collected by W. J. Burckell in Brazil. 32} 



7. 3. 26; 9. 3. 26. 2 ind'.; 13. 3. 26 ; 21. 3. 26. 2 ind».; 

 1. 4. 26," lie had written : " Ejusd. var. (Eucrate) fascia 

 media interrupta maculari. 9 ind*." Nine of the fourteen 

 Burchell specimens were thus separated as a variety, but, as 

 pointed out under 1285 and 1294, the first date, " 29. 10. 25," 

 is now borne by an example of the type form, having been 

 accidentally transferred since the time when Westwood's list 

 was prepared. It is worth remarking that West wood drew 

 attention to the fact that one individual of the type form and 

 one of the variety were caught on the same clay, 7. 3. 26, by 

 connecting the two copies of this date with a line. 



Heliconius narccea polychrous, Feld. 



a. 29. 8. 27. = 1295. Between R. Pardo and R. Grande. 

 " C^rvo to Pacie*ncia." " In the forest ascending the 

 Morro de Batataes. Papilionides. In this forest Butter- 

 flies literally swarmed and thousands might have been 

 caught in one day. I never saw such abundance in my 

 life before." 

 A Westwood's label reads, " Heliconia polychrous Felder 

 PI. 47 f. 7." [" Lepidoptera of the Novara Expedition. 

 Plates. (Reise der Oesterreichischen Fregatte Novara). 

 Vienna. 1864-1867."] 



Westwood's list agrees ; and the following description is 

 written opposite to the date of this specimen: "Heliconia 

 Polychrous Felder : ant 8 , alis intra cellulam flavo nee fulvo- 

 rufo variegatis." 



[It is to be observed that, although Burchell captured this 

 single specimen of polychrous rather to the north of the 

 localities in which he took narcaa, Stichel gives S. Brazil 

 for both forms, and there is no doubt that they fly together 

 over a wide area. Hence, according to the reasonable prin- 

 ciples of Rothschild and Jordan, they should be considered as 

 distinct species and not as subspecies. — E. B. P.] 



Heliconius numatus superioris, Butl., var. 



i?*. 4. 12. 28. ?=1296. Porto Real. " Walk to thelgarape." 

 " Papiliones, caught in the woody cam po; but the long- 

 wing[ed] one is only found in forests in the shade." 

 It is exceedingly probable that the above quoted descrip- 

 tion refers to this specimen (see 877, Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. ser. 8, vol. iii., Jan. 1909, p. 10). The "4" of Bur- 

 chell's Bz. label is partly torn away ; but there is no real 

 doubt about the figure, which Westwood also read as a "4." 



