NYMPHALID35 SIDERONE. 



S1DERONE MARS. 3, 4. 



Siderone Mars, Bates, Proc. Ent. Soc, April, i860. 



Upperside. Male black. Anterior wing crossed transversely by a broad band 

 of rich carmine, occupying the costal margin from its base to its middle. Two small 

 white spots near the apex. Posterior wing with a spot of carmine near the middle 

 of the costal margin. The outer and inner margins light grey. 



Underside grey, undulated with brown. Anterior wing with a large spot of 

 crimson at the base and apex. The apex with several small spots of white. Posterior 

 wing with the base, and a large triangular space beyond the middle, crimson. The 

 inner border of the triangular space black, and within it and near to it a line of 

 lilac. The grey near the outer margin traversed by a band of lighter colour. 



Expan. 2f in. Hab. Amazon. 



In the collection of Mr. Bates. 



If Mr. Bates had not already given a name to this butterfly. I should not have done so, but 

 would rather have been content to consider it a variety of S. Syntyche figured in Plate XLV. of the 

 first volume of this work, or rather that Syntyche is only a richly-coloured variety of this. 



