resemblance to each other, belong to three different species— 
P. leucodrosime Koll., which has antennae ringed with white, 
and basal red spots beneath; P. callinice Feld., which has 
black antennae and no red spots; and P. callinira Stder., 
also with no red spots, but with antennae like those of P. 
leucodrosime. Besides the characters just mentioned, these 
species are usually distinguishable by their scent-scales. The 
lamina in each of the species is long and narrow, more or less 
expanded towards the base, and furnished with basal cornua. 
The fimbriae are short. In P. leucodrosime the cornua are 
long and slender; in P. callinice they may be claw-shaped; in 
P. callinira, though sometimes strongly resembling those of 
P. leucodrosime, they are in most instances unsymmetrical, 
one being claw-shaped as often in P. callinice, the other long 
and tapering. The lamina itself is relatively narrower in P. 
callinice than in the other two species, and in P. lewcodrosime 
the expansion towards the base is more gradual. Individual 
scales may not always be easy to place; but when a prepara- 
tion contains many scales from the same specimen, it is not 
difficult to assign it to its proper species. It is interesting 
to note that in the matter of the presence or absence of red 
spots beneath, P. callinice and P. callinira agree, while P. 
leucodrosime stands apart. In the antennal character, P. 
leucodrosime and P. callinira agree, and P. callinice differs. 
As regards the scent-scales, P. callinice is somewhat inter- 
mediate between the other two, but on the whole comes 
nearer to P. leucodrosime. 
“It may be worth noting that Seitz (p. 66) says: ° P. 
callinirva Stdgr. aus Peru hat schwarze Fiihler.’ But Stau- 
dinger, who described the species, says: ‘die Fiihler sind 
gelblichweiss,’ which is undoubtedly the case. 
“The other two Pierines are a male and female of Pveris 
pharetia Fruhst., the Peruvian form of the well-known P. 
buniae of Brazil. They differ from typical P. buniae chiefly 
by their larger size and by the pale and almost obsolete marking 
of the underside. The Natural History Museum has four 
male specimens of this form from Bolivia, but no specimen 
of the female.” 
ExampLes oF HELICONIUS FROM VENEZUELA. Mr. GEORGE 
