A RARE BUTTEKFLY, 



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Generally, the colours of this genus are black and red of some 

 shade. In some, however, a vivid green is substituted for the 

 red. Catagramma Mionina, an insect from New Granada, has 

 an orange patch on the upper wings and a shining emerald patch 

 on the lower pair ; while one species in the British Museum, as 

 yet without a name, has the patch on the lower wings blue 

 instead of green. 



The extremely rare insect Avliich is here figured is not in th< 

 British Museum. It was captured by ]\Ir. Bates, who named 



Fk;. 345.— Ageronla Alicia. Upper side. 

 (Slaty gi-eeii uu.l l.lark ) 



it after his daughter. The following is his description of the 

 Butterfly and its habits: — 



" Slaty green, silky. Fore wings, above, with many black or 

 dusky variously shaped spots, nearly all of which are margined 

 with a paler hue. Besides these dark spots, there are ten or 

 twelve pale brown spots, one or two between each of the longi- 

 tudinal nervures. Margins of the wings black. 



" Hind wuigs with a row of black eyes running parallel with 

 the margin and edged with green — some of them have shity 

 green pupils. 



