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central and marginal stripes of the hind wing, which many Helicon id \e are subject to 
The fore tibiae and tarsi of the 6 are nearly as long as the femur. 
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3. Melinjsa Eqtjicola, Cramer. 
Papilio Equicola, Cram. Pap. Exot. t. 297. £ F- 
This" species seems intermediate between M. Mnenie and 31. Fg'nia, not only in colours, 
but in the structure of the fore legs in the tf. It is found at Ega. In my example the 
yellow belt across the end of the cell in the fore wing is less distinct than it is in Cramer's 
figure ; the apical half of the wing is black, with two yellow macular belts, as in 3£. 
FJgina; there is a black spot in the angle formed by the first median nervurc and its first 
branch ; and the marginal row of pale spots is indistinctly marked. 
4. MELINiEA LUCIEER, n. sp. 
2. Expanse 2" 9'". Similar in size and general appearance to 31. Mneme; differs from 
it in the absence of the yellow crossbelt, and the presence of a very large subapical 
yellow spot on the fore wing. Fore wing : above, tawny orange; the costal margin near 
the base, a stripe along the middle of the hind margin, an irregular spot within the 
cell before the middle, a short oblique belt across the end of the cell touching the costa, 
a spot between the 1st and 2nd median branches near the median nervurc, and the apical 
fourth of the wing black ; the black apical part extends along the outer margin, and is 
connected with an oblong spot which ascends between the 1st and 2nd median branches ; 
there is a yellow spot on the costa, at the end of the cell, and a very large oblong yellow 
spot in the middle of the apical part, crossed by three nervures ; near the middle of the 
black outer border are two large orange-tawny submarginal spots. Beneath, the same ; 
margin spotless. 
Hind wing : above, tawny orange ; a stripe along the costa from the base to the apex, 
and a very large rounded spot which occupies the anal half of the wing, black ; there is 
also a small black spot between the two radial nervures. Beneath the same ; margin 
spotless. 
Body and antennae precisely as in M. Mneme and M. Egina. Eore tibiae and tarsi of 
the 6 elongated, but much shorter than the femur. 
St. Paulo; Upper Amazons. Its mimetic analogue, Heliconius Aurora, was found in 
its company. 
5. Melin^a Mjsnius, Hewitson. 
Mechanitis Mcenius, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Mechanitis. 
This species was plentiful at Ega. 
6. Melinjea Maelits, Hewitson. 
Mechanitis Maehu, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Mechanitis, fig. 6, $ . 
Mar sous, Hewits. /. c. fig. 10, cJ • 
Also plentiful at Ega, in company with M. Mcenius. The two sexes are somewhat dis- 
similar in the colours of the wing 
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