ricini. 
insulana. 
procula. 
luminosus. 
eurysaces, 
vulgiformis. 
edias. 
carbo. 
fuliginosus. 
amoena. 
acacates. 
lam ypeto. 
copiosus. 
396 EUEIDES. By Dr. A. Sxrtz. 
stage on Asclepiadeae; this, however, must be an error due to mistaking it for Lycorea cleobaea (31 b), a Danaid 
closely resembling Hueides in colouring, but in no manner related to it. 
The caterpillars of Hueides resemble those of many of our Argynnis; when young they are ringed, 
later on quite black, the spines moderately long, those behind the head slightly curved and diverging. The 
pupa has a peculiarly dried-up and shriveled appearance, with more or less long spines and knobs at the back, 
resembling the asci of fungi one frequently sees in South America on dead caterpillars and chrysalids, which 
probably are to lead the enemies of the pupa to believe it to be unpalatable. The pupal stage lasts about 
14 days; after emerging, the imago remains for some time quietly in its place before flying away. Imper- 
fectly developed specimens are but rarely met with. 
E. ricini L. (79 d) closely resembles in colouring Heliconius hortense (79c) and clysonimus (79 b). Fore, 
wing with a pale yellow, hindwing with an ochre-brown median band; in addition a small subapical band- 
like that of H. hygiana (79 a), but in size approaching micra (79 a, b). Associates with the respective forms 
of clysonimus and hortense in Guayana and certain parts of Amazonas, also in Venezuela; specimens from 
Trinidad have the red-brown basal area of the hindwings much narrower: = insulana Stich. Not scarce. Larva, 
on Passiflora laurifolia. 
E. procula Dbl. (79 d). Above very much like Helic. clysonimus; forewing with a pale yellow, spindle- 
shaped band, hindwing with a band of fulvous; distinguished, aside from the antennae and the entirely 
different under surface, by the fulvous band extending somewhat beyond the hindwing and appearing on the 
forewing as a red dash at the inner margin. Fles in Venezuela and Colombia together with Hel. clysonimus; 
not scarce; associates in Colombia also with the much larger Helic. hortense (79 c). 
E. edias is the first of a group of Hueides copying the forms of an entirely different family, viz. Da- 
naids of the ewtresis- and olyras-groups. They also approach procula, and the form luminosus 
Stich. (79 e) of which we figure the type, has the hindwings just as in that species, but on the forewing the 
oblique band replaced by a number of isolated yellow spots accompanying a basal streak of fuscous. From 
Venezuela. — In eurysaces Hew. the ground-colour contrasts less sharply with the spots which on the fore- 
wing are united to a contiguous band. Ecuador, all the way up to Quito.— On the other hand vulgiformis Beir. 
and Druce has these spots reduced and farther separate than in lwminosus, the basal stripe not visible. From - 
Panama to Guatemala. — The name-type edias Hew. (= kuenowii Dew.) (79d, e) occurs in Colombia. On the 
forewing all the spots, particularly in the 3, are much larger and semi-translucent, giving it, together with the 
much larger size, a great similarity to Olyras theon (31d) and Hutresis theope (31 e), also to certain species of 
Dircenna as well as the Nymphalid Hresia prisca (91 e) and other forms of western South America. 
E. lampeto copies the aristiona-group of the genus Heliconius, as well as its numerous followers. — 
carbo Stich. from Ecuador has the hindwings nearly completely black, likewise the apex and 2 large, broad 
basal streaks on the forewing. It is found together with Hel. bicoloratus (73 c) and lenaeus (73 e), the Nym- 
phalid Hresia murena (91 ¢), Ceratinia semifulva (34d) and Hyposcada fallax (38 c). — ab. fuliginosus Stich., 
likewise from Ecuador and Peru, has the apex less black, leaving the discocellular spot as well as another 
spot in the middle of the termen standing quite alone on the yellow-brown ground. — ab. amoenia Stich. 
(79 f), intermediate between the former two, is more black than fuliginosus, but less so than carbo. Found 
together with the others. — acacates Hew. has the terminal spot covered over by the much broader apical 
blotch, but the discocellular spot still isolated; hindwing brown, banded with black. Found in Peru, together 
with the very similar Mechanitis deceptus and huallaga (34 a). — lampeto Bates, the first described form, from 
the Upper Amazon River. Forewing brighter fulvous, apex and costal margin narrowly black; 2 spots in the 
middle and at the end of the cell, and a stripe on the submedian vein black. Hindwing fulvous with black subcostal 
streak and border. A macular band crossing the wings. — copiosus Stich. Ground-colour brown. Forewing with 
the median area behind the cell paler. Costa, two streaks, one within and one beyond the cell, an oblique row 
of confluent spots and the apex black. Hindwing with an oblique, often interrupted, discal band, a narrow 
subcostal streak and broad termen black; 2 terminal row of small white dots. Pataro (Essequibo), cap- 
tured by Ricu. Hamnscu in March and April. Unknown to me. Also of this species many forms are not easy to 
capture, being among the large numbers of very similar [thomiinae, Heliconius and Nymphalidae only recognized 
with difficulty. 
E. vibilia copies in its various forms the Acraeid genus Actinote (Pl. 83), but its gg mimic in part 
also the common Nymphalid Colaenis julia (84), displaying in consequence some superficial similarity with 
