Gomhmations of Trofwd American Bidkr flics. 591 



any tendency to melanic hind-wings, but the females are 

 certainly more heavily barred than the males. The latter 

 show a strong tendency to a breaking up of the bar into a 

 series of spots much as in the male of Eucicles nigrofulvob, 

 Kaye, vide PI. XXIII, fig. 13. I do not expect that JEresia 

 eiinice usually sits with the Melinmas, etc., on the white 

 flowers of Eupcdorium macrophyllvm, because I have 

 stopped Roberts sending collections from off these flowers, 

 but still I get a fair number of E. eunice. There is not 

 the slightest doubt however that it is a member of the 

 group and derives its colouring therefrom." 



Combination II. 



The East Brazilian Type. 

 This type is split up by Blandford into two sub-divisions, 

 {a) with yellow apical spot or spots in fore- wing, {h) With 

 ivhitc markings in the same position. The following 

 table shows the constituent species arranged as in 

 Combination I. 



(a) The ccpiccd spots on the fore-ioing yellow. 



Ithomiin^. Danain^. 



Tithorea-, sp. Lycorea hcdia, Hiibn. 



Melin^aethra, Godt. Nymphalin.e. 

 Mecfiamtis nesxa, Hiibn. 



Napeogenes xanthonc. Bates. „ 



Ceratinia laphria, Doubl. ^'''^■^^^' ^P' 



Eresia esora. Hew. 



Heliconin.e. 



Heliconiiis drycdns, Hopff. 

 Eueides dianasa, Hiibn. 



PlERIN^. 



Dismorphia astynome, Dalm. 



(b) The apical spots on the fore-wing white. {Shovm on 

 Plate XXXI.) 

 Ithomiin^. Nymphalin^, 



Mechanitis lysimnia, Fabr. Protogoniv.s drurii, But!. 



(Figs. 1 and 2). (Figs. 10 and 11). 



Napeogenes eicryanassa, Feld. HELicONlNiE. 



CemtiL^dZt,Bokd.(Figs. ^f^07iius narcjea, Godt. 



3 and 4). (^^S^; ^ ^^^ 8). 



Heliconius polychroiis, Feld. 



(Fig. 9). 



