﻿Butterflies 
  of 
  the 
  Amazon 
  Valley. 
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  pany 
  with 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  that 
  family 
  which 
  frequent 
  open 
  grounds, 
  

   for 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  forest 
  insects. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  genera, 
  Colcenis, 
  AgrauUs, 
  Melilara, 
  Euptoieta, 
  Ju- 
  

   nonia 
  and 
  Anartia, 
  closely 
  resemble 
  our 
  own 
  NymphaUdcs. 
  They 
  

   frequent 
  open 
  grounds, 
  delight 
  in 
  hot 
  sunshine, 
  and 
  the 
  Amazon 
  

   species 
  are 
  all 
  common 
  and 
  widely 
  distributed. 
  The 
  larva 
  of 
  the 
  

   AgrauUs 
  Fcmilla 
  feeds 
  on 
  the 
  Passion-flower, 
  as, 
  Mr. 
  Doubleday 
  

   says, 
  it 
  does 
  in 
  Florida. 
  Colcenis 
  Dido 
  is 
  a 
  beautiful 
  object 
  in 
  the 
  

   sunshine, 
  its 
  wings 
  appearing 
  of 
  a 
  bright 
  transparent 
  green. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  of 
  Eubagis 
  are 
  delicate 
  little 
  butterflies, 
  which 
  

   frequent 
  flowers 
  and 
  low 
  herbage 
  on 
  the 
  skirts 
  of 
  the 
  forest. 
  

   Timetes, 
  Marpesia 
  and 
  Viciorina 
  are 
  three 
  genera, 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  often 
  found 
  in 
  company, 
  on 
  the 
  skirts 
  of 
  woods 
  and 
  at 
  

   the 
  water's 
  edge, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  Callidnjas. 
  Timetes 
  Chiron 
  

   and 
  Orsilochus 
  are 
  common 
  at 
  Para, 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  open 
  forest 
  ; 
  

   Themistocles, 
  Chrethon, 
  Berania 
  and 
  Tulelina, 
  on 
  the 
  Upper 
  Ama- 
  

   zon, 
  generally 
  at 
  the 
  water's 
  edge. 
  

  

  The 
  beautiful 
  genus 
  Cybdelis 
  is 
  one 
  almost 
  peculiar 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  

   valley 
  of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Amazon. 
  Scarcely 
  a 
  species 
  is 
  known 
  from 
  

   Para, 
  while 
  nearly 
  a 
  dozen 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  interior. 
  They 
  all 
  fly 
  

   with 
  excessive 
  rapidity, 
  and 
  are 
  exceedingly 
  shy 
  ; 
  they 
  settle 
  on 
  

   trunks 
  of 
  trees 
  or 
  on 
  rocks 
  by 
  the 
  water, 
  where 
  several 
  species 
  

   are 
  only 
  found. 
  They 
  swarm 
  on 
  the 
  granite 
  rocks 
  of 
  the 
  Rio 
  

   Negro 
  in 
  the 
  heat 
  of 
  the 
  day, 
  where 
  the 
  places 
  they 
  sit 
  upon 
  

   would 
  be 
  hot 
  enough 
  for 
  culinary 
  operations. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  of 
  Epicalia, 
  ornamented 
  with 
  the 
  richest 
  blue 
  and 
  

   orange 
  bands 
  upon 
  a 
  velvety 
  black 
  ground, 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  

   brilliant 
  of 
  the 
  diurnal 
  Lepidoptera, 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  grace 
  the 
  

   dense 
  forests 
  of 
  the 
  Amazon. 
  Those 
  beautiful 
  insects, 
  Epicalia 
  

   Ancea, 
  E. 
  Ac'ontius 
  and 
  E. 
  Numi/ius, 
  are 
  found 
  at 
  Para, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  

   interior 
  several 
  others 
  occur. 
  They 
  much 
  resemble 
  each 
  other 
  in 
  

   their 
  habits 
  ; 
  they 
  fly 
  strongly, 
  but 
  with 
  an 
  even 
  sailing 
  motion, 
  

   frequently 
  moving 
  in 
  a 
  circle, 
  and 
  returning 
  repeatedly 
  to 
  the 
  

   same 
  leaf. 
  They 
  frequent 
  shady 
  glades 
  in 
  the 
  damp 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   forest, 
  and 
  usually 
  sit 
  with 
  the 
  wings 
  erect, 
  but 
  will 
  occasionally 
  

   select 
  a 
  spot 
  where 
  a 
  gleam 
  of 
  sunshine 
  enters, 
  and 
  there 
  expand 
  

   their 
  wings 
  to 
  enjoy 
  its 
  warmth. 
  Many 
  of 
  these 
  insects 
  have 
  been 
  

   ascertained 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  males 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Myscelia, 
  which 
  

   differ 
  remarkably 
  from 
  them 
  in 
  colour. 
  Others, 
  however, 
  like 
  E. 
  

   Ancea, 
  have 
  females 
  more 
  nearly 
  resembling 
  themselves. 
  The 
  two 
  

   groups 
  should 
  be 
  kept 
  separate. 
  

  

  The 
  Callithcas 
  are 
  another 
  genus 
  of 
  butterflies 
  unsurpassed 
  for 
  

   exquisite 
  beauty. 
  The 
  C. 
  Sapphira 
  inhabits 
  the 
  south 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  