Bates, other and quite distinct species.

This excellent observer has shown that in some districts of South America, where, for instance, an Ithomia abounds in gaudy swarms, another butterfly, namely, a Leptalis, is often found mingled in the same flock; and the latter so closely resembles the Ithomia in every shade and stripe of colour, and even in the shape of its wings, that Mr.

Bates, with his eyes sharpened by collecting during eleven years, was, though always on his guard, continually deceived.