\-2 FAMILY NYMrilAl.ll) K. 



SUB-rAMiLY NYMi'iiALi.N.E. ISatcs. 

 CIENUS CALLITHEA. Uoisdurnl. 



PLATE r. 



CaUilliea Oiiluiui, .^ji. noc.ftgs. 1, 2. 



S Ahe supra ctcruleii- nitidissimjp, area media ni<;-i'a jmrpiireo uitente, 

 margine externo vivesceute ; area iutema post k-anim fusca : corpus fuscum. 



AUc subtiis virides iiitentes, costa basali anticaruiu et area basali postica- 

 rum coccineis nigro limitatis : area interna anliranim fusea mgro eiivumdata ; 

 anticie punctis quatuor subapicalibus striolaquc diseoidea nigris ; posticai fascia 

 angvilata media, maculis octo postmediis, striolis septem discalibus septemque 

 subniarii-inalibus, et margine cxterno, iiigris : corpus fusciun : exp. alar. unc. 2. 

 lin. (5. 



Santa Cruz, [ ilauthoga] Peruvian Amazons. (/-J. Bartlelt). o , Coll. l)nic(\ 



This species is the graiulost CaUithea that I have ever seen, tlie i,'reat red space at the base ol' tlir 

 wings on the under surface distinguishing it from all the other known species : it is especially interest 

 ing as being a link between the two groups of species into which the genus \v,\a liitherto l)een ivadilv 

 separable. 



GENT'S CHARAXES. OrJtsniheancr. 



FLATUS V. §• VI. 



1. Char<(xcs Zclica, pi. v., jUj. 3. 



S Charaxes Zelica Jiutler, Ent. Montli. :Mag. (i. i). 28, (July, 18G9.) 

 Mm supra cicruleo-nigraj ciliis aurantiaeis ; area basali creruleo-viridi 

 iiitentc : antica^ maculis sex discalibus unaquc subcostal! cjcruleis, i)osticn' 

 maculis septem discalibus alas serie obliqua transerrante el ad ani;iilum aiii 

 dccrescente, striolisque septem marginalibus scpiamosis, omnibus c;cruleis ; 

 punctis octo submarginalibus albis a scjuamis iionnullis ctcruleis circumcinctis ; 

 iiiariiiiie iuteriori i'usco : cor])Us i'usciun. 



Ala? subtus sericeo-olivacca', area apicali subocliracea a linea distiiu'ta 

 limitata; area basali iasciis duabus argenteis, iuteriore extrorsum et exteriorc 

 iiitrorsum a linea ni^ra ali)a(|ue limitatis; antii-ie linea sul)ai)icali pallida; macidis 



