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50. Callicore aurelia. 



Gallicore aurelia, Guea., Mem. Phys. Gen., xxi, p. 385 



(1872). 



Bange ? 



Local. My brother found the species in abundance 

 flying round a certain tree at Verdant Vale. 



In the Maraval Valley I have occasionally seen it. The 

 G. marchalii recorded by Crowfoot is no doubt this species, 

 and I have not hesitated to sink it therefore. 



51. Catagramma codomannus. 



Papilio codomannus, Fab., Spec. Ins., ii, p. 57, n. 253 

 (1781). 



Range. Brazil. 



Crowfoot records the species. I saw a couple of speci- 

 mens in the St. Ann's Valley that I put down to be Cata- 

 gramma pitheas, but they might almost equally well have 

 been this species. Caracciolo has recently taken an 

 undoubted codomannus. 



52. H^MATERA PYRAMUS. 



Fapilio pyramtis, Fab., Spec. Ins., ii, p. 130, n. 590 



(1781). 



Bange. Brazil ; Venezuela. 



Whether the insect found in Trinidad is pyramus is a 

 little doubtful. The insect is much redder and may be 

 distinct. At all events it is a well-marked form, which I 

 propose to call var. nibra. 



Var. rubra, nov. (PI. XVIII, fig. 7.) 



Fore- wing very red, the colour reaching right up to the base of 

 wing as in H. thysbe, but shot with purplish-blue to a small extent. 

 Hind-wing as in tjT^ical pyramus, with the red blotch narrow between 

 the costa and vein 8, then suddenly much broader and curved fairly 

 evenly round and not extending further down than vein 5. The 

 shape of the blotch is rather variable, and is sometimes rather pro- 

 duced in the neighbourhood of vein 6. There is a slight purplish 

 gloss as in fore-wing. 



Mr. Godman has several similar specimens, one of which 

 is from Trinidad. 



At the end of June 1901 I found this insect abundant 



