386 Dr. A. G. Butler on 



an oblique dash rather larger than that of the female near the 

 outer margin ; the female differs in having the band beyond 

 the middle of the primaries uninterrupted ; both sexes show 

 hardly a trace of the reddish suffusion on the costa and apical 

 border of primaries below, but quite as much or more bright 

 orange on the secondaries. 



Expanse of wings, <$ 52 millim., $ 50 millim. 



<J S ? t Colombia. Type, B. M. 



53. Dismorphia fortunata. 

 (J . Leptalis fortunata, Lucas, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1854, p. 55, pi. Mi- 

 ng. 1. 

 3 . Leptalis antherize, Hewitson, Exot. Butt, ii., Lep. pi. iii. fig. 12 



f 1858 )- , , • * « 



J. Leptalis argochloe, Bates, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxm. pi. lvi. tig. b 



(1862). 

 " Mexico ' r {Lucas). J ? , Nicaragua: coll. Hewitson. 



54. Dismorphia leuconoe. 



Leptalis leuconoe, Bates, Journ. Entom. i. p. 232 (1861) ; Trans. Linn 

 Soc. xxiii. pi. lvi. fig. 4 (1862). 



Sao Paulo. ? , coll. Hewitson. 



55. Dismorphia erythroe. 



Leptalis erythroe, Bates, Journ. Entom. i. p. 232 (1861) ; Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxiii. pi. lvi. figs. 1-3 (1862). 



" Sao Paulo." <J , Amazon : B. M. $ ? , coll. Hewitson. 

 Hewitson has a slight variety from Ecuador. 



56. Dismorphia flammula, nom. n. 

 Leptalis theonoe, var., Bates, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. pi. lv. fig. 4 (1862). 



? , Ega: B. M. Amazon : coll. Hewitson. 



If this and the following are varieties, they must be 

 tolerably constant and frequent ones ; but it appears to me 

 that whereas D. erythroe copies Leucothyrisilerdina, D.fiam- 

 mula more nearly resembles Hymenitis sarepta, and that 

 whereas D.fervida is a copy of Leucothyris priscilla, D. ly- 

 sinoe is stated by Bates himself to be " quite unlike any 

 Ithomia found in the whole region," and he regards it as a 

 mimic of Stalachtis Duvalii. It is hardly probable that mere 

 sports of the same species would be formed in imitation of 

 species belonging to different families or even different genera. 



