31G Miss Cora B. Sanders on tlie RJioprilocera 



cent, greater than \n pltenoinoe. Furthermore, iii the former, 

 but not in the latter, the band is continued in a mucli 

 narrower form along- the second median nervule until it joins 

 the black hind marginal border near the anal angle of the 

 wing. Tlie development of this important marking gives it a 

 different shape, the proximal border being markedly concave 

 in phenomoe, straight or slightly convex in Burchelli, the 

 concavity of the distal border being more pronounced in 

 SurcheUi. 



The type of Bia-chelli, specimen 64 from the junction of ^ 

 the Rio Araguay with the Rio Tocantins, is represented in 

 PI. VL fig. 1. 



Distribution (based on the specimens in the Godman-Salvin 

 Collection and the Hope Department). — BurcheUi occurs in 

 the northern part of Eastern Brazil, jihenomoe in the southern 

 part, in Argentina, and Venezuela. — E. B. P.] 



On specimen no. 65 there is a scrap of paper on which 

 Professor Westvvood had written in pencil " lAke phenomoe, 

 but larger black band. [? is it a] black var." There is un- 

 certainty as to tlie correct interpretation of the letters enclosed 

 in square brackets. On 63 he had written a list of the dates 

 of specimens 60-65, and opposite 19. 5. 29 are the words 

 " 2 ind'. fascia longiori." In his list of Heliconiidse the words 

 are " 2 ind. fascia ad apicem cellular magis elongata." There 

 is also a statement that he submitted a specimen to Hewitsoii, 

 who probably suggested the name ^^ flora black var,," which 

 has been added in pencil. These butterflies were carefully 

 compared with others in the Hope Department and the 

 Godman-Salvin Collection, and it was found that this heavy 

 type of marking is probably characteristic of a large section 

 of the northern part of Eastern Brazil, for two similar forms 

 captured by the late '[\ Belt in Maranhao exist at Oxford, 

 while the Godman-Siilvin Collection contains one similar 

 form from Pernambuco and one from Bahia. The latter 

 collection also contains eight specimens from Argentina, one 

 from Rio, and a series from Venezuela. All these, together 

 with the Burchell specimens from South-East Brazil (nos. 60- 

 63) and two Miers specimens (probably Rio) at Oxford, are of 

 the ordinary form, with lighter markings, as also are six 

 s])ecimens in the British Museum, which, however, are without 

 localities. 



Dircenna Jiulda, Feld. 



31. 1. 2G. ? = 66. Rio de Janeiro. " Valh-y of Catombf 

 ai\d a high UMMUitaiu on the N.W. side of the Aqueduct." 



