WARNING COLOEATIOS" AXD MDIICEY 



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In Eastern Peru and Bolivia — 



f Heliconius aristona. 

 -! ilelintea cydippe. 

 I i ') ^leehanitis mothone. 



In Pernambuco — 



Heliconius ethra. 

 Mechanitis ns 



In Eio Janeiro — 



j Helicon: 

 IteehanTtifl lysinmia. 



nth Brazil — 



..yridia megist 



| Itcina ilione. 

 . :ea thalia. 

 \ Eueides pavana. 



Besides these, a number of species of Ithomia and Xapeo- 



/.ipeogenes and Mechanitis, resemble each other 



with equal accuracy, so that they are liable to be mistaken 



¥m I ' — mga of Ituna Ilioiie, $ 



ingS ::' Dryri in n - 



for each other when on the wing : and no doubt many other 

 equally remarkable cases are yet unnoticed. 



The figures above of the fore and hind wings of two of these 



mimicking species, from Dr. Fritz Aliiller's original paper in 



will serve to show the considerable amount of 



