Mayer. — Color and Color-Patterns. 



PLATE 0. 



Color-patterns of the Melpomene group of Heliconius and of the genus 



Eueides. 



Fi2. TO. H. melpomene, the type of the Melpomene group. See p. 212, and 

 Fig. 59, Plate 4. 



Fig. 71. H. melpomene var. callicopis, showing the breaking np of the red 

 area of the primaries. 



Fi" 72. H. melpomene var. cybele ; the fore wing has assumed a color-pattern 

 which recalls the - Melinaea type" of coloration found in the 

 Danaoid Heliconidae. 



Fig. 73. H. thelxiope, derived phylogenetically from H. melpomene. and 

 showing a rather close approach to the " Melinaea type " of color- 

 ation. See p. 212. 



Fig. 74. H. vesta. . 



Fig. 7.5. Eueides thales $ ; represented to show the close resemblance of its 

 color-pattern to H. vesta. See p. 212. 



Figs. 76, 77. E. mereaui and E. aliphera. E. mereaui is intermediate in color- 

 pattern betwee.E. thales and E. aliphera. 



Fig. 78. Eueides cleobaea, to show the close approach of this insect to the 

 ■•Melinaea type" of coloration. 



