178 Mr. 0. Salvin on new Species of Butterflies 



26. Catagramma casta. 



S ' Exp. 2"25 in. Antennae black ; palpi black, with a lateral 

 white streak ; head black, with two frontal spots, three on each 

 side near the origin of the antennse, and a streak behind the 

 eye white ; prothorax and thorax black ; abdomen black, with 

 a yellow streak beneath ; front legs black, with the extremity 

 and a streak on the oiitside of the tibia white : anterior wings 

 broad, but somewhat obtusely pointed at the apex, deep glossy 

 blue, except at the apical angle, which is black ; rather nearer 

 the apex than the extremity of the cell is a small yellow band con- 

 sisting of three spots divided by the radial nervures : posterior 

 wings rounded, the anal angle hardly projecting, deep glossy 

 blue, rather brighter romid the outer margin ; cilia between 

 the nervules white : anterior wings beneath black, base of the 

 costa yellow ; the yellow band of the upperside is much 

 longer, extending from the costa to the second median branch ; 

 a crimson patch covers the entire cell and basal portion of the 

 wing from the centre of the inner margin ; a blue submarginal 

 line follows the bend of the apical angle : posterior wings black, 

 an indistinct oval yellow ring in the central portion of the 

 wing includes three bluish spots, with a yellow dash betsveen 

 them ; on the basal side of this ring is another, broader yellow 

 line reaching from the costa towards the inner margin ; out- 

 side the ring is a series of eight light-blue linear spots cross- 

 ing the interspaces between the nervures from the costa to the 

 inner margin ; a narrow yellow submarginal line follows the 

 outer edge. 



Hah. Eastern slope of the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico, at 

 an elevation of about 3000 feet. 



Ols. A beautiful species, belonging to the C.maimuma group, 

 but differing from all its congeners by its colouring above, 

 which is uniform deep glossy blue varied only by the small 

 yelloAv spots near the apex of the anterior wings. 



27. Epicalia regina. 



^ . Exp. 2-90 in. Antennae black ; palpi green in front, the 

 terminal joint black above ; head and thorax black, prothorax 

 dark brown ; abdomen black above, greenish beneath : wings 

 deep black, a broad band across the anterior wings from the 

 costa, past the end of the cell, to the first median branch, a small 

 transverse band consisting of three spots, and the apex of the 

 posterior wings blue, as in Ep. ancea ; there is a small red 

 spot near the anal angle of the hind wings : beneath grass- 

 green, the bands of the upperside much paler, almost white ; 

 there is a dark spot in the cell followed by two cross lines. 



