in/cnor. 



muKcnsis. 



1032 Additions: CATAGRAMMA. By J. Robee. 



Cat. hydarnis Godt. (p. 496) we liave subsequently figured (102 C a). About the $ of C. excelsior 

 micliaeli Star. A. H. Fassl writes: ,,Tlie extremely rare $ of michaeli of which I only took 2 specimens 

 is very much like C. excels, mauensis-''^ described above, except the yellow bow of the forewing being exactly 

 as shortened and blunted off like a club as in the <J. The forewing is without a reflection, the hindwing 

 of a lustrous sky-blue colour." — The said author presumes that the red-banded forms of this species form 

 coruscans. a Separate group the occurrence of which is confined to the northern bank of the Amazon River. — coruscans 

 Rob. (102 Cc) differs from the other forms of it by the magnificent blue lustre of the whole upper surface 

 and by the shape of the yellow band of the forewing. Matto Grosso (Carumba). — inferior Btlr. from 

 Peru is quite similar to speciosa (p. 495), but the band of the forewing does not begin at the base of the 

 wing, but the basal part of the forewing remains black. — mauensis Fassl. ..The new excelsior-iorm from 

 the Rio Maues has in both sexes a much narrower yellow bow notched by the veins. The magnificent blue 

 lustre with a more violet tint is intensified in the distal margin of the hindwing, without being proximally 

 distinctly defined to a light blue sjjot. Tlie somewhat lighter $ with a black forewing without a reflection 

 differs very much from excelsior-'^ by the hindwing being sky-blue and lustrous as far as the base and 

 beino- finely interrupted by the black veins like a net. Tlie magnificent blue colouring intensifies towards the 

 distal margin. Several couples from Maues and Massauaiy; a rare and most beautiful insect." 



ariraiiihac. C. arirambac Ducke *) from the Campos do Ariramba (to the east of the Central Trombetas), from 



an altitude of about 280 m, is ,,not rare in the little forests of the banks of larger brooks". The o on the 

 black upper surface shows a deep blue reflection, the $ does not. The under surface of the forewing corre- 

 sponds to the upper surface, but the colours are duller, and there is a blue submarginal line; the under sur- 

 face of the hindwing is similar to that of e,i-celsissima (101 B f), but the yellow bands are narrower; the white 

 (dbifavciuUi. subapical spots are larger than in this and so near to each other that they almost form a band. — • albifas- 

 ciata subs'p. nov. (102 Cc), discovered by Mr. A. H. Fassl near Manaos, differs by the white subapical spots 

 being confluent and forming a complete band only parted by the black veins. 



splcndiJa. C. sorana splendida Rob. shows a more intense blue lustre above, and the red markings are more re- 



duced: the band of the forewing is narrower, the red basal part shorter, on the hindwing stunted to a small 

 spot parted by the black veins ; the under surface corresponds to the upper surface. Bolivia (Rio Songo, 750 m). 



strympJ't. C. strympH Yassl. ,,This new form belonging to the texa-lepta group is above most similar to the 



Central Colombian C. texa Heiv. (101 B g), but the red discs of both wings are distally surrounded by a light 

 blue reflecting zone, whereby it entii-ely resembles a miniature Agrias chtidia michaeli from the same habitat. 

 Tlie under surface is at once and conspicuously discernible from texa by the red spot of the upper surface ap- 

 pearing beneath light orange, and by the rows of blue dots and the central ocelli being very distinctly visible 

 in the black filling and much larger and of a light sky-blue colour." Habitat: on the right bank of the Tapajoz, 

 above Monte Christo, a day's trip below Itaituba. — ,,0n my Hingu-expedition I took, 30 km below Alta 

 Mira, a $ of Catagrarnma which I might regard to belong to strympli-^. All the red above is orange, the 

 subapical band white; the disc of the hindwing is only indicated by an oblong discal spot of yellowish- 

 brown scales. The under surface entirely corresponds to that of the S described above, but it is in all its 

 parts less intensely coloured and in all its light places much paler." 



vrcta. I C. astarte ab. preta Fas.sl <^ $. ,,This aberration occurring amidst the types is very conspicuous by all 



the three blue ocelli parted by the radial yellow median streak on the hindwing beneath being entirely ab- 

 ohidi-n.'il'i. sent, whereby the insect looks Ijeneath quite strange. 1 couple from Obidos, Amazon." — obidensis Fa.ssl ^. 

 ,, Another conspicuous aberration which has a quite normal under surface except the entire absence of the 

 yellow horizontal median stripe separating the 3 central ocelli of the hindwing from each other. I take also 

 this form of which I took 2 equal specimens near Obidos only to be an individual aberration of C. astarte." 



coeligera. C. peristera coeligera Fa.ssl ,^. ,,This insect looking like an ..aberration of a cold climate" has all the 



blue dots and the blue .submarginal border of the hindwing beneath flown together, so that a large sky-blue 

 disc is produced almost covering the whole hindwing, by which the insect looks very singular." Discovered 

 near Santarem — Taperinha. 



*) Mr. H. Stichbl, at Berlin, comments (in: Neue Beitrage ziu' Insektenkunde Vol. I, No. 2, p. 15, of June 30th 

 1910) upon my having left out this species in dealing with this genus on p. 493 seq.. ,, although it has been published 2 years 

 before the edition of the elaboration of this genus . . ." (.luly 1915). At that time this description was indeed still unknown 

 to me, but it seems that also Mr. Stichel only knew it after the 1st of .lanuary 1916, or else he would have already 

 expressed his critic in the No. 1 of his afore-mentioned journal which was published on that day. — Mr. Stichel besides 

 reproves the absence of „Cafagrai»ma" branicki Oberth., although it is mentioned on p. 502 as CaUicorc branicki and also 

 figured on t. 102 B. Mr. Stichel only did not recognize the generic position of this species, or else he would not have 

 missed it in the genus Catcujrtniima. 



