4 Mr. A. G. Butler on Heterocerous Lepidoptera 



CASTNIID^. 



Castnia, Fabr. 



5. Castnia eudesmia. 



Castnia eudesmia, G. E. Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 

 ii. p. 145, n. 14 (1837) ; Blanchard, in Gay's 

 ' Chili,' pi. 5, fig. 8 (1854) ; Butler, 111. Typ. Lep. 

 Het. i. p. 3; pi. 1, fig. 2 (1877). 



" Common near Valparaiso, but very difficult to cap- 

 ture in the perfect state. The larva feeds in the interior 

 of the stems of a species of Bromelia, and the pupa- 

 cases may be found with the ends sticking out of the 

 stems between the leaves in the months of October and 

 November. The cases, or cocoons, vary from 5 inches 

 to 9 or 10 inches in length (the female being largest), 

 are composed of chewed wood of the plant and silk, and 

 are beautifully lined with silk on the inside.* The pupa 

 has the power of wriggling from end to end of the 

 cocoon. 



" The imagines emerge end of December and in 

 January, and fly very swiftly by day. The food-plant 

 has long sword- shaped leaves, with sharp hooked prickles 

 on the edges, and bears a stalk 8 or 10 feet high, with 

 pale yellow flowers." — T. E. 



Procris, Fabr. 



6. Procris melas. 



Procris melas, Guerin, Mag. de Zool. 2e ser. pi. 11, 

 fig. 3 (1839). 



" Appears to be widely distributed, but local. I have 

 taken it near Valparaiso in December and January, and 

 in Valdivia in February. It frequents the bushes of 

 arborescent grass {C]iii.^(iii<'<t), and flies swiftly in the 

 sunshine." — T. K. 



AECTIIDiE. 

 Paracles, Walk. 



This genus is nearly alliedto An tar ctia of Hiibner, but 

 is more coarsely scaled, and has coarser and longer hair 

 on the thorax ; the antennae also are apparently longer. 



* This tuUy bears out my view of the afl&uity of the Cossida to 

 the CdHtniidce. 



