Mr. A. G. Butler on Peruvian Lepidoptera. 119 



Bbassolin^j Bates. 

 Opsiphanes, West wood. 



7. Opsiplianes tamarindi. 



Opsiphanes tamarindi, Felder, Wien. ent. Monatsclir. v. p. 111. n. 107 



(1861). 



Pozzuzo. 



Only one male of this species was obtained. 



AcR^iNuE, Bates. 

 ACTINOTE, Hiibner {Acrcea, pt., Druce). 



8. Actinote sodalis^ n. sp. 



Allied to A. amida, but tlie basal half (almost to external 

 angle) of primaries rose-red ; the subapical band shortev, more 

 oblique, and considerably narrower ; secondaries jet-black to 

 the base ; abdomen spotted with orange; primaries below with 

 the red areas precisely as above, the band being coloured like 

 the basal area, the ground-colour yellowish instead of red- 

 dish, with the veins black. Expanse of wings 2 inches 

 2 lines. 



Ucayali. 



A. sodalis is a very distinct species allied to A. aim'da, 

 griseata^ callianira^ and one or two other named forms ; but 

 it rliflfers considerably from all of them. Mr. Davis obtained 

 eight examples. 



IIeliconin^^ Bates. 

 Heliconius, Latreille. 



9. HeUconins doris. 



Papilio doris, Linnaeus, Mant. Plant, p. -^t^G (1771 ) 

 TTcayali. 



10. Heliconius estrplla. 

 Heliconius estretta, Bates, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. p. 560 (1862). 



Ucayali. 



A slight variety, the yellow band, of primaries being rather 

 wider tl an usual, and placed rather further from the apex ; 

 in these respects it tends to approach H. Barfletti, which, if 

 the. extreme variability of this genus be unquestionable, 

 should be considered a modification of If. esfreJIa. Is it the 



