78 Mr. W. J. Kaye on new 



Fore wing with costa dark brownish, becoming more ochreous 

 beyond the cell, then again dark blackish brown. Inner 

 margin broadly black. A black band across middle of cell 

 and black discoidal mark. Veins dark. Outer margin very 

 narrowly black, and where it meets costa narrowest. A 

 transparent area between veins 7, 8. Hind wing transparent, 

 the veins very dark brown. Marginal bands narrow. Fore 

 wing below with light brown costa and triangular terminal 

 areas to the veins. Tornus light brown. Just before apex 

 on inner side of narrow marginal band two or three whitish 

 spots. Underside of hind wing with the costa broadly 

 whitish, followed by a broad black band shading off into 

 light brown. A row of white submarginal spots alternately 

 with light brown patches, which run into the dark narrow 

 marginal band. 



Expanse 84 mm. 



1 ?. 



Hah. N. Peru, River Tabaconas, 6000 feet. 



Tithorea bonplandii joiceyi, subsp. n. 



Above : Fore and hind wing black with white markings. 

 A trace of yellow scaling along the basal and median veins 

 where the white band crosses. Beneath with a great exten- 

 sion of red marking. Fore wing with a red streak below 

 costa, a broad red band on either side of the subapical line of 

 white dots uniting into a submarginal band. Hind wing 

 with a short red costal streak, a red band on either side of the 

 postdiscal white dotted line, merging into a broad red sub- 

 costal band. 



Expanse 90 mm. 



Hob. Cauca Valley, Colombia; Corinto, May-July. 



10 £ £ , lc? without locality, 1 £ Brit. Guiana (err. loc. !). 



This remarkable race of bonplandii is so distinct-looking as 

 to at first glance appear as a good species, but in the Joicey 

 Collection is a specimen of bonplandii latreillei showing 

 incipient extension of the red markings beneath as to at once 

 suggest racial and not specific rank. The change of colour 

 from yellow to white, although frequently observable in the 

 Heliconidae, is a rare phenomenon in the Ithomiinee. 



Xopeogenes curvihttea, sp. n. 



Fore wing orange-brown, with a black streak along the 

 median vein to just beyond origin of vein 2, and another 



