NYMPHALIDtE. 



AGRIAS AND SIDERONE. 



AGRIAS AMYDON. 1, 3. 



Uppeeside. Male black. Anterior wing crossed from near the base to 

 beyond the middle by a very broad baud of scarlet, extending from the costal margin 

 to near the anal angle. The apex crossed by three indistinct clouded spots. Poste- 

 rior wing with a bright blue spot between the median nervure and the anal angle 

 divided by a nervule. 



Underside. Anterior wing with the scarlet band as above, but lighter, and 

 intersected by black nervures ; the cell marked by two indistinct black spots ; the 

 apex crossed by a curved band of ochre-yellow, with, between it and the scarlet 

 band and near the costal margin, three longitudinal rays of the same colour. Poste- 

 rior wing blue-black, crossed by five bands of ochre-yellow, the first (curving inwards) 

 from the costal margin near the base to the end of the abdomen ; the second from the 

 costal margin to the inner boundary of the cell ; the third, commencing near the 

 costal margin, curves downwards, and again upwards, and almost joins the lower end 

 of the first band, forming nearly the letter Z ; the fourth and fifth bands run parallel 

 to each other and the outer margin, and enclose between them eight small light-blue 

 spots ; the costal margin from below the second band, the outer margin and two 

 oblong spots between the second and thud bands also ochre-yellow, as well as the 

 abdominal fold, which is traversed by a black line. 



Expan. 3^ in. Hab. New Granada. 



In the Collection of the Entomological Society. 



This beautiful species, very closely allied to Agrias Mdou of Westwood and Hewitson (Gen. of 

 Diur. Lep., PI. 47), was presented to the Entomological Society by Senor T. J. Stevens, of Bogota. 

 Above they are much alike, but, in order to show their distinctive characters, I have given a figure 

 of the underside of A. /Edon ; they are, I believe, both males. In colour and general appearance 

 these butterflies are much like some of the Catagrammas. 



AGRIAS yEDON. 2. 



A. JUdon. Hewitson. Gen. Diur. Lep., PI. 47. 



