mend. 
discoidalis. 
pacifica. 
aegina. 
salamis. 
dulima. 
zelphanta. 
hydaspes. 
heraclitus. 
hystaptes. 
kolyma. 
pasithea. 
felderi. 
cajetani. 
codoman- 
nus. 
astatre. 
antillena. 
militaris. 
miles. 
selima. 
stratiotes. 
excelsior. 
excelsissi- 
ma. 
michaeli. 
pastazza. 
494 CATAGRAMMA. By J. Roper. 
wings. Beneath it resembles mionina (101 Be), from which it differs, however, not only by the shape and posi- 
tion of the yellow band of the forewings, but also by the distal light band not being yellow but glossy blue. 
C. mena Stgr. from the Chanchamayo (Peru) is but little larger than mionina, but has a larger broad 
ochre-yellow band of the forewings which is placed more in the length of the wings and which starts close 
at the costal margin and terminates shortly before the distal margin near the angle; the blue spot on the 
hindwings is much larger. On the under surface of the hindwings the 5 blue spots are larger and prolonged. 
C. discoidalis Gwen. The translated description runs thus: Small. Oval, broad orange-coloured spot. 
Oblong blue spot of the hindwings beginning from the base. Under surface with only 4 not pupilled dots before 
the central band and 3 at the anal angle. Broad yellow lines, the first posteriorly united with the 2nd and 
3rd; the latter rises again close on the yonder side of the first dot. Colombia. 
C. pacifica Bates (= bugaba Stgr.) (101 Bd) from Central America is the smallest species of this 
genus. The steel-blue reflection of the hindwings is of varying extension, and beneath the black markings vary 
a great deal. 
C, aegina Fldr. (101 Bc) from Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia has broader yellow bands, but placed 
in. the same way as in lyca. The 2 has a more compact shape and the blue spot on the hindwings is smaller 
and divided by the black veins. — salamis Fldr. is the form from Rio Negro and from Peru with a broader 
yellow band and diminished blue spot of the hindwings. 
C. dulima Guen. This species has been described in the following way: very nearly allied to zelphanta 
from which it differs only by the following: Subapical spot with white and violet margins on glossy ground. 
Hindwings beneath decidedly light lilac with very light siskin-yellow base and central part, the latter strongly 
mixed with lilac. Central spots smaller, more distant from each other and with finer black margins. The black 
subterminal line is undulate, or rather consisting of crescents and encircles metallic sky-blue scales. Peru. — 
The author lays stress upon the possibility of the coincidence of dulima with zelphanta or hystaspes. 
With C. zelphanta Hew. (101 B d) from the Upper Amazon we commence the series of redbanded species. 
In this species is, beside the greatest part of the hindwings, also the basal part of the forewings of a faint 
blue gloss. 
C. hydaspes Drury (= lyrophila Hbn., hesperia Perty) (101 Bd) from Southern Brazil and Para- 
guay is a neat and frequent species. Red band of the forewings narrow, glossy spot of the hindwings large. 
The 9 does not differ from the g. 
C. heraclitus #. from Brazil is denoted by A. G. BurLER as nearly allied to hydaspes (= hyrophile), 
without mentioning any difference. 
C. hystaptes /., coming as stated from Brazil and Bolivia, has been described as follows. ,,Wings 
blackish-brown, with blue gloss, hindwings beneath yellow, with black ring-lines and 3 blue dots.‘‘ Presumably 
the animal is an aberration of hydaspes, or the author may have had a normal hydaspes before him and 
may have forgotten to mention the red band of the forewings in the description. 
C. kolyma Hew. (101 Bd, e) and pasithea Hew. (101 Be) from the Upper Amazon look very diffe- 
rently above, but are still forms of only one species, since all the transitions are noticed. 
C. felderi Hew. from the Upper Amazon differs from cajetani Guen. (= audofleda Thieme) (101 B e) 
from Peru by the yellow band of the forewings and a greater extension of the blue gloss in the hindwing. 
C. codomannus is divided into a greater number of local — or temporal forms. codomannus Ff. 
(= sinamara Hew.) (101 Be, f) from Brazil lies before us from Eastern Colombia (Medina, 500 m), from the 
Collection Fassz. This form hardly differs above from astarte Cr. (101 Bf) from Bolivia, but the red bands 
of the under surface of the forewings are broader in astarte. The 2 has.a brick-red basal half of the fore- 
wings. — The form antillena Kaye (101 Be) from Trinidad is somewhat smaller, has narrower red bands of 
the forewings and a broader red band of the hindwings. — militaris Stgr. from Venezuela has a violet 
reflection of the upper surface, the apical spot is absent and the red band of the hindwings is reduced to a little 
stripe at the costal margin. — miles Bates from the Upper Amazon has very much enlarged red bands of 
the upper surface which are sometimes confluent on the forewings. — selima Gwen. (= cynosura Hew. pt.) 
from Minas-Geraes is a smaller form showing only narrow red bands of the upper surface and preponderantly 
yellow colouring of the under-surface of the hindwings. — stratiotes F/dr. is the form from Ecuador. 
C. excelsior Hew. (101 Bf) from the Upper Amazon has a magnificent deep-blue reflection and a 
yellow transverse band of the forewings. The 9 has only the shining blue spot at the inner angle of the hind- 
wings, but no reflection. — excelsissima Sigr. (101 Bf) from the Upper Amazon (Sao Paulo de Olivenga) has 
a glossy blue upper surface with a red band of the forewings which is reduced in michaeli Stgr. from Manicoré 
on the Rio Madeira to a short basal stripe. — pastazza Sigr. (101 Bf) from Ecuador and Peru (Chanchamayo) 
