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INSECTS AlllHiMi. 



also black, but not so deep as the hue of the upper pair. Below, 

 the colour of the lower wings is very beautiful The ground 

 colour is black. Near the outer edge is a Long streak of yellow, 

 and then comes a broken line of blue. Next comes a large oval 

 yellow ring, and in the middle is a horizontal blue dash between 

 three spots of yellow. 



The second species conies from Spirito Santo, in Brazil. 

 Above, the ground colour of both wings is black, with a gloss 

 of purple in a side light. Near the base is a tringualar patch of 



Fig. 844. — Uatagramnia Astarte, 

 (Black and scarli I 



scarlet, then a bar of the same colour runs across the middle of 

 the wings, and then conies a slight dash of the same hue near the 

 tip. The lower wings have a single broad and rather wavy bar 

 of the same scarlet, passing from the base almost to the outer 

 edge. Below, the first two-thirds of the upper wings are red. 

 with a bar of black. The rest of the wing is black, with a blue 

 dash close to the tip, and a small yellow bar next to it. The 

 colouring «ii' the lower wings is like thai of the previous species. 



