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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 much as in the male of Eueides nigrofitlva, 

 Kaye, mc?e PI. XXIII, fig. 13. I do not expect ihsit Eresia 

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

 flowers of JSicpatoriu7n macrophyllum, because I have 

 stopped Roberts sending collections from off these flowers, 

 but still I get a fair number of E. eitnice. 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, 

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

 ivhite markings in the same position. The following 

 table shows the constituent species arranged as in 

 Combination I. 



(a) The apical spots on the fore-wing yellow. 



Ithomiin^. 

 Tithorea, sp, 

 Meli7i£ea ethra, Godt. 

 Mechanitis nessea, Hiibn. 

 Napeogenes xanthone, Bates. 

 Ceratinia laphria, Doubl. 



Danain^. 



Lycorea halia, Hiibn. 

 Nymphalin^. 

 Eresia esora, Hew. 

 Eresia, sp. 



Heliconin^. 

 Heliconius dryahis, Hopff. 

 Eueides dianasa, Hiibn. 



PlERINiE. 



Dismorphia astynome, Dalm. 



(b) The apical spots on the fore-wing ivhite. (Shovjn on 

 Plate XXXI.) 



Ithomiin^. 



Mechanitis lysimnia, Fabr. 



(Figs. 1 and 2). 

 Napeogenes euryanassa, Feld. 



(Figs. 5 and 6). 

 Ceratinia daeta, Boisd. (Figs. 



3 and 4). 



Nymphalin^. 



Protogonius drurii, Butl. 

 (Figs. 10 and 11;. 



Heliconin^. 



Heliconius narcma, Godt. 



(Figs. 7 and 8). 

 Heliconius polychrous, Feld. 



(Fig. 9). 



