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CATAGRAMMA PYRAMUS. 



PLATE XX. Figs. 3 and 4. 



Pap. Pyramus, Drury''s Insects, iii. PI. 23, fig. 3, 4, (Male) ; 

 StoWs Supp. PI. 32, fig. 3, and 3 C. 



This prettily coloured butterfly measures about an 

 inch and three-quarters between the tips of the 

 wings. The surface is black, finely tinged with 

 violet, with a broad central common band of bright 

 red, not extending either to the costa or hinder ex- 

 tremity. The under side of the upper wings nearly 

 corresponds to the surface, but they are grey at the 

 base and tip, and near the latter there is an undu- 

 lating blue line : the under wings dark brown 

 sprinkled with grey, with two whitish spots towards 

 the base, without any vestige of a red band, a 

 curved row of ocellated spots behind the middle, 

 and a waved blue line near the extremity. 



The female is black on the surface without any 

 violet reflection, and the red band, which is nar- 

 rower than in the male, does not extend to the 

 secondary wings. This insect is a native of Brazil. 

 We have placed it in the genus Catagramma, with- 

 out knowing what limits are assigned to the group 

 so called by the continental entomologists, as the 

 name only has yet been published. Perhaps it 

 rather belongs to the division named Hipparchia. 



