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of the fore win<*s, beyond which a broad orange band in some species, or a bluish-white one in others, 

 runs obliquely from the middle of the costa, or front edge of the fore wings, nearly to the hinder 

 anle. The fore wings are more or less pointed, and the anal angle of the hind wings is produced 

 into a short blunt tail. The under surface is brown, with a dark streak resembling a mid-rib running 

 from the tip of the fore wings to the tail of the hind wings. The surface is irregularly streaked and 

 mottled and Mr. A. R. Wallace describes the Sumatran Kattiina paralekta as being invisible when at 

 rest, from its resemblance to the dead leaves among which it always perches. The Butterfly sits with 

 its wings over its back, and its head and antennae raised and hidden between them, while the tails of 

 the hind wings rest upon the branch, corresponding exactly in appearance with the stalk of the leaf. 



The genus Eunica contains a number of moderate-sized species. They are nearly all Tropical 

 American Butterflies, of a brown or velvety black colour, and are often more or less suffused with blue, 

 purple, or violet. One 

 species (E. margarita) is sil- 

 very white above, with the 

 tip black, spotted with 

 white, and a double row of 

 dark spots on the borders of 

 the hind wings. The outline 

 of the wings in Eunica is 

 very various, but is generally 

 dentated, and the tip of the 

 fore wings is often trun- 

 cated. The under side of 

 the hind wings is always 

 marked with a row of eyes 

 beyond the middle, but this 

 varies very much in dis- 

 tinctness. 



The South American 

 genus CatonepJiele is very 

 remarkable for the great 

 difference between the sexes, 

 for the females are so unlike 

 the males that they were 

 not only regarded as differ- 

 ent species, but were even 

 placed in different genera 

 for many years. Thus the 

 male of C. obrinus is black, 

 with a broad blue band across the fore wings, and a broad orange band across the hind wings. The 

 female is brown, with an additional blue spot near the tip of the fore wings, and one or two red spots, 

 bordered with black, towards the base. The hind wings have three obscure narrow black stripes, the 

 outermost sometimes marked with one or two blue spots. 



The handsomest of the smaller South American NympJialinoe are probably those belonging to 

 the genus Catagramma and its allies. The first of these is the genus Callicore. The species are 

 all of a rich dark brown or black above, and the fore wings, which are often suffused with purple 

 towards the base, are crossed by a bar of changeable bluish-green, blue, or purple. The hind wings 

 are generally bordered by a metallic green or blue stripe. The under surface of the fore wings is of 

 a rich scarlet towards the base, followed by a curved black band, varying in breadth, and the tip is 

 silvery white, or buff, intersected by a black line. The hind wings are silvery white or buff, with two 

 oval black rings in the centre, each of which contains two black spots, varying in size, and sometimes 

 connected. These are enclosed by two large black rings, which run round the whole wing, except 

 on the costa, where the circle is not complete. 



LEAF-BUTTERFLY OF INDIA (Kallima. in 



