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54. Catagramma Cyllene, D. & H. Gen. pl. 28. f. 3, 
This species, which is closely allied to C. Pygas of South Brazil, 
occurred sparingly in several places both on the Lower and Upper 
Amazons. 
5d. Catagramina Texa, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Cat. f. 24, 25. 
Banks of the Tapajos, near the first cataracts at Itaituba. My sole 
example differs from the figure given by Hewitson in the basal part 
of the fore wings, beneath, being tawny instead of crimson. The 
specimen figured is said to have been received from ‘“ Columbia.” 
56. Catagramma Astarte, Cramer. 
3. P. Astarte, Cram. 256 c. D. (1780). 
Q. C. Astarte, Hewits. Tr. Ent. Soc. 1851, pl. 11. 
Var. P. Codomannus, Fab. Sp. Ins. ii. 57 (1781). 
I met with this species only at Obydos, on the Guiana side of the 
Lower Amazons, where it was abundant, settling on trunks of trees 
in the forest. The males agree closely with Cramer’s figure, the only 
exception being that they are a little larger. In this latter respect 
they accord with the typical specimen of C. Codomannus of Fabricius, 
which I have examined, in the Banksian collection; but C. Codo- 
mannus differs in the two large black ocelli of the under surface of 
the hind wing being quite separated by the ochreous line between 
them. 
CQ. Astarte appears to be widely distributed in Tropical America, 
being found near the sea-coast of Guiana, on the Guiana side of the 
Lower Amazons, up to Guia, on the Rio Negro, and in South Brazil, 
province of Espirito Santo. It varies much in size, the largest 
specimens I have seen being those captured at Obydos. All the ex- 
amples agree with Cramer’s figure in having a crimson stripe on the 
upper surface of the hind wing, extending to near the outer margin, 
in the under surface of the fore wing having crimson belts, and in 
the ends of the inner black circle of the hind wing touching the 
eosta. The following, if not a distinct species, is a well-marked local 
variety of the Astarte-stock. 
57. Catagramma Miles, n. sp. 
do. Expanse 2". Wings, above, rich blue-black, fringe spotted with 
white; fore wing with a triangular spot at the base and a broad belt 
beyond the middle crimson, leaving in the middle a narrow black belt, 
which is generally attenuated or broken in its central part; near the apex 
isa small oblong orange spot: hind wing with a basal crimson stripe, some- 
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