Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fio. 342.—Eubagis Baia.(Black, blue, and white ) THE CATAGEAMMAS. C03 upper pair. The azure only belongs to the male, the female beingsimply black and white. The genus Catagramma is easily distinguished by the peculiarityfrom -which it derives its name, which is composed of two Greekwords, signifying something that is painted or written upon. It isapplied to these insects because the under surface of the lowerwings is always covered with a boldly delineated pattern of con-trasting colour
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fio. 342.—Eubagis Baia.(Black, blue, and white ) THE CATAGEAMMAS. C03 upper pair. The azure only belongs to the male, the female beingsimply black and white. The genus Catagramma is easily distinguished by the peculiarityfrom -which it derives its name, which is composed of two Greekwords, signifying something that is painted or written upon. It isapplied to these insects because the under surface of the lowerwings is always covered with a boldly delineated pattern of con-trasting colours. All these Butterflies are natives of the NewWorld. The painting of the lower wings is very much alike in. Fig. K43.—Catagramma excelsior.(Above, black and orange.) most of the species, but the upper surface varies very considerably,especially in the upper wings. None of the Catagrammas arelarge insects, those which are here given being of the average is only one specimen of Catagramma excelsior in theBritish Museum. It is a native of the Amazons , the upper wings are black, with a broad band of orangereaching from the base nearly as far as the outer edge, and nearthe tip is a slight dash of the same colour. The lower wings g,re 604 INSECTS AlllHiMi. also black, but not so deep as the hue of the upper pair. Below,the colour of the lower wings is very beautiful The groundcolour is black. Near the outer edge is a Long streak of yellow,and then comes a broken line of blue. Next comes a large ovalyellow ring, and in the middle is a horizontal blue dash betweenthree spots of yellow. The second species conies from Spirito Santo, in , the ground colour of bo
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