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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 mucl) as in the male of Eueides nigrofitlva, 

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

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

 flowers of Ewpatorium macrophyllum, 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 1 1. 



The East Brazilian Type. 

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

 (a) with yelkno apical spot or spots in fore-wing, (b) With 

 white markings in the same position. The following 

 table shows the constituent species arranged as in 

 Combination I. 



(a) The apical sp)ots on the fore-wing yellow, 

 iTHOMIINiE. DANAINiE. 



Tithorea, sp. Lyeorca halia, Htibn. 



Melina3aethra, Godt. Nymphalin^. 



Mecliamtis nesxa, Hiibn. „ . .^^ 



Napeogenes xanthone, Bates, f ^^^'.^ ^^^''^'' H^'^' 

 Ceratinia laphria, Doubl J^f'^sia, sp. 



Heliconin^. 



Heliconi'us dryalus, Hopff. 



Eueides dianasa, Htibn. 



PlERINiE. 



Dismorphia astynome, Dalm. 



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

 Plate XXXI.) 

 Ithomiin^. Nymphalin^, 



Mechanitis lysimnia, Fabr. Protogonius drurii, But!. 



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



Napeogenes euryanassa, Feld. Heliconin^ 

 (Figs. 5 and 6). . . " 



Ceratinia daeta^'i^oh.V (Jig,, nehcomus narcjea, Godt. 

 3 and 4). ° (Figs. ^ and 8). 



Heticonius potychrous, i?eld. 

 (Fig. 9). 



