478 Lord Rothschild on Arctiinse from 
&. Differs from 3% mexpectata, Rothsch.,in having a clear 
broad band of semihyaline white beyond discocellulars of 
fore wing from subcostal to vein 3, and the hind wing semi- 
hyaline white broadly bordered all round with dark grey. 
Length of fore wing, ¢ 22mm., 2? 382 mm.; expanse, 
¢ 50mm., 2 72mm. 
5&@3,5 2 3 caught; 6 ¢ g,2 % bred (cocoon rough, 
coarse, orange buff-brown, ovate hammock-shaped). 
106. Castrica phalenoides (Drury). 
Sphinx phalenoides, Drury, Illust. Exot. Entom. vol. ii. p. 50, 
pl. xxviii. fig. 6 (1778) (Bay of Honduras). 
14,1 9 caught. 
107. Castrica sordidior, Rothsch. 
Castrica sordidior, Rothschild, Novit. Zool. vol. xvi. p. 48, pl. vii. 
fig. 5 (1909) (Caparo, Trinidad). 
4 $f caught, 1 gS bred (cocoon ill-formed, coarse, black 
network filled with larval hairs). 
108. Melese dorothea (Stoll). 
Phalena dorothea, Stoll in Cramer, Pap. Exot. vol. iy. pt. xxxiv. 
p- 228, pl. ecexcvii. fig. K (1782) (Surinam). 
488,284 bred; 5 9 g,1 2 caught (cocoon ovate, 
equal ; ends yellow, rough). 
109. Melise flavipuncta, Rothsch. 
Melese flavipuncta, Rothschild, Novit. Zool. vol. xvi. p. 49, pl. vii. 
figs. 18, 14 (1909) (Caparo, Trinidad). 
264,12? bred; 6 6 o,3 2 caught (cocoon a loose 
blackish-grey web ; pupa very truncate, glossy red-brown). 
110. Melese surdus, Rothsch. 
Melese surdus, Rothschild, Noyit. Zool. vol. xvi. p. 275 (1909) (Tuma- 
tumari, Brit. Guiana). 
29 ¢ bred, 2 § g caught (cocoon loose grey web, pupa 
truncate, black-brown, glossy). 
Sir George Hampson has united this with incerta, Walk., 
but this is erroneous ; incerta is always more suffused with 
rose-crimson and has a bright yellow cocoon. 
