CATAGRAMMA. By J. Ruber. 493 



of tlie light, is in eminens very foebly developed and, when looking tat the animal laterally, not visible at 

 all. The red colouring on tlie basal area of the under surface of tlie hindwings is very much reduced, but it 

 occupies the whole discocellular and outside the cellule there are a little spot at the median and 1 stripe 

 at tlie subcostal greyish-green; the black spots of the hindwings are increased in size and especially the 

 spots forming a submarginal band are considerably broader than in optima. 



C. freyja spec. ■nov. (99 e misjjrintcd as freyia) from Peru (Chanchamayo) resembles optima as regards /ri-yja. 

 the shape of its wings, but the distal margin of forewings appears still more distally bent. The verdigris 

 margins are much broader, more sharply confined and do not change into the blue-shining colouring of the 

 wing-centre. The red basal colouring of the under surface is similar as in the following fassli, but still less, so 

 that only a little more than V^ of the discocellular is occupied by it ; it is bordered in black ; the basal red 

 dusting is much less than in the affined species; the black band margining the red area in optima is, in freyja, 

 broken up into small, partly minute dots, and the two distal rows likewise consist but of small black spots 

 and the sj^ots of the middle row are also smaller; on the forewings there are 4 very little and uniform 

 large subapical spots (dots). 



C. fassli .spec. nov. (99 d) from the Colonia Florencia on the Rio Putumayo (frontier between Co- /o.s.x/i. 

 lombia and Ecuador) resembles above optima a great deal, but has more pointy forewings and by far not so 

 magnificent blue gloss as optima. On the under surface there are in the apex of the forewings not 4, but only 3 

 and smaller black spots, the hindwings have more golden splendour, the black spots are smaller and the red 

 colouring on the basal part which, according to 0. Staudikger, occupies in optima at least the discocellular, 

 extends in fassli only to the anterior half of the discocellular and is all around, partly broad, bordered in black; 

 furthermore the red colouring which is, withal, very much darkened by interspersed black scales, occurs in a 

 little spot at the costal margin, 2 little stripes at the inner margin of the hindwings and in a basal spot on 

 the forewings; all these spots are, like the spot in the discocellular of the hindwings, (partly broad) bor- 

 dered in black. — Mi-. A. H. Fas.sl reports that he has seen yet 6 entuely ec^ual specimens of this species 

 in a South American museum. 



43. Genus : C-atagirauiiua B.sd. 



Most of the species of this genus spread all over tropical America are medium-sized, although some 

 larger species are met, too; a great part is homed in the Amazon valley and the side-valleys of it. They 

 are easily recognizable by their exterior to be seen from the figures and can hardly be mixed up with 

 specimens of the very nearly allied genera Callicore and Perisama. As to the structure of the body, Catagramma 

 differs from Callicore by the branching-off of a subcostal vein before the cell-end, and from Perisama by 

 the naked eyes; the ^^ have uncommonly thickened forelegs. 



W. MuLLER states tlie following about the early stages of C. pygas: the larva lives on Allophylus petio- 

 latus Radlk. The eggs are deposited on the under surface or on the tips of the upper surface of the leaves. 

 Instead of the spines, the larva has only enlarged little warts on each of which there are 2 bristles ; the horns 

 on the head are comparatively still larger than in Callicore, for they attain a length of 1 cm; the thicke- 

 ning in the middle of the body takes place only shortly before changing into a pupa, before that the larva 

 is cylindrical. The pupa is similar to that of Callicore meridionaUs. It seems very difficult to rear up the 

 larva in closed rooms. 



C. bronie />.sv/. ( lOl B b) from Colombia is one of the smaller sjjccies with yellow bands. It is charac- bminc. 

 teristic for its broad almost oviform yellow bands of the forewings. 



C. atacama Hew. (101 B c) from Chiriqui, Colombia ajul Peru is easily distinguished from the similar aluniniu. 

 species by the under surface. 



C. faustina Bates (101 B c) from Panama has, like atacama, longitudinal stripes on the under sur- fini.f/ina. 

 face of the hindwings, but is nevertheless considerably different, also above. 



C. denina Hew. (101 B b) from Colombia is similar to atacama, but smaller and beneath with diffe- dcnina. 

 rent markings. 



C. mionina Hev. (101 B b) from Colombia, chiefly differs from the preceding species by the under niiuiihui. 

 siu'face. 



C. tolima Hev\ (101 B b) from Peru and Northern Brazil has a broader yellow hand of the fore- tolhua. 

 wings than mionina and a large spot of blue reflection on the hindwings. 



C. guatemalena Pates (lolBc) from Guatemala resembles the preceding, hut has a considerably r/(«(/c/»fi- 

 lighter under surface. ''""■ 



C. lyca DM. and Hew. (101 B c), from Mexico to Colombia, has very narrow orange band of the fore- ';/'"• 



