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when exposed to sunlight for any k-ngtli of time. — anipllitrite liiff-, from Pern, has on the forewings the spot amphifrite. 

 even larger and paler, orange-red. 



The last-named forms represent a transition to the group of H. phyllis in which we again trace phyllis. 

 quite a number of the most various Heliconid patterns, as f. i.oirosina, besckei, lindigii, tlielxiope, uglaopec-tQ. 

 — In callycopis Cr. ( = cailicopis auct.) (78 c) from Guayana and Para the red spot in the forewings, wlxicli in adlycopis. 

 hydara is compact, appears frayed out and brolcen up into a larger, upper curved spot and two smaller ones 

 below it. ■ — -In callista Biff. (78c) from Guayana tliese spots are united into a sort of ring, the upper of the caUisla. 

 two posterior spots being uncommonly large. — • dryope Riff. (78 ))) from Surinam and the Amazon River, dryope. 

 has the red spot broad and long, as in viculaUt, and in addition, the entire basal area of the forewings brillant 

 red. — coralii Btlr. (= palantia Moschl.) from Guayana and the Lower An^.azon has on the fore wing the dis- coralii. 

 cal spot broken as in callista, but the basal area red as dryope. — In elimaea EricJis., likewise from Guayana elimaea. 

 and the Amazon, the discal blotch of the forewing is broken up into a number of smaU red spots, and the basal 

 area is red. — cybelina Stgr. (78 c) from Manaos, one of the loveliest Heliconius, has the entire inner half of the cybdina. 

 forewing, as well as the basal portion of the costa beneath, beautifully red; the discal spot replaced by a le- 

 mon-yeUow, slightlj- curved, oblique band. — amalfreda Biff., from Guayana and Amazonas, resembles cybelina, amaljreda. 

 but has a lemon-yellow spot at the end of the cell. — erythrea Cr. (78 c), from Guayana and the Amazon erythrea. 

 River, resembles on the forewing dryope, oitly the discal spot is somewhat smaller; but the hindwings with 

 red rays in the anal half. — tellus Riff- from Cayenne looks like erythrea, but has the discal band yellow instead iellus. 

 of red. ■ — udalrica Cr. (=^ ubrica Hbn.) (78 c), one of the commonest forms, has on the forewing in the place udalrica. 

 of^the minium-red discal spot a nnich cut-up, somewhat paler red blotch; basal area of the forewings and 

 some rays on the hindwing likewise red. From Guayana. — andremona Cr. (78 d), from Guayana and Amazo- andrcmona. 

 nas resembles callycopis (78 c) in that the discal blotch is coinposcd of a larger, horseshoe-shaptd upper spot 

 with 1 — -2 smaller ones below it ; but all these are largely laved witli yellow or may even assume a yellowish flesh- 

 colour; base of forewings and rays on the hindwings light red with slightly brown-yellowish tone. — It is 

 the extreme of this form from the mouth of the Amazon River, reproduced, as many of our figures of Heli- 

 conius, from the beautiful illustrations of Oberthur's, to which we give the An:azon name ab. androdaixa y(0«(. androdaixa. 

 nov. (78 d). All the red markings are heavier, the rays on the hindwings twice as broad; all the spots and stri- 

 pes brillant light red, only the spot at the end of the cell more dull. — leda Stgr. (78 d) from Guaj'ana leda. 

 closely approaches the preceding, but the lovely light red discal spots are replaced by 3 — 4 rather small, 

 lemon-yellow spots, preceded by another curved spot at the end of the cell ; occasionally even these n:ay be 

 reduced to mere traces, leaving the entire outer half of the forewing black: = ab. oberthiiri Riff. — In vesta oberthilri. 

 Cr. (= cymscs, Godt.) these yellow spots are greatly increased; the hindwing with red rays, but the forewings ''e«^- 

 without any red at the base. Guayana. — amazona Stgr. (= vesta Hbn., ijhiladelphus Ky. [in "Hubxer"] amazoim. 

 (78 d) from Para exactly resembles androdaixa {1% d) in colouring and markings, but has the discal spots not red, but 

 lemon-yellow, otherwise unaltered in shape and size. — In etylus Salv. (78 d) from Ecuador the group of discal spots etylus. 

 is reduced to a lemon-yeUow, oblicpiely oval subapical spot, — in estrella Bat. (= vestalis Stgr.), from Ama- eslrella. 

 zonas and Ecuador, to a lemon-yellow semifa,scia, which in ab. eninia Riff., from Ecuador and Peru, is uncom- eimna. 

 monly narrow. — If on the other hand, this sxdphur-yellow discal band projects outwardly, with its lower por- 

 tion cut off as a separate spot, we have palmata Stick. Peru. — • aquata Stick., like the preceding from the pal mala. 

 Ucayali, resembles estrella, but has the subapical band lemon-yellow instead of red, and placed nearer the apex, "i?""'"- 



— ■ simplex Riff, differs but very little from aquata; unlaiown to me in natura, as is also ilia Niep., which is said simplex. 

 to resemble estrella in its ochreous markings, but with the discal spot of notabilis; the apical band "reduced ''*«• 

 to one half of its length distally, somewhat concavely excised towards the apex". Described from a (^ taken 

 at Canelos (Ecuador). — feyeri Niep., likewise from Canelos and described from a i^, is intermediate between fcyeri. 

 estrella and rosacea; the estrella-p&ttern brillant brick-red; the large semicirctdar apical band as in rosacea rosacea. 

 Riff-, but clear white, feebly margined with red proximally. — ochracea Riff- has the spots uniformly ocln-eous ; ochracea. 



— rothschildi Niep. Like the preceding, but with the apical band white. — diva Stick, has the red markings rothschildi. 

 gorgeously scarlet, but reduced, and widely separated by black, the oblique discal band yellow, dusted with blackish '^'^'"• 

 distally. — • This dark shading is even more intense in demeter Stgr. (78 e) from Peru; Init all the markings demeier. 

 are here pale red, not scarlet; on the hindwing the rays coalesce at the base and unite with the red cell. — 



bouqueti Nold. (= buqueti Riff.). Like demeter, but with the lemon-yellow discal band reduced to a number bouqiicli. 

 of small yellow spots surrounding the black cliscocellular spot. Mentioned from "Cayana'X ?). — lativitta lativiita. 

 Btlr. (78 e), from the Amazon, Bolivia and Peru, has tlie red markings reduced, the lemon-yellow discal blotch 

 large, almost enclosing the black cliscocellular spot; on the hindwing the rays well separated. — venusta venusla. 

 Salv. (78 e). Forewing red from the ba.se to the yellow discal band, which latter, being encroached upon by the 

 black apical area, appears behind the end of the cell coiitracted, whereas in lativitta that portion is bropder. 



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