collected by W. J. Barchell in Braill. 321 



Mechanitis lysimnia, Fabr. 



Bz.336.II. 15.10.25. ?=108. MinasGeraes. (As 98.) 

 [It is probable that this specimen should bear the number 

 330 and that it was one of the " Papilio (fforta) " captured 

 on Oct. 14 at Discoberto. Burchell probably accidentally 

 interchanged its label with that of 97, either originally in 

 Brazil or later when he set the specimens. The evidence is 

 as follows : — The Brazilian note-book shows that two indi- 

 viduals believed by Burchell to be one form u Papilio (Horta)" 

 captured on Oct. 14, were numbered 330, and that two others 

 also believed to be one form, taken on Oct. 15 "in Sylvis," 

 were numbered 336. Professor Westwood's list, repeated on 

 a specimen of each species, agrees with the existing specimens 

 in showing one 336 on Mechanitis lysimnia (108) and the 

 other on Ceratinia dicta (98). One 330 is on dceta (97) and 

 the other is now missing, but both of Westwood's lists agree 

 in recording that it was affixed to a specimen of lysimnia 

 which cannot now be found. Either Burchell twice paired 

 dceta and lysimnia as the same form on consecutive days or 

 he accidentally interchanged one 330 with one 336. The 

 following fact confirms the opinion that he made the latter 

 mistake and not the former. A few days later, on Oct. 19th, 

 we find in his note-book the following-entry : u 563 . . . (336)," 

 indicating his belief that the single specimen denoted by the 

 first number was the same species as the two individuals 

 denoted by the second. Now 563 is Ceratinia euryanassa 

 (85), a species which closely resembles C. dafta, but only 

 bears a very rough likeness to M. lysimnia. It is therefore 

 probable that 330 was intended for two specimens of M. ly- 

 simnia and 336 for two of C. dceta. — E. B. P.] 

 4. 11. 25. S = 109, 2 ? = 110, 111. Minas Geraes. 



(As 19.) 

 10. 11. 25. 2 <J = 112, 113. Minas Geraes. 

 6. 12. 25. $ = 114. Rio de Janeiro. " In an excursion to 

 the Summit of the Oorcovado by the road by the Con- 

 vent of Sta. Theresa, and along the Aqueduct." 

 31. 1. 26. ? = 115. Kio de Janeiro. (As 66.) 

 9. 2. 26. ? = 116. Organ Mountains. (As 21.) 

 12. 2. 26. ? = 117. „ „ (As 82, 83.) 



16. 2. 26. ? = 118. „ „ Near River Pa- 



caque. 

 21. 2. 26. ? = 119. „ „ (As 49.) 



28. 2. 26. ? = 120. " On the Kio Mage." 

 1. 3. 26. ? =121. " Along the River Mage, upwards to the 

 Fazenda da Lagda." 

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