68 Mr. P. I. Lathy on the Castniine in the 
first two attached independently of the hearts, to the 
anterior surface of septa 9/10 and 10/11, and the last two to 
the posterior face of septa 10/11 and 11/12). No prostates. 
A pair of ovaries and ovisacs in segment 13 attached to 
the posterior surface of septum 12/13. No oviduct can be 
made out. Female opening, as made out in transverse 
sections, on segment 18 within seta-space aa.* 
Spermatheca not present. 
The supra-cesophageal ganglion is in segment 4. The two 
halves of the nerve-cord remain separate, being enclosed 
only in a connective-tissue sheath. 
Type in the British Museum. 
Syntypes in the Hamburg and Indian Museums. 
Locality—Margins of pools in the forests of Dubari, 
Fraserpett (Coorg); river-beds of the Cauvery, Dubari 
(Coorg). 
REFERENCES TO LITERATURE. 
(1) Boat Karam Narayan. (1919.) “ Nephridia of Indian Earth- 
worms.” Q.J.M.S. vol. lxiv. part 1 (n.s. no. 253). 
(2) Bepparp, F. E. (1895.) “A Monograph of the Order Oligo- 
cheeta ” (Oxford). 
(3) ——. _(1890.) “Contributions to the Anatomy of Earthworms.” 
Q. J. M.S. vol. xxx. (n.s.). 
(4) Micuartsen, W. (1900.) “ Oligocheta” in ‘ Das Tierreich.’ 
(5) . (1910.) “Die Oligochaetenfauna der vorderindisch-ceylon- 
ischen Region.” Abh. Geb. Naturwissen, Hamburg, vol. xix. 
part 5. 
(6) (1908.) “The Oligechzta of India, Nepal, Ceylon, Burma, 
and the Andaman Islands.” Mem. Ind. Mus. vol. i. 
(7) STEPHENSON, J. (1914.) “ Littoral Oligocheta from the Chilk 
Lake, on the East Coast of India.” Rec. Ind. Mus. vol. x. 
(8) ——. (1916.) “Ona Collection of Oligochexta belonging to the 
Indian Museum.” Ree. Ind. Mus. vol. xii. 
1V.—An Account of the Castniine in the Collection of 
Madame Gaston Fournier [Lepidoptera]. By Percy I. 
Latuy, F.E.S. 
[Plate IV.] 
SINCE the appearance of M. Houlbert’s fine work on the 
Castniinee (Etud. Lépid. Comp. xv. 1918) the attention of 
Lepidopterists has naturally been turned towards this inter- 
esting family. Mr. Talbot, in his review of this work 
(Novitat. Zool. xxvi. pp. 28-35, 1919), and Lord Rothschild 
(doc. cit. pp. 1-27) have already added considerably to our 
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