HELICONID®—MECHANITIS. 
MECHANITIS MENECLES. 13. 
Uprrrsipe. Female. Anterior wing black, marked with five spots of light 
yellow. One spot within the cell; a second between the median nervules (with near 
it a small rufous spot) ; a third spot on the costal margin ; the fourth near the middle 
of the outer margin; the fifth, near the apex, trifid. A submarginal row of small 
white spots. A large rufous space at the base, the submedian nervure which crosses 
it black. Posterior wing, with the outer margin, and two small spots near the costal 
margin, black. 
UnpeErsIp# as above, except that the posterior wing is crossed longitudinally by 
five black spots; that there is a black spot at the end of the cell (within it), and a 
submarginal row of white spots. 
Expan. 2,5 in. Hab. Amazon. 
In the Collections of W. W. Saunders and W. C. Hewitson. 
MECHANITIS MOTHONE. 14. 
Upprrsipr. Male black. Anterior wing crossed by a very broad rufous band, 
marked with four black spots, and deeply sinuated where it touches the outer margin. 
Posterior wing with the apex rufous. 
UNDERSIDE as above, except that the rufous spot on the apex of the posterior 
wing is extended to the middle of the costal margin. 
Expan. 3in. Hab. New Granada. 
In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 
MECHANITIS METERUS. 15. 
Uprrrsipr. Female black. Anterior wing crossed at the middle by a very 
broad band of orange, marked with three black spots (one within the cell), and deeply 
sinuated where it nearly touches two yellow spots on the middle of the outer margin. 
Posterior wing with the apex broadly orange, marked with a black spot. 
UNDERSIDE as above. 
Expan. 3,44 in. Hab. Amazon. 
In the Collections of W. W. Saunders and W. C. Hewitson, 
