142 Dr. H. Eltringham on Specific and 



Section II. 



dor is delila burneyi hubneri 



metharme 

 sara ff. 



meiharmina »»«*«*«* #»u \ 



Of the genus Eueides, Seitz remarks that it may be said 

 that no Eueides, without any exception, has a character 

 of its own. Some copy Heliconius, others Lycorea and 

 Actinote, and in some species the male copies one species 

 whilst the female resembles another. A few of such 

 resemblances are given below. 



Eueides. Heliconius. 



ricini, Linn. \ clysonimus \ 



procula, Doubl. / hortense I 



eanes, Hew. erato lativitta 



eanes eanides, Stich. melpomene aglaope f. 



dianasa, Hiibn. narcaea 

 „ decolor ata, Stich. „ satis 



All the numerous forms of E. isabella, Cram., resemble 

 various forms of Heliconius of the Silvan if orrnes group. 



In addition to the mimetic associations above tabulated 

 there are further instances of considerable interest. Thus 

 the resemblance of Colaenis telesiphe to H. telesiphe is 

 well known. They fly together and cannot be distin- 

 guished on the wing. In Ecuador the Heliconius has the 

 hind- wing band yellow instead of white and broader 

 than in the typical form. The Colaenis in the same region 

 is correspondingly modified. Several Papilios present 

 Heliconoid patterns, notably P. zagreus, Doubl., and its 

 form P. backus, Feld., which have an appearance recalling 

 that of species of the Silvaniformes. P. pausanias is a 

 mimic of H. sara. and is also said to imitate the Heliconius 

 flight. 



P. euterpinus, Godm., though it can only be said to be 

 a rough mimic of a Heliconius, presents the melpomene 

 pattern which, as Dr. Dixey has shown, may be traced over 

 a large area and through many species, including many 

 forms of Heliconius, Eresia castilla, Feld. Adelpha lara, Hew., 

 Agrais amy don, Hew., Siderone spp., Calagramma euomia, 

 Hew., Callithea davisii, Butl., Daedalma sp., several species 

 of Pereute, Catasticta tentamis, Hew., and a number of 



