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Show 1906.] NEW FORMS OF BUTTERFLY. 453 inclined to think it may be a hybrid between H. pasithoe Cram. and H. vetustus Butl. HELICONIUS XENOCLEA Hew., SUPERBA, var. n. (Plate XXXIY. fig. 2.) cS . Upper side. Fore wing black, with large discal yellow patch edged with scarlet near anal angle, a subapical scarlet patch inwardly edged with yellow. Hind wing black, costal area widely greyish brown. Under side. Fore wing blackish brown, with markings as on upper side but yellowish white and pale pink in colour; below submedian nervure shining greyish brown ; a short scarlet streak at base of costa. Hind wing blackish brown, a yellow streak along basal half of costa; four basal scarlet spots, of which the upper two are minute. Hab. Rio Colorado, Peru, 2500 ft. Coll. H. J. Adams. This most beautiful specimen was captured by Messrs. Watkins and Tomlinson in September 1903, and is, I believe, unique. HELICONIUS XENOCLEA Hew., CONFLUENS, var. n. (Plate XXXIY. fig. 3.) S . Upper side. Fore wing black, with the whole of the discal area scarlet. Hind wing black, with area above costa shining greyish brown. Under side. Fore wing blackish brown, scarlet area restricted and replaced by pale pink; below submedian nervure shining greyish brown ; a short scarlet streak at base of costa. Hind wing blackish brown, a yellow streak along basal half of costa, three scarlet spots at base, and an obscure dull red streak along upper part of cell. 2 • Upper side. Fore wing similar to male. Hind wing similar to male, but with faint scarlet streaks in and beyond cell and without shining greyish-brown costal area. Under side. Fore wing similar to male, but pink area edged with pale red especially on lower margin, shining greyish-brown area absent. Hind wing similar to male. Ventral surface of abdomen greyish white in male, yellow in female. Hab. Pichis Road, Peru, 3000 ft. ; Rio Colorado, Peru, 2500 ft. Coll. H. J. Adams. One example of each sex obtained ; in typical xenoclea Hew. the patches are separated as in var. superba. EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXIV. Fig. 1. Heliconius pasithoe fulvescens, var. n., p._452. 2. „ xenoclea superba, var. n., p. 453. 3 ;j n confluens, var. n., p. 453. |