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2. Castnia ahala, sp. n. 



Primaries pale brownish fawn-colour, crossed beyond the 

 middle by a curved brown line ; a large round darker brown 

 spot at the end of the cell, and a small white spot close to the 

 apex ; the veins blackish ; the fringe pale brown : under- 

 side bright orange. Secondaries deep orange-yellow, the 

 veins black, the outer margin edged with black ; a row of 

 small black dots extends from the anal angle partly across the 

 wing : underside very similar to the upperside. Head, an- 

 tenna, thorax, and upperside of the abdomen pale brotvn; 

 anus yellow ; underside of the head and front of thorax 

 white ; underside of abdomen pale yellow. 



Expanse 2^ inches. 



Hah. Amazons (^Mus. Bruce). 



3. Castnia sora, sp. n. 



c? "i . Primaries dark brown, marked somewhat as those of 

 C viygdon, but considerably darker; the fringe brown. 

 Secondaries black ; a large dark orange-yellow spot at the 

 end of the cell and two wide bands of large dark orange- 

 yellow spots extending from the costal margin to the anal 

 angle ; the first band just below the cell, the second round 

 the outer margin; the fringe yellow. Head, antenna>, 

 thorax, abdomen, and legs dark brown, the anus yellow. 



Expanse, ,^ 3^, ? of inches. 



Hah. Paraguay, San Jose {Mas. Druce). 



4. Castnia micha, sp. n. 



Primaries and secondaries hyaline, slightly irrorated with 

 black scales ; the veins all black ; the costal, outer, and inner 

 margin edged with black : primaries very broad ; a black 

 band crosses the wing beyond the cell from the costal margin 

 to the anal angle, and on the inner margin near the anal 

 angle is a large round black spot ; a black band crosses the 

 cell about the middle ; two white elongated spots about the 

 middle of the outer margin. Secondaries crossed below the 

 middle from the costal margin to the anal angle by a wide 

 curved black band, the outer margin black. Head, an- 

 tennge, abdomen, and legs black ; sides of the abdomen 

 greyish, with a wdiite spot on the last three segments ; thorax 

 spotted with white. 



Expanse A\ inches. 



Hah. Paraguay [Mas. Druce). 



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