THE ERATETNAS. 



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Fig. 445.— Erateina regma. Upper surface 

 (Copper-retl, silver ami gold, and white.) 



the illustration. Eound the edge of the wing are alternate 

 spots of very dark brown and briglit yellow, so that the under 

 surface of the insect is 

 very much handsomer 

 than the upper. 



The last of these beau- 

 tiful insects is Erateina 



rcgina, one of the rarest 



and, as far as is at present 



known, the handsomest of 



tlie group. There is only 



a single specimen in the 



British Museum. It is a 



native of Bogota. 



Although the upper 



surface of this insect is 



handsome, it has notmuch 



to distinguish it from the 



other species of the same genus. The upper wings are rich 



copper red, becoming darker towards the edge, and there is no 



green mark across them 

 as is usually the case with 

 the Erateinas. The lower 

 wings are olive brown for 

 half their length, when 

 they are crossed by a 

 narrow wavy line of 

 Ijluish white, followed by 

 a very wide bar of black- 

 brown, edged with snowy 

 '\ white. 



On the under surface 

 the upper wings are sil- 

 very grey at the base, 

 followed by chocolate. 

 N"ear the outer edge of 

 the wing is an indistinct 



bar as of powdered silver, and across the middle stretches a 



bold and Vv^ell-defined bar of burnished silver. The lower wings 

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Fig. 446.— Eiateinn regina 



