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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
IIoPFPER (Stettin, entom. Zeitung, 18G9, pp. 451, 452) states that Melincaa 
phasis, Fe\d,=:IIeliconia ethra, Godt. nec Hiibn. 
Hamadryas moorei, Mad., is a species of Neptis {Nymphalides) according 
to Gerstaecker, Bericht Uber Entom. 18G5-186G, 2*e Ilalfte, p. 71. 
New species : — 
Heliconuis. Butler (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, iii.) describes and figures the 
following new species : — H. zelinde, p. 17, pi. 9. f. 1, West coast of America; 
H, p'imnlarisy p. 18, pi. 9. f. 2, Guayaquil, Rio Napo ; H. zobeide, p. 18, pi. 9. 
f. 3, Pard, Peru. H. dryalus, Hopff. ( = Eneides ethra, Hiibn. nec Ueliconia 
ethra^ Godt.), Stettin, entom. Zeitung, 1869, pp. 451, 452 ; H, guarica, Reak. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. p. 91, New Granada. 
Ueliconia, Hewitson (Equatorial Lepidoptera) describes the following now 
species from Ecuador: — H. cythera, p. 9; JI, alithea and II. immaculata, 
p. 10 ; H, hieraXf p. 11. 
Ueliconia diotrephes, Hew. Trans. Eiit. Soc. Lond. 1869, p. 33, Nicaragua. 
Olyras imignis, Salvin, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 163, Calobre, Ve- 
ragua. 
Aihesis acrismie, Hewits. Equatorial Lepidoptera, p. 12, Ecuador. 
Dircenna hairdii^ Reakirt, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1868, p. 89, New 
Granada. 
lihomia, Salvin (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, iv.) describes the following 
new species : — I. f rater, p. 163, Pozzuzo, East Peru ; I. tricolor, p. 164, 
Apolobamba, North Bolivia; I. semifulva, 1. c., Guadalquiza, Ecuador, and 
Pozzuzo; I. pardalis, p. 165, Guadalquiza; I. peruana, p. 166, Pozzuzo; 
I. picta, 1. c,. New Granada; I. cay ana, p. 167, Cayenne; 1, rufocincta, 1. c., 
Oaxaca, Mexico ; I. simplex, p. 168, I. parva, 1. c., I. vicina, p. 169, all from 
Costa Rica ; I. lyra, 1. c., Guatemala, Costa Rica. 
Ithomia. Hewitson describes the following new species from Ecuador : — 
Mechanitis mamercus, Entom. M. Mag. vi. p. ^7 =■ Ithomia mamercus, Equat. 
Lep. p. 13 ; I. achcea and I. antonia, Eq. Lep. p. 14 ; I. cemilia and I. cethra, 
p. 16 ; I. varina, Ent. M. Mag. vi. p. 97, Equat. Lep. p. 15 ; 1. phayesia, 1. c. 
p. 16 ; I. alphesihcea and I. cegineta, p. 17 ; Z thahena and I. harhona, p. 18 ; 
Z. tabera and Z. epona, p. 19; Z. antea and Z. camina, p. 20; 1. ticida, I, tici~ 
della, and Z. lamia, p. 21 ; Z. alissa, p. 22. 
Hewitson also (Exot. Butt. pt. 70, April 1869, Ithomia, pi. 27) describes 
and figures the following : — Z. cleonica, figs. 169, 170, New Granada ; Z. gedcra, 
fig. 171, Ecuador; Z. azeha, fig. 172, New Granada; Z. zereplia, fig. 173, 
Cayenne; Z. alidella, fig. 174, hah. ; Z. zalmunna {^thcudelinda, var. ?), 
figs. 176, 176, Ecuador. 
Melincea mceonis, Hew. Equat. Lop. p. 11, Ecuador. 
Mechanitis mantineus, Hew. 1. c. p. 12, Ecuador ; M. franis, Reak. Proc. 
Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1868, p. 90, New Granada. 
Eueides acacetes, Hew. 1. c. p. 22, Ecuador. 
Acrmdes, 
Trimen (Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi.) discusses the various African species of 
Acrcea which are mimicked by other butterflies, as follows : — A. gea (p. 514) 
is miuficked in Ashanti by Eanopea hirce, Papillo cynorta ( = P.boisduvalianus), 
and probably by Melanitis j)hegca, var. bammakoo A. euryta (p. 515) is mi- 
