellow spots by a broad equal band of 
yellow divided into xize parts (three of which are above the costal nervure) by the 
nervures: crossed near the apex by a quinquefid band of yellow. Posterior wing 
crossed beyond the middle parallel to the outer margin by a broad band of yellow 
divided into eight parts by the nervures. 
UnpersIDE as above except that the anterior wing is scarlet at the base of the 
costal margin and has some white spots near the outer margin from the middle to the 
anal angle : that the posterior wing has the base of the costal margin and a quinquefid 
basal spot scarlet and is tinted with blue which is traversed by a series of indistinct 
white sgots near the outer margin. 
Exp. 83 inch. Hab. Chiriqui. 
In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 
HELICONIA HEWITSONI. 27. 
Leliconia Hewitsoni, Staudinger, MS. 
Uprrrsipe black tinted with blue on the basal half of the anterior wing. 
Anterior wing crossed by two bands of yellow: the first near the middle from the 
costal nervure to near the anal angle divided into four parts by the nervures the first 
part within the cell: the second band near the apex quinquefid. Posterior wing 
crossed beyond the middle parallel to the outer margin by a broad band of yellow 
divided into eight parts by the nervures. 
Unprrsipr as above except that the anterior wing has the base of the costal 
margin scarlet and a ray of ochreous yellow from the base to the central band: that 
the posterior wing has the base of the costal margin and a quinquefid basal spot 
scarlet. 
Exp. 33% inch. Hab. Chiriqui. 
In the Collection of W, C. Hewitson. 
1 had given this species another name, when I received notice from Dr. Staudinger that he had 
already described it as it now stands, accompanied by the assurance that his description would be 
published before the appearance of this, otherwise the present name would certainly not have been 
adopted by me. 
Published July 1st, 1875.] 
