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fifth spot, similar to the fourth of the preceding series, but smaller, 

 just internal to the origin of the first median branch. The ventral 

 part of the thorax shares in the rich ochreous colour of the hind- 

 wings. 



$. Exp. al. CO mm. (Another $ in Coll. Hope, 57 mm.) Upper- 

 side of both wings a bright canary yellow, somewhat deeper on 

 the hind-wing and at the apex of the fore-wing. A narrow fuscous 

 edging and apical spots as in the male. Underside as in the male 

 except that the dead white of the fore-wing is replaced by canary 

 yellow, and that the fuscous spots on the fore -wing and between 

 the second subcostal and radial of the hind -wing may be absent. 



In the male the fore-wing has a sharp apical angle, and the posterior 

 margin is slightly concave. In the female the apex is more rounded, 

 and the posterior margin is nearly straight. The hind-wing in 

 the female has the anal angle slightly prolonged, but less so than in 

 the male. 



1 (^, 2 $ 9 (Venezuela), in Hope Collection, Oxford. 



All three specimens were captured by Dr. G. B. LongstafE ; 

 the male and one female on January 9, 1913, at an altitude 

 of about 1300 ft., below Zigzag Station, La Guaira, Venezuela ; 

 the second female on January 11, 1913, at about 1000 ft., 

 between Curatici and Zigzag. 



The present is the Venezuelan form of the group containing 

 H. jaliscana, Schaus (Mexico), H. lenoris, Reak. (Mexico), 

 H. idiofica, Butl., and H. crocea, Bates (Costa Rica). The 

 earUest-named of the group appears to be H. crocea, which 

 is probably indistinguishable from H. lenoris, as remarked 

 by Godman and Salvin (Biol. Centr.-Amer., Rhopalocera, 

 vol, ii, pp. 127-8). H. idiotica may be the same; the 

 locality of the type is unknown. 



H. longstqffi is distinguished from H. crocea by the absence 

 of orange suffusion on the upper surface of the hind-^ving; 

 Dr. LongstafE 's specimens differ from co-types of H. jaliscana 

 by the deeper colour in both sexes, by the fainter develop- 

 ment of the fuscous markings at the apex of the fore- wing, 

 and by the much greater prominence of the dark costal 

 spots on the under surface of the hind-wing. 



