Additions: CALLITHEA; CATAGRAMMA. By -T. Ruber. 1031 



Callithea boyi (I02('d). This new species was discovered by Mr. Carlos Bov in September 1922 hoi/i. 

 near Miijo (Lower Amazon); before me was a $ which has been figured. It is alHed to batesii (!M)f); tiie dif- 

 ferences above are to be seen from tlie figures, the under surface of the hindwing, however, is not verdigris 

 as in marHi, but of a delicate grey which is lighter in the hirgcr distal half ; yellow colouring is only noticeable 

 in a spot at the base of the «ing and in a stripe not coherent with the basal spot, at the proximal margin: 

 the foin- rows of black spots consist of almost ecpially large spots, the proximal three rows being composed 

 of smaller spots than in batesii, whereas the submarginal spots are larger and distinctly crescentiform. The 

 under surface of the forewing resembles more that of markii (99 f ), but the basal yellow colouring occupies 

 a larger space, the distal half is brightened up in the centre, and there are only 3 black spots, the anterior 

 one of which is very small. v\hilst the posterior one is only indicated by some scales. 



Callithea bnle.si munduruca Fas-sl. .,An extremely eastern form of bated. Mr. Otto Michael, already niiniihinidi. 

 years ago near Itaituba, took 3 $2 of it which Dr. Staudinger, owing to the absence of the ^(^ belonging 

 to them, determined to be questionable $$ of vinrki, until I succeeded 2 years ago in capturing also ci'o 

 at several places of the right and left banks of the Tapajoz. They are almo.st invariably one third smaller 

 than those of the batesi-type from Teffe. Above much more reddish-violet; the verdigris margin on both 

 wings is narrower, but more jirominent and ])roximally more distinctly defined than in bdtesi, at the costal 

 margin of the forewing extended more proxiinally. Tiie yellow basal spot on the forewing above is bent 

 more proximally, but in the hindwing it only fills up the base of the cell, whereas in bntesi it almost occu- 

 pies the proximal half of it. The violet hue on the yellow spot is less intense than in batesi, whereas the 

 white fringes of both wings are much stronger. Distal half of the luider surface lighter silvery, almost inva- 

 riably the distal 4 marginal dots in the apex of the forewing well developed, particularly the lowest, whereas in 

 bntesi they are almost invisible and almost entirely covered bj' the verdigris tint. $: ground-colour above 

 black, without any trace of a greenish reflection (in batesi-'^ always ^^ith it); the verdigris distal maigins above 

 and the under surface of a purer and lighter silvery lustre; body, particularly ventrum beneath almost purely 

 white (in batesi grey; the other differences like in the o-"" — Itaituba, Miritituba, Cachcera I, Concessaon 

 and Monte Christo on the Rio Tapajoz, in single specimens and rare; the (j'J extremely rare and always 

 flying high up. Both sexes do not react upon any bait. ,,This Callithea- is a doidjle of the Phalcidon-iorm 

 Agrias nnaxcujoras likewise occurring on the Tapajoz."" — aimeeana Fassl. ,,^ mostly smaller than batesi. (iinifrrnia. 

 but invariably larger than rimnduruca-^. Above similar to the latter, but the green marginal bands of both 

 wings much narrower and more extinct, and the uppermost 3 submarginal ocelli in the apical part of the 

 forewing showing through above from beneath, and the extreme apex of the wing shaded with black from 

 outside. 5 like that of batesi, but at once discernible from it by the double row of black submarginal 

 ocelli of the forewing beneath. Manicore on the Rio IVIadeiia. captured in smnll nundiers; the $ is very 

 rare."" (Fassl.) 



Genus Catsig'rniuma. 



C. discoidalis Guen. (p. 494) = brome Bsd. (101 B b). 



C. menu Stgr. (p. 494). The original description entirely fits aegina FIdr. (101 Be). We were unable 

 to ascertain whether it is a local form, because there are no specimens from Peru (Chanchamayo) at our 

 disposal. — lamprolenis subsp. )wv., from Bolivia (Rio Songo, 750 m, discovered by A. H. Fassl) is some- Idniproleui.-i. 

 what larger than specimens from Ecuador (Macas), has a somewhat narrower yellow band of the forewing 

 and a smaller blue spot on the hindwing exhibiting also a duller and deeper lustre. — In bella snbs'p. nov. brtln. 

 from Eastern Colombia (Villavicencio. 400 m, A. H. Fassl) the blue spot on the hindwing is still smaller 

 and the veins crossing it are remarkably scaled black. The 2 has a rounder shape of the wings, the ground- 

 colouring is duller, and the yellow band of the forewing is broader and lighter than in the q. 



C. transversa sp. nov. (102 C'c) is before me in a ^ from ,, Bolivia"". The marking above is to be fnmsrersa. 

 seen from the figure. The forewing beneath is like in h/ca (101 Be) except the different shape of the yellow 

 band, whilst the hindwing beneath is conspicuous for the great extent of the black colouring; all the yel- 

 low bands are narrower than in the allied species, particularly the otherwise very broad second band (coun- 

 ting fronr the margin) is very narrow and scarcely half as broad as the other \'ellow bands; the yellow marginal 

 band is in the posterior half replaced by a greenish (not blue) one; the bluish-white median spots are veiy 

 small, the anterior group containing two, the posterior group three spots, whereas the fourth (at the pro- 

 ximal margin) is replaced by a small blue dot. 



C. hystaspes F. is on p. 494 misprinted into hystaptes. 



C. platytaenia Rob. (102 Cb) is considerably different from all the other species of this genus by the ptnli/loruid. 

 shape of the yellow band of the forewing; the under surface resembles that of denina (101 B b). Western Co- 

 lombia (Rio Dagua). 



