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Show 1866.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS CATAGRAMMA. 579 2. CATAGRAMMA JANEIRA. Callicore janeira, Felder, Verhandl. zool.-botan. Ver. Wien, Band xii. p. 476 (1862). Papilio clymenus, Fabricius, Spec. Insect, torn. ii. p. 53. n. 232 (1781); Ent. Syst. iii. l.p. 43. n. 131 (1793); Mus. Banks, (type). Callicore clymena (part.), Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 239. n. 1 (1849). Hab. Rio Janeiro. B.M. 3. CATAGRAMMA ELUINA. Catagramma eluina, Hewitson, Exot. Butterf. i. p. 74, pi. 37. f. 30, 31 (1855). Callicore clymena, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 41. n. 364 (1816); Exot. Schmett. Zutrage, f. 583, 584 (1825); Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 239. n. 1 (part.) (1849). Hab. Venezuela; Brazil. B.M. Again, at page 245 of the ' Genera,' I find Papilio codomannus of Fabricius placed as a synonym of Catagramma astarte. The type specimen, however, of the former appears to belong to a distinct species intermediate between C. astarte of Cramer and C. cynosura of Doubleday ; it differs from C. astarte as follows :- Upperside-front wings with an orange instead of crimson subapical spot* ; hind wings with a narrower central crimson band. Underside-front wings with longer and slightly broader subapical yellow band; hind wings proportionally longer, the central ocellate spots less angular, the discal ocellate band in the typical form clouded, especially towards the costa, and the yellow submarginal band broader and not waved. This species differs from C. cynosura, on the upperside, in the shorter discal band of the front wings and the elongate band of the hind wings; on the underside in having no orange costal patch in the hind wings, the discal band in the type clouded, and the sub-marginal yellow band not wavedf. The synonymy of these insects will therefore b e - 1. CATAGRAMMA ASTARTE. Papilio astarte, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 256. f. C, D (1780). Callicore astarte, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schm. p. 41. n. 363 (1816); Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 245. n. 12 (part.) (1849). Hab. Brazil. B.M. 2. CATAGRAMMA CODOMANNUS. Papilio codomannus, Fabricius, Sp. Ins. ii. p. 57 (1781); Ent. Syst. iii. 1. p. 53. n. 165 (1793); Donovan, Nat. Repos. i. pi. 3. f. 1, 1 var. (1823); Mus. Banks, (type). Catagramma codomannus, Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 245. n. 12 (part.) (1849). * This is not merely a sexual distinction. f Specimens from Ega are exceptions. |