2 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXVI. 1919. 



Castnia (Cyparissias) dedalus amazonensis Houlb. 



Castnia amazonensis Houlbert, Ettnl. Lipid. Comp. fasc. xiii. p. 51. pi. ii. f. 2 (1917) (Upper 

 Amazon). 



This subspecies is chiefly distinguishable by the almost obsolete spots in 

 the two rows on outer one-third of hindwing of o and the enlarged anterior spots 

 on inner row in the ?. The Tring Museum has 3 specimens as follows : 



2 cJcJ, 1? Juhuty Amazons, April 1905 (M. de Mathan). 



Castnia (Cjrparissias) dedalus conspicua subsp. nov. 



(J ?. Distinguished from aU the other races of dedalus by the almost imi- 

 form width of the oblique band on the forewing and by the large size and sulphur- 

 yellow colour of the two rows of spots on the liindwing. The white markings, 

 including the obKque band, on the forewings are also wider and more sharply 

 defined than in the other forms. 



ab. magnipuncta ab. nov. 3 $ the two rows of yeUow spots on the hind- 

 wings very much enlarged. The following specimens are in the Tring Museum : 



1 (J, 5 ?? Buenavista, East Bolivia, 750 m. = 2,438 ft., August 1906— 

 April 1907 (Jose Steinbach) (? type) ; 2 ?$ Sta Cruz de la Sierra, East Bohvia, 

 1905—1906 (Jose Steinbach) ; 1 $ Rio Chuchui'ras, Rio Palcazu, 320 m. = 1,040 

 ft., September 5th, 1904 (W. Hoffmanns) ; 1 ? Pozuzo, Dept. Huanaco, Peru 

 (W. Hofifmanns) ; 1 cJ Santiago del Estero, East Bolivia, 1905-6 (Jose Stein- 

 bach) ; 1 (J Prov. Sara, Dept. Sta Cruz de la Sierra, East Bolivia, February 

 1904 (Jose Steinbach) ; 1 (J, 1 $ Escorado, Dept. Sta Cruz de la Sierra, 

 East Bolivia, January 1904 (Jose Steinbach) (ab. magnipimcta, type ?) ; 

 2 ?? Santiago del Estero, East Bolivia', 1905-6 (Jose Steinbach). 



Castnia (Cyparissias) grandis (Jord.) 



Eiipalamides grandis Jordan, Novit. Zool. vol. xxiv. p. 59. no. 1 (1917) (Kouron River). 



Of this very distinct species, which exhibits its most distinctive characters 

 in the genitalia, but which can, however, be outwardly distinguished from 

 dedalus by its lacking the white submarginal spots on the forewings above the 

 first radial nervure and in the entirely scaled underside, there are at Tring 

 10 specimens as follows : 



1 S Mouth of Kouron River, December 1903 (E. Le Moult) (type) ; 2 (J<J ? ? ; 

 2 (JcJ, 1 ? Surinam (coll. Van Lennep, ex coU. Felder) ; 1 ? ? (ex Leyden 

 Museum, ex coll. Felder) ; 2 ?? ? (ex Berlin Museum, ex coll. Felder) ; 1 ? 

 British Guiana. 



Castnia (Cyparissias) boliviensis Houlb. 



Castnia boliviensis Houlbert, Etud. Entom. Comp. fasc. xiii. p. 52 (1917) (Bolivia). 



Messrs. Houlbert and Oberthiir maintain that the unique Brazihan ? sent 

 to Vienna by J. Natterer and described by KoUar as Castnia geron is entirely 

 distinct from the cJ insect from Bolivia described by Preiss as the 3 of geron. 

 These gentlemen also state they have never seen Preiss's insect either, but 

 only know the two dra\vings. They nevertheless proceed to name the figure 

 of Preiss as above. The Tring Museum possesses 9 Bolivian and Peruvian 

 specimens, all 33, so the question of the identity or otherwise of Kollar's and 



