16 iMr. E. G. Joseph on the Rhopalocera 



scales, and in view of the triangular condition of the lower 

 spot above described, it seems possible that this band was 

 formerly well developed. 



Westwood also refers to this band in his list. (See 1471.) 

 Bz. 17. 12. 26. ? = 1461. Cubatao. No mention is made 

 of Burchell's whereabouts on this date in any of his 

 records : but according to the Cat. pi. Braz. lie was " la 

 the middle part (about f) of the Ascent up the Serra de 

 Cubatdo " * on l)ec. 16th, and he is not reported to have 

 made any further expedition till Dec. 22nd ; so it is 

 probable that he spent the days between Dec. 16th and 

 Dec. 22iid at Rio das PeJras, and may have been 

 engaged upon his botanical and zoological collections. 

 The following evidence supports the conclusion that he was 

 in this locality on one of these days. It is noted in the Cat. 

 pi. Braz. that " 3628-4'^ (a botanical specimen) was collected 

 "19. 12. 26 "\ Now 3595-3628 are the botanical entries 

 for Dec. 15 at Rio das Pe Iras, and the fact that the last of 

 these entries was repeated (with the addition of '' — 4.") for 

 the above-mentioned specimen, suggests that it came from 

 the same locality as 3628, i. e. that Burchell was at Rio das 

 Pedras on 19. 12. 26. If this conclusion be correct, it is 

 probable that 17. 12. 26 was also spent in the same locality. 

 Westwood^s list records one other specimen of this date. 

 Inner marginal spots as in 1460. Detached sections of the 

 upper surface rectangulated band distinctly shown, and as 

 this specimen is much rubbed, it is possible for the reasons 

 given under 1460 that in its original state the band was con- 

 tinuous and well marked. It is worth noticing that the ray 

 that runs between the first and second median nervules 

 traverses and projects a little beyond one of the detached 

 segments of the upper surface band. It is slightly thickened 

 at the point of intersection, but gradually tapers at its distal 

 end, thus creating the impression of a barbed arrow-head. 

 18. 12. 26. (S = 1462. Cubatao. Burchell was probably at 

 Rio das Pedras on this day. (See 1461.) ^ 

 Inner marginal spots as in 1460, but a great deal smaller. 

 Upper surface band extremely well marked and broad, forming 

 the ground on which Westwood placed this specimen and 

 1462 under A. 10 in his list (see p. 18). 



This specimen and 1463, both males and both taken on the 

 same dciy, had been named pelltnea after comparison with 

 specimens in the Grodman-Salvin Collection, and so far as 



^ 3628-2 and 3628-3, collected " In liorto " and undated, are probably 

 to be understood as 15. 12. 26. 

 ^ See also note on 1460. 



