208 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphaline 
times very short, and never passing much beyond half the length of the 
wing, a few examples having besides three short submarginal bluish 
streaks near the hind angle. 
Beneath: fore wing same colour as above, but rather duller, the costa 
yellow near the base ; the apical part with a long ochreous streak and a 
submarginal bluish line, which latter extends halfway down the outer 
border. Hind wing black, with two circular bands of yellow, the outer 
circle interrupted on the costa and at the anal angle, the inner circle en- 
closing two large black ocelli, the upper with one, the lower with two 
large pupils: besides these, the outer part of the black band left between 
the two yellow circles has a row of nine bluish spots. 
This species closely resembles C. Astarte in the colours of the under 
surface, the inner part of the black band left between the two yellow 
circles touching the costa, as in Astarte. It entirely replaces C. 
Astarte on the Upper Amazons, and is an abundant insect, especially 
near St. Paulo, where every day in the showery season numbers are 
seen even in the village, enlivening with their bright-crimson liveries 
the dull, muddy streets. 
58. Catagramma Cynosura, Dbldy. 
3. C. Cynosura, D. & H. Gen. D. L. pl. 18. f. 2, 
Expanse 2” 3'”, g$. Above: very similar in colours to C. Miles, differing 
only in the crimson stripe of the base of the hind wings being uniformly 
short, and ending in a point. Beneath: fore wing black, with a large 
basal spot and a broad belt beyond the middle yellow, slightly tinted with 
orange ; the apical part has an ochreous streak and a bluish submarginal 
line. Hind wing black, with two circular bands of yellow, the outer circle 
interrupted at the costa and anal angle, the inner circle enclosing two large © 
black ocelli, the upper with one, the lower with two bluish pupils: besides 
these, the outer part of the black band left between the two yellow circles 
has a row of nine bluish spots: the inner part of the black band left be- 
tween the two yellow circles does not touch the costa, and the costal border 
has in the middle a large orange-yellow spot, as in C. Amazona (fig. 5 a, 
PLAX): 
@. Above black: fore wing with the basal two-thirds glossy ochreous, 
the black apical part having a short whitish streak. Hind wing dusted 
with ochreous at the base, outer margin with a submarginal row of bluish 
spots. Beneath: fore wing same as above, except that the apex and outer 
margin have a submarginal bluish line. Hind wing precisely the same as 
in the ¢. 
Equally abundant on the Upper Amazons with C. Miles. It con- 
tinues a common insect westward as far as the slopes of the Andes, 
and is also found far towards the south in Bolivia. 
