﻿collected 
  by 
  W. 
  J. 
  Burcliell 
  in 
  Brazil. 
  15 
  

  

  14. 
  12. 
  26. 
  ? 
  = 
  1460. 
  Cubatao. 
  No 
  mention 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  

   this 
  date 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  Burchell's 
  records. 
  But 
  on 
  Dec. 
  13th 
  

   we 
  find, 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  Cat. 
  Geog. 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Cat. 
  pi. 
  Braz., 
  

   that 
  he 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Serra 
  de 
  Cubatao 
  ; 
  

   while 
  on 
  Dec. 
  15th 
  the 
  same 
  two 
  Catalogues 
  state 
  that 
  

   lie 
  was 
  at 
  Rio 
  das 
  Pedras 
  : 
  hence 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  he 
  

   was 
  back 
  again 
  at 
  Rio 
  das 
  Pedras 
  on 
  Dec. 
  14th, 
  perhaps 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  arranging 
  his 
  botanical 
  and 
  zoological 
  

   collections. 
  

   Westwood's 
  " 
  Catal. 
  A. 
  9 
  " 
  is 
  on 
  specimen, 
  and 
  his 
  list 
  

   agrees 
  with 
  this 
  label. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  very 
  difficult 
  to 
  determine, 
  from 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  

   paper, 
  whether 
  the 
  label 
  borne 
  by 
  this 
  specimen 
  is 
  English 
  

   or 
  Brazilian 
  : 
  for 
  though 
  it 
  has 
  the 
  whitish 
  colour, 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  

   exhibit 
  the 
  signs 
  of 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  type 
  of 
  paper. 
  Inas- 
  

   much, 
  however, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  average 
  Bra- 
  

   zilian 
  label, 
  it 
  seems 
  probable 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  

   type 
  of 
  English 
  paper 
  from 
  that 
  ordinarily 
  employed 
  by 
  

   Burcliell 
  — 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  labels 
  having 
  been 
  written 
  on 
  

   paper 
  of 
  a 
  greyish 
  tint. 
  The 
  same 
  difficulty 
  has 
  been 
  expe- 
  

   rienced 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  labels 
  on 
  1458, 
  1459, 
  1462, 
  and 
  

   1471. 
  The 
  two 
  former, 
  however, 
  being 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  larger 
  

   than 
  the 
  ordinary 
  Brazilian 
  label, 
  are 
  almost 
  certainly 
  

   English, 
  while 
  the 
  others 
  are 
  probably 
  also 
  English, 
  for 
  the 
  

   same 
  reasons 
  that 
  were 
  stated 
  for 
  1460. 
  

  

  Both 
  spots 
  are 
  distinct, 
  the 
  lower 
  being 
  subtriangular, 
  with 
  

   its 
  apex 
  directed 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  It 
  is 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  the 
  lower 
  spot 
  takes 
  this 
  form 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  

   Burchell 
  specimens 
  that 
  possess 
  a 
  well-marked 
  rectangulated 
  

   band 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface. 
  Moreover, 
  Hiibner 
  clearly 
  repre- 
  

   sents 
  this 
  feature 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  band 
  in 
  his 
  

   figure 
  of 
  A.pel/enea 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Zutragezur 
  exotischer 
  Schmetter- 
  

   linge 
  ' 
  \ 
  The 
  degree 
  of 
  triangularity 
  varies 
  greatly 
  in 
  

   2jellenea-\ike 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  other 
  specimeus, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  

   number 
  of 
  cases 
  the 
  spot 
  loses 
  the 
  triangular 
  shape 
  altogether, 
  

   and 
  becomes 
  rectangular 
  or 
  ovoid 
  &c. 
  I 
  conclude, 
  therefore, 
  

   that 
  this 
  character 
  is 
  of 
  no 
  more 
  value 
  in 
  separating 
  A. 
  pel- 
  

   lenea 
  from 
  A. 
  thalia 
  than 
  is 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  band. 
  All 
  

   distinctions 
  founded 
  on 
  pattern 
  alone 
  seem 
  to 
  break 
  down 
  ; 
  

   and 
  ifpellenea 
  be 
  really 
  separate 
  from 
  thalia, 
  the 
  evidence 
  must 
  

   rest 
  on 
  structural 
  characters 
  as 
  yet 
  insufficiently 
  investigated, 
  

   or 
  on 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  breeding. 
  

  

  The 
  upper 
  surface 
  rectangulated 
  band 
  is 
  only 
  faintly 
  indi- 
  

   cated, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  hind 
  wing 
  is 
  almost 
  totally 
  denuded 
  of 
  

  

  1 
  Figure 
  741 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Zutrage 
  zur 
  Sammlimg 
  exotischer 
  Schruetter- 
  

   linge,' 
  by 
  J. 
  Hiibner 
  and 
  C. 
  Geyer 
  (Augsburg, 
  1818-1837). 
  

  

  