653 AGAEISTID^. 



to base : the inner area suflfused with black and the margin nar- 

 rowly black ; a rather broad terminal black band expanding widely 

 on tornal area. Underside of fore wing with orange fascia in and 



below cell. 



Hah. Sta. Lucia, Chonana {T. Wolf), type t c? in Coll. Druce. 



Exp. 58 millim, 



217. Seirocastnia tribuna. 



Ephialtias tribuna, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. iii. p. 24, ff.491, 492(1825) ; 



Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p^3B; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 32. 

 Josiacontinua, Wlk. vii. p. 1(J46 (1856). 

 Eusemia schausii, H. Edw. Ent. Am. iii. p. 90 (1887) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 33. 



Black ; palpi orange-yellow at base ; teguloe orange in front ; pectus 

 orange ; mid and hind femora and tibiae fringed with orange ; abdomen 

 orange, with dorsal and ventral black stripes, the anal tuft black. 

 Fore wing with orange wedge-shaped streak in cell, varying in width 



Pig. 291. — Seirocastnia tribuna, cS- \. 



and sometimes not extending to lower angle ; an oblique band from 

 just below costa above angle of cell to vein 2 near termen, varying in 

 width and outline. Hind wing with orange fascia from base to 

 before termen on vein 4, its edges curved and narrowing towards 

 extremities. Underside of fore wing with the fascia from base 

 broader and more curved. 



Hah. Cuba; Haiti {Tweedie), 1 $ type continua; Guatemala 

 (Champion), 1 6 ; Kos-dvrks (Blancaneaux), 1 ^ ; Nicaragua {Belt), 

 1 c? , Godman-Salvin Coll. E.vj^. 54 millim. 



218. Seirocastnia praefecta. (Plate LIU. fig. 4.) 



PJiasis prafecfus, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xviii. p. 28 (189fi). 

 Orthia du'phebolia, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xx. p. 299 (1897). 



Black-brown ; teguloe with more or less developed oraage band in 

 front, sometimes almost obsolete ; coxse and femora with some orange 

 hair ; abdomen orange, with black dorsal stripe and lateral lines, 

 ventral segmental lines and the extremity black. Foi'e wing with 

 obsolescent oblique narrow postmedial orange band from below costa 

 beyond the cell to vein 2 near termen. Hind wing with orange 



