NYMPHALIDZ—CATAGRAMMA. 
CATAGRAMMA ELUINA. 30, 31. 
UprersipE black. ‘The anterior wing from the base to the band below the 
median nervure, and the whole of the posterior wing, glossed with brilliant blue. 
Anterior wing with a central transverse band of silvery blue or green; a small blue 
spot near the apex. Posterior wing with a narrow submarginal line of light blue. 
UnpsrsipE crimson from the base to beyond the middle; the rest black, with 
the costal margin at the base, and two bands across the apex, satin-white. Posterior 
wing satin-white; a line near the outer margin, and two circular black lines open on 
the costal margin which is crimson. The umer circle incloses two unequal ovals : 
the upper pyriform, with one black spot; the lower oval, with two spots. 
Expan. 1;4;in. Hab. Venezuela. 
In the Collections of W. W. Saunders and W. C. Hewitson. 
Much like C. Clymena, but surpasses every similar species by the brilliant blue gloss over most 
of its surface, and the metallic splendour of the blue bands, impossible to imitate successfully with earthly 
colour. 
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CATAGRAMMA VANINKA. 32, 33. 
Uprrrsipe blue-black. Anterior wing with some lines at the base, and a central 
transverse band of blue glossed with green. Posterior wing with a band of light 
blue parallel to the outer margin. 
Unprrsipe. Anterior wing, with the basal third, crimson ; the centre (which is 
traversed by a line of blue) black ; the costal margin at the base, the apex, and outer 
margin, which is marked by two black lines (one close to the margin), satin-white. 
Posterior wing satin-white, with a line across the base, a line close to the outer margin, 
and a circular line open at the anal angle and inclosing six black spots, black. 
Expan. 15%; in. Hab. New Granada. 
In the Collections of W. C. Hewitson and W. W. Saunders. 
The figure is from a female. All the males which I have seen are much less, but do not differ, 
except that the blue band of the anterior wing is sometimes more sinuated. 
