14 NOVITATES ZOOLOaiCAE XXVI. 1919. 



[Castnia (Elina) icarus invaria Walk. 



Caslnia invaria Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. part i. p. 23 (1854) (Rio Janeiro). 



No specimen in the Tring Museum.] 



[Castnia (Elina) icarus jutuma HopfE. 



Castnia juturna Hopffer, Neue od. wenig hekannte Sdimett. part ii. p. 6. pi. iv. fig. 3 (1856) (Brazil). 



There are no specimens at Tring.] 



Castnia (Elina) eudesmia Gray 



Castnia eudesmia G. R. Gray, Trans. Entom. Soc. Land. 1838. p. 145. 



The aberration chilena Houlb. has the abdominal margin of hindwings 



orange-yellow, but all intermediates occur. 



The Tring Museum possesses 1 6 specimens and 3 cocoons : 



4 (J;?, 6 ??, 3 cocoons, Valparaiso, Chili (Maxwell Stuart) ; 2 <J(J Chili 



(Germain, ex coll. Felder, fig. in Seitz) ; 3 (J,J, 1 $ ?. 



Castnia (Ceretes) marcel-serresi Godt. 



Castnia marcel-sems Godart, Encijcl. Milhod. vol. is. p. 800 (1824) (Brazil). 



I propose the name ab. nigrita for two specimens <? ? from Matto Grosso. 

 The <J is much blacker, almost sooty black instead of amber brown, while the 

 ? has the stigmatic blotch of the forewings much heavier and the black mark- 

 ings on hindwings much broader and heavier. The Tring Museum has 35 

 specimens : 



3 (?<?, 1 9 ? (ex coll. Felder) ; 4 (J<J, 4 ?? ? ; 3 <J(J Province Rio ; 2 $?Rio 

 de Janeiro ; 2 cJ(J, 1 ? Matto Grosso (Zobrys & Wolter) ; 1 (J, 1 $ Matto Grosso 

 (Zobrys & Wolter) (ab. nigrita $ type) ; 3 (J<J, 1 ? Sta Catharina ; 1 <J Paraguay ; 

 3 <?<J Buenavista, East BoUvia, 750 m. = 2,437 ft., August 1906— April 1907 

 (Jose Steinbach) ; 3 (J(J, 1 ? San Jacintho Valley, Theophilo Ottoni Minas 

 Geraes, 1907—1908 (F. Birch) ; 1 ? TheresopoHs, Sta Catharina, November 1904 

 —February 1905, 800—1,000 ft. (J. Michaelis). 



Castnia (Ceretes) thais (Drury) 



Papilio thais Drurv) III. Xat. Hist. vol. iii. p. 20. pi. xvi. fig. 4 (1782) (Brazil). 



I agree with Mr. Talbot that fftais var. gracillima Houlb. is only a small 

 aberration. 



The Tring Museum has 31 specimens. 



7 (J<J, 6 ?? ? ; 2 <J<J, 1 ? ? (ex Felder coll.) ; 2 <J<J, 1 ? Brazil ; 1 <?, 1 ? 

 Petropolis ; 2 <J(J Province Rio ; 1 (J, 1 ? Rio de Janeiro ; 3 (J(J San Jacintho 

 Valley, Theophila Ottoni, Minas Geraes, 1907—1908 (F. Birch) ; 1 ? Brazil, 

 1 (J, 1 ? ? (? Brazil ex Felder coll.) (ab. gracillima). 



[Castnia (Sympalamides) mimon Hiibn. and allied forms. 



Mr. Talbot expresses the opinion (postea, p. 31) that this section of 

 Hiibner's genus Sympalamides is aU referable to one species, and that, contrary 

 to the opinions of Messrs. Houlbert and Oberthiir, the name for the species is 

 phalaris Fabr. Messrs. Houlbert and Oberthiir consider the description of 



