20 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXVI. 1919. 



Castnia (Aciloa) superba Strand 



Castnia superba Strand, in Seitz, Grosaschmett. Erde, vol. vi. p. 11. pi. 5 a (1913) {Chanchamayo), 



1 ? La Oroya, Rio Inambari, S.E. Peru, 3,100 ft., October 1904 (G. 

 Ockenden). 



[Castnia (Imara) pallasia Esch. 



Castnia pallasia Eschscholtz, Eolzeb. Beise, vol. iii. p. 27. pi. 6. f. 27 (1821) (Brazil). 

 There are no specimens of this species at Tring.] 



Castnia (Imaia) pallasia lativittata Strand. 



Castnia pallasia form. Intivittnta Strand, in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde, vol. vi. p. 10. pi. 4 h (1913) 

 (Brazil). 



Dr. Strand in Seitz has named the figure of Preiss of hrecourti ? as 

 nmbratvla, while Monsieur Houlbert figures a specimen agreeing almost exactly 

 with it as var. nigrescens. The Tring Museum has i specimens of this insect, 

 which is only the melanic aberration of 'pallasia lativittata Strand. 



The Tring Museum has 1 8 specimens of this form : 



3 (J<J, 1 ? Theresopolis, Sta Catharina, 800—1,000 ft., November 1904— 

 February 1905 (J. MichaeUs) ; 1 ? Sta Catharina ; 2 <?<? ? ; 2 ?? Rio de Janeiro, 



1 (J, 1 ? Rio de Janeiro 1867, 1 ? ? (ex coU. Kader) (ex coll. Felder) ; 1 o' Tijuco ; 



2 tJcJ, 2 ?$ Sta Catharina (ab. umbratula). 



[Castnia (Imara) satrapes Kollar 



Castnia satrapes Kollar, Ann. Wien. Mus. vol. i. p. 216. pi. 12. fig. 3 (1839) (Matto Grosso). 



The description of the type distinctly states the hindwings to be yellowish 

 red. There is no specimen of this form at Tring.] 



Castnia (Imara) satrapes catharina Preiss 



Castnia satrapes var. catharina Preiss, Xe>'e dk Selt. Art. Cast. p. 7. pis. 1. fig. 1. and 4. fig. 3 (1899) 

 (Rio Grande do Sul). 



The $ of this form generally has the liindvvings darker yellow than the <?<?, 

 though I -S I have shows distinctly darker hindwings than the rest. Contrary 

 to the statement of Dr. Strand my $ has hardly any red on the hindwings above, 

 while aJl my 5 (JcJ have distinct red bands, so that the loss of red is not a sexual 

 character but purely individual. 



2 cJ<? ? ; 3 5 (J, 1 9 Rio Grande do Sul. 



Castnia ( Spilopastes) galinthias Hopff. 



Castnia galinthias Hopffer, Neue od. wen. bek. Schmett. p. 7. pi. iv. fig. 4 (1856). 



2 <J(J Petropolis ; 2 33 Brazil. 



Castnia (Prometheus) cochrus (Fabr.). 



Papilio cochrus Fabricius, MarU. Ins. part ii. p. 25. no. 263 (1787). 



E. Strand sets up a number of aberrations, founding them on the number 

 of white submarginal spots in the hindwing, taking those with 4 as typical. 

 Among the 1 5 specimens at Tring are several with no white spots = depunctata 

 Strand, several with 1 spot = casmilus Hiibn., several with 2 spots = bipunctata 



