NYMPHALID^l, 

 AGRIAS. 



AGRIAS HEWITSONTUS. 1, 2. 



Agrias Hewitsonius, Bates, Proc. Ent. Soc, April, i860. 



UprERSiDE. Male black. Anterior wing with the base orange ; the rest, except 

 the margins, purple. The outer border of the purple blue. Three indistinct spots 

 crossing the apex grey. Posterior wing with the centre purple. 



Underside. Anterior wing with the orange as above, followed by black on the 

 lower part of the wing ; by grey on the upper part to the apex. Posterior wing 

 with the base orange (marked within the cell by two black spots), followed to the 

 outer margin by light green ; crossed by bands and spots of black. The first band 

 short at the end of the cell ; the second broader, angular, also short ; the third 

 curved, angular, divided into six by the nervures ; the fourth of seven oval spots, each 

 with a white dot, the spot nearest the anal angle with two ; the fifth band near the 

 outer margin divided into lunular spots near the apex. 



The female differs only in its greater size, and in being without the tuft of hair 

 on the posterior wing. 



Expan. OfQ in. Hab. Amazon. 



In the Collections of Sir. Bates and W. C. Hewitson. 



After having already added three species to a genus which was before represented by but one, 

 it is with very great pleasure that I am enabled, through the kindness of Mr. Bates, to figure three 

 more : all so exquisitely beautiful, that it is difficult to give the preference to one. I hope that I shall 

 not be accused of vanity in introducing here the species to which he has attached my name. When 

 describing Agrias Phalcidon, I noticed its general resemblance to Callithea Leprieurii. No one can see 

 the present species without being struck by its remarkable likeness to Callithea Batesii. 



This mimicking in one species of another, sometimes in distant geuera and even families, and 

 sometimes so complete as to deceive any eye but that of an entomologist, is one of the most interesting 

 facts which meets the naturalist in his study of these fairy things. 



Mr. Bates is. I am happy to say, once more in his native land, after having devoted eleven of his 

 best years in exploring the natural history of the river Amazon, bringing home with him a collection 

 stored with new species, many of which will, I hope, enrich future numbers of this work. 



AGRIAS PERICLES. 3. 



Agrias Pericles, Bates, Proc. Ent. Soc, isoo. 



Upperside. Male black. Anterior wing from the base to the middle, except 

 the inner margin, bright scarlet ; followed by longitudinal rays of blue and green. 

 The apex crossed by three or four white spots. Posterior wing with the centre blue, 

 bordered outwardly by green, the nervures which cross it also green. 



Underside. Anterior wing with the basal half orange, the rest black, crossed 



