126 MECIL\NITIS. Bij B. Hacnsch. 



a similar pattern as in the preceding forms, i. e. on the forewing donjssus has in tlie bh^ck apical half an undulate 

 vellow oblique band and a subapical spot. The basal half of the forewing and the hindwing are red-brown; 

 the former with 2 black spots and black margins, the latter with narrow median band and distal margin. 

 utcnuia. In Central America, from Costa Kica to Honduras. — Reakirt designates as utenaia a form from Honduras 

 venlabilis. in which the oblique band of the hindwing is broken up into 2 spots. — veritabilis BtJr. is the form from 

 Colombia and Venezuela, with narrow wings. Here the club of the antenna is yellow-brown, in donjssus only 

 .valimila. the base is dark. The ground-colour of the wings is darker. This form flies also on Trinidad. — saturata 

 Godvi. (£• Salv. is a similar, larger form from Mexico with very narrow yellow bands in the forewing, broader black 

 luholas. apex and large basal spots. — labotas Dlst. is a very light form from the volcano Chiri(iui with yellow colour 

 at the end of the cell of the forewing and partly also at the base of the hindwing. Especially striking is 'the 

 5 of this local form, in which the black median band of the hindwing is only indicated at the apex, and is some- 

 times entirely absent. 



Ijjcidk-c. M. lycidice Bates (34 a). Smaller than doryssus. The forewing black with 3 yellow oblique_ bands, 



and also red-brown base and 2 red-brown spots at the inner angle. The hindwing has broader, black median 

 band and before it an indistinct yellow longitudinal band. In the $ the Ijlack band is proximally incomplete. 

 eurijdke. In Central America, from Costa Rica to Honduras. — ■ eurydice Hsch. is a similar form from Peru. The black 

 marking in the disc of the forewing is reduced. The yellow subapical spot is prolonged into a band. The 

 median band is narrower and more strongly dentate. The hindwing has a bi'oad yellow longitudinal band and 

 in the $ also the black macular band is complete. Antenna yellow-brown with dark base, in lycidice dark 

 durussicli's. with yellowish club. — doryssides Stgr. is very similar to the preceding, but has no yellow longitudinal band 

 ovula. in the hindwing and the spots in the disc of the forewing are brownish yellow. — ovata Dist., from Costa Rica, 

 has broader and more roundish wings than lycidice. The macular ))ands of the forewing are narrower. The 

 black longitudinal band of the hindwing is only present in the apex and the yellow marking before it is entirely 

 iiilhmia. absent. — In isthmia Bates (34 b), from Panama and Costa Rica, the black colour occupies almost the whole 

 of the forewing. The yellow median band is broken up iirto 2 spots. The black median band of the hind- 

 wing is very broad; yellow colour is absent. In the $ the median band is only indicated by a spot before 

 urcuna. the apex. ^ In a form from Honduras, which I call arcana form, nov., the liindwing has a broad yellow longi- 

 calljornlca. tudinal band and also in the $ a complete black band behind it. — californica Beah. In this form from Cali- 

 fornia the yellow spot on the discocellular of the forewing is said to be much narrower than in isthmia; behind 

 the end of the cell a yellow band runs from the costal to the hindmargin. 



inanli)iri!s. M. matitineus Hew. (34 c) is a species very different from the preceding forms, which is distinguished 



by the almost complete absence of red-brown, even on the hindwing, and by the absence of the yellow subajiical 

 spot in the forewing. The forewing has only one red-brown spot at the inner angle and the hindwing a fine red- 

 brown line before the distal margin. In addition to the yellow median line the forewing has 2 yellow spots 

 - and a streak on the median vein. The hindwing has a yellow longitudinal band. This interesting species, 

 which recalls Heliconius naftereri, occurs only on the western slopes of the Andes in Ecuador, but is not rare. 



fatnis. M. franis Beak. {'d'3f) and the two following forms are nearly allied to 2;oZy??(?u'ft ca(«'ac'?(sis. The ground- 



colour of franis is reddish j-ellow-brown. The large j'ellow median spot in caucaensis is here separated liy 



penmmi. a l>lack macular band into 2 parts, of which the proximal one is partly yellow-brown. — In the form peruana 

 Weym. the median band of the forewing is confluent with the distal margin; hence there remains of the yellow- 

 brown ground-colour only a longitudinal band pointed towards the apex in the otherwise black-brown wing. 



memqns. — In the form menapis Hew. (33 f) the black colour is still further increased, so that often only 2 small red- 

 brown spots at the base of each wing remain. Almost all transitions between the 3 forms are found. They 

 fly in Colombia, especially in the Cauca Valley. 



elisu. M. elisa Guer. has. the forewing similar to that of i.sthmia; the two yellow spots at the end of the cell 



of the forewing (the remains, of the oblique band) are here still further reduced and are placed near to the costal 

 resp. distal margin. On the other hand the two spots in the disc are enlarged. The zigzag band of the hind- 

 wing and the distal-marginal band are narrow. On the Upper Amazon and its tributaries in Ecuador, Peru 

 menecles. and Bolivia. — menecles Hew. is a form from the Amazon with snuill yellow spots in the forewing and a 

 small red-brown spot below the yellow one near the inner angle. The hindwing has only the beginning of the 

 ocona. median band in the apical area. — In ocona Bruce (= vilcanota Bijti.) (341)) the ground-colour in the (^ is 

 lighter yellow-brown. The yellow spots and the costal margin of the hindwing are semitransparent. Between 

 the two oblong yellow spots at the end of the cell and the distal margin is placed another oblong yellow spot, 

 so that here the usual oblique band is restored. The typical specimens come from the Upper Amazon, from 

 Peru. At the Upper Napo in Ecuador the form is similar to elisa, except that in the forewing the yellow double 

 spot of ocona is still present. 



In the following forms the two proximal j'ellow spots of the forewing are united into a broad oblique 

 Ijand; the median band is only indicated by a few dots or is entirely absent. 



