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■brown colour, more or less suffused with black; one variety is so distinct that it 
merits a distinctive name, as follow 
Var. H. Bardalinus. 
cf . Similar in size and shape to //. Numata and Eucoma. Fore wing : above, rich 
orange-brown; the basal half of the costal margin, a broad stripe on the hind margin, 
broadest in the middle, and an irregular border along the outer margin black ; an 
elongate spot within the cell touching the base, a quadrate spot at the end of the cell, 
and two rounded spots, one between the 1st and 2nd, the other between the 2ml and '5rd 
median branches, also black; beyond the cell is an oblique bright-yellow belt, consisting 
of five elongate spots, and between it and the apex is a second yellow belt of four smaller 
spots: the outer edge of the first belt, the nervures beyond it, and an irregular spot 
around its extremity are black. Beneath, the same. 
Bind wing : above, rich orange-brown ; a stripe along the costa, a broad central one, and 
a marginal series of very large connected angular spots black. Beneath, the same, 
except that there is on the hind margin, towards the anal angle, a series of ten short 
yellowish- white lines. 
Body and antennae as in H. Numata. 
The rich orange-brown colour of the apical part of the wing, divided into spot- by the 
dark lines which accompany the nervures, gives a distinct appearance to this f< ma, which, 
however, in all essential points is very closely allied to II. Eucoma. It is found in 
company with H. Eucoma at St. Paulo. It very much resembles Jlelincea Partialis of 
the same neighbourhood. 
4. Heliconius Aurora. 
$ . Size and shape of H. Numata. Fore wing : above, clear tawny orange ; the basal 
half of the costa, a broad stripe on the hind margin, touching the edge, but not reaching 
the hind angle, an elongate spot at the base of the cell, a stripe across the end of the 
cell, from the costa to the outer margin, consisting of two elongate spots which meet 
at the hind angle of the cell, and the apical fourth of the wing black : in the middle of 
the black apical portion is an elongate yellow spot, crossed by four nervures. Beneath, 
the same ; margin spotless. 
Hind wing : above, clear tawny orange ; a subcostal stripe, bent before tie ,** towards 
the upper radial, and a very large rounded spot occupying more than the anal half of 
the wing, black. Beneath, the same; margin spotless. 
Body and antenna precisely the same as in S. Numata and the allied species and 
v&ndjiGS 
This apparently distinct species occurred at St. Paulo; it has a striking resemblance 
to Melinl Lucifer of the same locality. It agrees in all essential points with B Nnmata, 
and is most likely a modification of that species ; but the intermediate connecting forms 
are wanting. 
