NY Por Aen tT DAs: 
CATAGRAMMA. Boisduval. 
CATAGRAMMA ATACAMA. 1, 2. 
Urpersipe deep black. Anterior wing crossed obliquely in the middle by a broad 
band of orange. Its base and the inner half of the posterior wing of a glossy dark blue. 
Unpersipe black. Anterior wing with the orange band as above, the costa between 
it and the base, and a parallel line in the middle of the cell yellow, a belt of the same 
colour across the apex, followed by a line of silvery blue. Posterior wing crossed by six 
narrow equidistant belts of yellow, commencing at the upper margin, and converging 
towards the anal angle; the first at the base follows the abdominal fold, the fourth, 
which is shortest, is followed by two spots of silvery blue, the sixth, which is on the 
outer margin, by three smaller spots of white surmounted by a waved line of blue. 
Expan. 2% in. Hab. Quito. 
CATAGRAMMA PARIMA. 3, 4. 
UppersipE deep black. Anterior wing crossed obliquely in the middle by a band 
of crimson. Its base, a small spot on the apex, and nearly the whole of the posterior 
wing, of a glossy dark blue. The posterior wing distinctly margined with white. 
UnpersipE black. Anterior wing with the base of the costa and a parallel line 
white, the crimson band wider than above, between it and the apex a line of yellow 
followed by a longer submarginal line of silvery green. Posterior wing crossed by four 
narrow belts of white, commencing on the upper margin and tending towards the anal 
angle, the first which follows the abdominal fold joins the fourth at the anal angle, 
inclosing the other two, together with seven silver-edged spots of white. The outer 
margin of the wing white, with between it and the fourth belt a line of silvery green. 
Expan. 2 in. Hab. Quito. 
In a genus remarkable for splendour of colour this, and the preceding species, stand pre-eminent. 
They are remarkable as well for the singularity of the pencilling on the underside, which is very different 
from that of any before known species. They are both in the Collections of W. W. Saunders and W. C. 
Hewitson. 
