THE POLLUX. 



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to the opaline hues of a pigeon's neck. The ground colour of the upper surface is black, 

 with two large patches of scarlet in the centre of each wing, the scarlet changing to violet 

 when the light falls obliquely on the wings. The under surface of the upper wings is of 

 paler tints, but coloured in a similar manner, except a slight streak of blue on the edge, 

 and a stripe of buff across the tip. The under wings are yellowish buff, variegated 

 with two black patches in the centre, each of which is garnished with a pair of azure 

 spots. Just above these marks are two black otreaks, and a curved bine stripe edged 

 with black runs round the lower margin. 



The butterfly represented in the central 

 figure is very differently coloured, the upper 

 surface being black, and barred with a 

 curved band of shining azure shot with 

 green. The under surface of the first pair 

 of wings is white at the base, then comes a 

 broad band of rose-pink, then a very broad 

 band of black, and the tip is white. The 

 lower wings are greyish white like frosted 

 silver, and inscribed with a pattern some- 

 thing like that of the preceding species, 

 except that the lines and spots are very fine, 

 and are of a deep black-brown, hue. 



The lowest figure in this illustration is 

 the Mionina, which i^ coloured in a totally 

 different fashion. The upper surface of both 

 pairs of wings is black, diversified in the first 

 pair by a rather long patch of orange-yellow, 

 and in the second pair by a large mark ol 

 rich blue shot with green. On the under 

 surface the groundwork of the wings is also 

 black, but on the first pair the orange patch 

 is very large, and there is a curved streak of 

 the same hue towards the tip, followed by a 

 tiny curved stripe of blue. The bold curved 

 marks on the second pair of wings aro 

 ochreous yellow, and the oval spots are 

 glittering azure with white centres. The 

 narrow line which runs round the margin is 

 blue, edged with yellow. 



If the reader will turn to the engraving 

 on page 505 he will find a figure in the 

 upper right-hand corner, that represents the 

 Catagramma marchalii, an insect that ib 

 marked after the same fashion, but more 

 boldly than the last-mentioned species. The 

 upper surface is black, with a short azure 

 band on the upper wings, and a very narrow 

 grey-blue streak round the lower edge of the 



second pair. The under surface of the first pair of wings is scarlet from the base nearly 

 to the edge, where a broad band of black streaked with white completes the wing. The 

 markings of the under wings are blackish brown or very pale wood-brown, except one tiny 

 patch of scarlet on the upper edge. 



THE large and boldly coloured insect called the POLLUX is a native of Ashantee and 

 Guinea. As is evident by the enormous dimensions of the thorax, which contain the 

 muscles that work the wings, so wide and strongly made, the butterfly is swift and enduring 

 of flight. The upper surface of both wings is deep rich black-brown, and the body is of 



Catagramma peristera, 

 Catagramma Metisms. 

 Catagramma mionina 



