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E. aliphera, another follower of julia. vibilia Godf. (— mereani Hbv.) (79 e). the name-type; cj bright fiilvons, rihilia. 

 bordered with black; on the forewing a black wedge in the cell, an oblique band and siibmedian stripe. $ 

 more gaudily coloured, almost like a very bright edins. especially on the under surface, which is also that 

 of procnla. Widely distributed and common in Brazil, but difficult to recognize among the innumerable Ac- 

 tinote fl^ang about in July at Rio de Janeiro. The $ resembles these so much that, although fhnng slowly, 

 it cannot be distinguished, until one sees the under surface. The flight of the cJ is more rajiid: it generally 

 associat<>s with the very similar Dione juno (84 e), Megalura pefraeus, the numerous Eresia etc. — ab. pallens pallcns. 

 Stick, refers to a $ form with whitish- ochreous ground-colour and broader and heavier black markings. — 

 vialis Sfich. (79 f ) is the northern form of Colombia and Central America. Ground-colour more brillant ful- viaUx. 

 vous, on the forewings the spots briglit^:n- yellow and deeper black. — vicinalis Stick., based upon a $ from vidnallK. 

 Ecuador, with didler ground-colour and reduced spots. — unifasciatus Stick. (79 f) has the entire apical half of unifasciatus. 

 the forewing and the termen of the hindwings broadly black. From the Upper Amazon. 



E. pavana 3Ien. (= thyana Fldr.) (79 e) resembles Actinote, pellenca even more clo.sely than vibilia 5; pavana. 

 differing from it only in the intranerval rays encroaching upon the yellow-brown ground-colour of the hind- 

 wings, which peculiarit.y it also shares with the Actinote ^i^. ? coloured and marked like the (J, but larger. 

 Rio de Janeiro, Espiritu Santo. 



E. lineata Salv. and Godm. (79 f). .Almost precisely like vibilia (^, but \^ithout the oblique bar cros- lincnta. 

 sing the cell. Ground-colour rather deeper yellow-brown. Central America and Mexico. Copies some species 

 of Colaenis and Dione. — In the form libitina Stgr. from French Guiana the submedian stripe does not reach lihiUna. 

 the anal angle. 



E. lybia F. (= hypsiphile CV., cinereomaculatus Goeze, fasciatus Goeze (80 a). Like lineata. but the black hjhia. 

 terminal border of the hindwings narrower, not frayed out inwardly. Common anywhere from Guayana and 

 Amazonas throughout the eastern part of South America as far as southern Brazil. Generally met with, on 

 flowering shrubs, in the company of xiumerous species resembling it, such as Colaenis julia (84b), Dione juno (84e). 

 Eresia pkilyra (91 c). — lybyoides Stgr. (80 a) has the apical spot which is separated by the subapical band, hjhyoidcs. 

 paler than the ground-colour; on the under surface the forewing lacks the red basal line, and the red dots on 

 the hindwing are absent. ■ — olynipia F. (= leuconima Bates) (80 a) has the apical spot cpiite white on a olympia. 

 black ground. Central America and Colond>ia, together with the Nymphalid Eresia emerantia. (91 d) which it 

 exactly resembles. 



E. tales CV. (= thalestris Godt.) (80b). Forewing red-brown at the base, traversed by black veins; tales. 

 some bone-coloured discal spots surrounding the apex of the cell Avhich is black. Hindwing with veins red in 

 the basal half. Found in Guayana with its counterpart Hel. vesta (erilo); also in Amazonas. • — At the mouth 

 of the Amazon we find pythagoras Ky. (= heraldicus Stick.), distinguished by the stronger yellow markings pylhagora.i. 

 of the forewings; the cell-spot touching the red basal area, and the rays marking the veins on the liindwings 

 are brighter. From Para to Santai-em. — In calathus*S7*c7i, the discal spots on the forewing are united into a calaihus. 

 semi-band, the lower end of which points t((«ards the base, not outwards as in Eu. canes. — surdus Stick, mrdus. 

 (80 b). Rather larger, the red colour of the forewings much more intense, Vermillion or almost purplish red, 

 on the hind^\'ings reduced to a mere trace at the very base. From Obidos on the Amazon and from Guayana. 

 ab. aquilifer Stick, represents a transition to the preceding; the yellow spots on the forewing larger, but the aquilijer. 

 red colour of the hindwings diminished. Likewise from Obidos. 



E. heliconioides Fldr. {= cognata Weym.) (80 b). Forewing with a large, bone-yellow discal spot enclosing heliconloides. 

 the rather small black spot marking the end of the cell; at the base only a few rays of red. Underneath the 

 veins partiall}' red; hindwing with 2 terminal rows of white dots. Colombia and Ecuador. — In xenophanes xcnopMnes. 

 Fldr. from Colombia the forewing lacks the yellow spot in the cell, and of the red basal rays but a few traces 

 are left. 



E. eanes. All the forms belonging to this species have on the under surface of the hindwings the veins 

 red, but only one row of silvery-white terminal spots, not two. The typical form eanes Heir. (80 c) has on the canes. 

 upper surface the basal streaks minium-red, and in the discus a pale yellow transverse band. From Peru and 

 Bolivia, where it flies together with Hel. vesta, which it resembles so exactly that they cannot be distinguished 

 when flying. — In ab. farragosa Stick, from Peru the basal red is diminislied; — in riffarthi Stick., like- fanagosa. 

 wise from Peru, also from Bolivia, the basal area shows no red at all and the yellow discal band is broken "'''"^ "" 

 up into single spots. ■ — eanides Stick. (80c) has the rays distinct but brown-red: to the yellow discal band mnides. 

 is added a spot at the apex of the cell, marldng a sort of yellow star, as in keliconioides. It mimics exactly 

 certain forms of Hel. aglaope, with which it associates in Bolivia and Peru. — In aides Slich. (80 c). from Bolivia aidcu. 

 and Peru, all the red colour has disappeared fr(nn the upper surface. Flies in Bolivia with its double Hel. pluto. — 

 Also of tills species we know a form pluto Slick. (80 c), of which we figure the type. Differs from aides in the vMo. 

 complete absence of the red markings on the baseband the rays, and in the rosy-pink tinge of the discal 



