Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies, Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson (Volume 4) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871. Excerpt: ... NYMPHALIDE. CALLITHEA II. AGRIAS II. CALLITHEA WHITELYI. C. Whitelyi, Salvin Annals, 8f Mag. of Nat. Hist. 4 Ser. Vol. IV. p. 179. 1869. Upperside. Male, brilliant dark blue, brown towards the base. Anterior wing crossed by a broad curved submarginal band of green; the apex brown. Posterior wing with the outer margin broadly green. Underside, glossy green. Both wings scarlet at the base. Anterior wing crossed by a subapical series of five black spots. Posterior wing crossed beyond the end of the cell by four bands, each of eight black spots; the first band of spots of various forms, the second of large round spots, the third and fourth chiefly linear. Exp. inch. Hab. Valley of the Cosnipata. In the Collections of W. W. Saunders, W. C. Hewitson and O. Salvin. CALLITHEA BUCKLEYI. 9, 10. C. Buchleyi, Hewitson. Equatorial Lep. p. 29. Upperside. Male, very dark violet blue, with the outer margins green. Underside, glossy green. Anterior wing with the base orange, broadly bordered outwardly by blue-black; three small subapical black spots. Posterior wing with the basal half orange narrowly bordered with black, followed by a transverse band of nine very black round spots and two linear bands of blue-black. Exp. inch. Hab. Ecuador. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson (Buckley). NYMPH A.1ADM. CALLITHEA. AGRIAS II. AGRIAS BEATIFICA. 5, 6. A. Beatifica, Hewifson. Equatorial Lep. p. 30. Upperside. Male, brilliant dark blue. Both wings with a broad marginal band of grey-green. Anterior wing with the costal margin, the apex, and an indistinct band near it, black; the nervures black. Posterior wing with the base and the costal and inner margins, black. Underside. Anterior wing grey-blue; the basal half (except the base, which is scarlet) blue-black; a small black spot a...