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from the costa to the second branch of the median nervure. 

 Underside paler, the posterior wings yellowish, the nervures 

 and a line between them sooty. Antennae black. 



Hah. Apolobamba, Northern Bolivia (Pearce). 



Mus. S. & G. 



8. Helicomus notabiUs. 



? . Exp. 3*1. Dark sooty black; anterior wings with two 

 conspicuous white spots — one (quadrate) at the extremity of 

 the cell, the other (oval) between the cell and the apex ; the 

 margins of these spots and a large patch contiguous to the 

 inner one, and reaching to beyond the first branch of the 

 median nervure, brick-red. Underside paler, the red spot only 

 showing a pinkish tinge ; the basal half of the costa of the 

 posterior wings yellow ; four red spots at the base of the pos- 

 terior wings. Antenna black. 



Hah. Canelos, Eastern Ecuador {Pearce). 



Mus. S. & G. 



Allied to H. Xenodea^ Hew., but differs in having the spots 

 of the anterior wings white and red, instead of red orange. 



9. Eueides lineata. 



^ . Exp. 2*4. Black ; anterior wings with a broad arched 

 band from the base, widening towards the outer margin and 

 posterior angle, tawny orange ; an oblique curved band, di- 

 vided by the radial nervures, occupying the central portion 

 of the apex, reaches to the costa; hind wings with the 

 whole central portion tawny orange, the black margin extend- 

 ing almost to the cell along the nervules, and to a less distance 

 between them. Underside red brown intermingled with yel- 

 lowish about the apical third of the anterior wings : posterior 

 wings having the nervules dark, a red-brown longitudinal 

 mark between them, the base yellowish, and a row of thirteen 

 white spots close to the outer margin. Antennae black, a row 

 of lateral white spots on the abdomen, and four on the head. 



$ . Larger and paler. 



Hah. Guatemala, valley of the Polochic {H. Hague). 



Mus. S. & G. 



10. Eresia moesta. 



Exp. 2*55. Grey, both wings bordered with brownish 

 black, the nervures being of the same colom- ; apex of the an- 

 terior wings with a row of four submarginal white spots ; pos- 

 terior wings with five white spots round the anterior angle 

 and outer margin ; a patch of tawny yellow along the inner 

 margin and anal angle. Underside paler, the tawny patch 

 more apparent, the base of the costa of the posterior wing 



Ann.<^Mag.N.Htst. Ser. 4. TW. ii. 10 



