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central and marginal stripes of the liind wing, which many Heliconidce are suhject to. 

 The fore tihise and tarsi of the <S are nearly as long as the femur. 



3, Melin^a Equicola, Cramer. 

 Papilio Equicola, Cram. Pap. Exot. t. 297. f- F. 



This species seems intermediate between 31. Mneme and M. Egina, not only in colours, 

 but in the structure of the fore legs in the <i . 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, mth two yellow macular belts, as in M. 

 Egina ; there is a black spot in the angle formed by the first median nervure and its first 

 branch ; and the marginal row of pale spots is indistinctly marked. 



4. Melin^a Lucifer, n. sp. 



2 . Expanse 2" 9"'. Similar in size and general appearance to M. 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 nervure, 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 yeUow spot on the costa, at the end of the ceU, 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. 



Sind 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 nervxires. Beneath, the same ; margin 

 spotless. 



Body and antennae precisely as in M. Mneme and M. Egina. Eore tibise and tarsi of 

 the c? elongated, but much shorter than the femur. 



St. Paulo ; Upper Amazons. Its mimetic analogue, Heliconius Atirora, was found in 

 its company. 



5. MELiNJiiA M^ENiTJS, Hcwitson. 



Mechaniiis Mcenius, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Mechanitis, fig. 6. 

 This species was plentiful at Ega. 



6. MELiNiEA Maeltjs, Hcwitson. 



Mechanitis Maelus, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Mechanitis, fig. 6, 2 . 

 Marsceus, Hewits. I. c. fig. 10, d • 



Also plentiful at Ega, in company with M. Mcenim. The two sexes are somewhat dis- 

 similar in the colours of the wings. 



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