ANASTRUS. By Dr. :\r. Deaudt. 895 



bifurcates towards the costal margin like a Y, the hiiidwing shows at the cell-end a third transverse band reaching 

 neither the costal margin nor the proximal margin. Beneath the hindwing is extensively whitish, towards 

 the base and at the proximal margin dusted with blue with a dat k brown marginal macular band. Palria unknown. 



C. eleiea Hew. is most closely allictl to jacobus (174 h). distinguished by 2 postdiscal transverse bands, eh-Ica. 

 a third, shortened band extends from the oval, twice \\hite-pu])illed discal spot to the proximal margin; inwardly 

 the discal spot is bordered lighter. Beneath 1he lirown fnrewing is lighter at the )3roximal margin, at the base 

 blue; the hindwing is entirely sky-blue, only at the apex there is a black spot and the fiinges are dark bro\\ii. 

 Expanse of wings: IV2 inches. Cayenne. 



C. latiiaea Har. (174 i) stands \K-t\\x'cn Iicrenniiic, ai\(\ jacobus (]'i\i). Above I'cddish-brown, marked lalhaca. 

 as herennius. Beneath the forewing is also a little tinted blue at the base; the hindwing is pale blue only as 

 far as the distal transverse band; in the place of the fyroximal transverse band there is a row of grey spots. 

 Described from Bolivia. 



C. falisca Hew. is most closely allied to ■paullinus (174li), dietinguished by 3 small subapical dots fafi.'^ca. 

 and a fourth farther below; an antetevminal, dark naicular band is situate bewecn the postdiscal band and 

 marginal band. Beneath the forewing shows an ochreous-yellow .spot near the inpcx. Hindwing yellow with 

 some costal-marginal spots, a brown, indistinct, postdiscal transverse band and a brown margin, in front of 

 which is a row of indistinct spots, and at the anal angle a black spot. Cayenne. 



C. parus Mftb. is very closely allied to falisca. distinguished by the absence of all the ti'ansverse bands, parus. 

 only the margin is darkened by a violet lustre, with a white subapical dot. The black discal spot shows only 

 one white pujiil. Hindwing with a broader dark margin. Beneath the forewing is dull black, at the proximal 

 angle with 2 yellow spots. Hindwing blackish with 3 yellow bands: a narrow one at the margin, before it a 

 broader one proximally dentate, and the discal band extending from the proximal margin only to the middle. 

 From Porto Cabello. 



C. albata Mab. (174i) deviates very much from the other .species by the wings showing an almost alhaia. 

 white discal area. The basal and marginal areas are yellowish-brown, the latter towards the distal margin 

 darkened; at the cell-end there are, as in diophthaJma, 2 sejiarate, white-jiupilled spots. The hindwing shows at 

 the margin 3 black transverse bands. Colombia, Bolivia, Peru. 



18. Genus: Aiiastrtis Hbn. 



The antennae have a long, slender, gradually thickened club terminating equably bent into the thin 

 point. The short, obtu.se terminal joint of the i)alpi is porrect. Forewing with a costal fold, the apex somewhat 

 produced, the distal margin convex; the cell long and narrow. The anal angle of the hindwing somewhat pro- 

 duced. Posterior tibiae with 2 pair of spurs and a long hair-tuft at the proximal end. The genus is very clo.sely 

 allied to the following genus and so far contains species. 



A. obscurus Hbn. (174 i) is above deep blackish-brown, at the costal margin, the distal margin of obscurus. 

 both wings and a discal band of the hindwing ^\'ith a violet reflection; the $ is lighter brown with faintly visible 

 darker bands and a discal spot of the forewing. Under surface much lighter and more reddish brown, with 

 2 narrow transverse bands removed rather far towards the margin. Widely distributed in South America. 



A. neaeris Mschlr. (= obscurus BtJr. nee Hbn.) (174 i) is aliove very similar, the costal margin not ncacris. 

 so extensively reflecting violet, this colour being more confined to a subapical costal-marginal spot; easily 

 discernible by the whitish greyish-blue anal part of the hindwing beneath. Widely distributed from Mexico 

 to Colombia, Venezuela. 



A. petius Mschlr. (174 i) is likewise similar, above deep purple-black, the forewing exhibits towards pdiu.f. 

 the proximal angle near the margin, the hindwing along the whole distal margin bluish-grey dusting; here 

 also a spot in the disc is coloured the same. Beneath almost uni-coloui-ed reddish-brown. From Surinam. 



A. austera Priltw. One 5 withoiit the patria being stated, but desc>-ibed by v. Peittwitz with a au.slera. 

 great number of Brazilian lepidoptera from Rio de Janeiro, according to the denomination by Heeeich- 

 ScHAEFFEE, has the size and shape of Eantis thraso (176 b), but above the colour turns more bluish. The apex 

 of the forewing is obtuse; the wings above without lighter spots. At the costal margin, in front of the distal 

 margin and at the proximal margin dispersed, light bluish-grey atoms; the di.stal margins of both wings are 

 without this dusting. Under surface dark cinnamon-brown. Forewing scantily, hindwing almost entirely 

 covered with small light blue scales, nearly of the colouring of Lycaena corydon. Head, abdomen and antennae 

 dark brown; beneath the whole insect is silvery grey. 



A. subchalybeus ]\Iab. is above violescent black with a bluish-violet reflection; the forewing shows RuhchaUj- 

 2 broad black bands growing broader and anastomosing in the disc, and a third at the base, besides a black beu». 



