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INSECTS ABROAD. 



band passes over the middle like that of the upper wings, but 

 as it descends it changes gradually to blue, and maintains that 

 colour to the end of the tail. The outer edge of the wing is 



Erycma Atahualpa. 

 (Black, crimson, and blue.) 



Erycina Cali>liurnia. 

 ■n, blue, orinisoii, and wliitc.) 



also blue. From the base of the wing a broad crimson band 

 runs parallel to the white band, and the inner edge is brown. 

 The head, thorax, and abdomen are brown. 



For our knowledge of the beautiful genus Zeonia we are 

 almost wholly indebted to the researches of Mr. Bates. The 

 following remarks on the genus are from a letter from Mr. Bates 

 to Adam White, dated Ega, May 2, 1857, published in Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. vol. v.: — 



" The beautiful Zeonia, of which I sent you a large series last 

 July, I met with in a part of the forest near Ega, which T had 

 traversed and examined before, many times, in all seasons. The 



