36 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



CASTNIA ICARUS. 



Papilla Hams, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi, 18, figs. A, B (1775). 



Urbanus Celebris Icarus, Hiibner, Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. pi 

 146 1805 ?). 



Castnia icarus, Latreille, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 798, no. 5 (1823); 

 Boisduval, Lepid. Heter. i. p. 503 (1875); Westwood, 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool. (2) i. p. 170, no. 9 (1877). 



This species measures from three to five inches across the 

 wings, which are broad and gradually rounded, with the hind- 

 wings hardly longer than the fore-wings. The fore-wings are 

 brown, with green or violet reflections, and two or three 

 oblique white bars slightly bordered with red, while the hind- 

 wings are brick-red, with the base grey, some short curved 

 black marks running from the costa, and the outer third of 

 the wing mostly black, with irregular rows of round or oval 

 red spots. The body is grey, banded with red. 



We have figured Castnia eudesmia^ Gray, because its trans- 

 formations are better known than those of any other species. 



CASTNIA EUDESMIA. 

 (PlateLXXIL Fig. i.) 



Castnia eudesmia t Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ii. p. 145, no. 

 14 (1838) -j Gay, Fauna Chilena, p. 45, pi. v. fig. 8 

 (1852); Herrich-Schaffer, Ausser-eruop. Schmett. i. figs. 

 140, 141 (1854); Philippi, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxiv. p. 337 

 (1863); Boisduval, Lepid. Heter. i. p. 517 (1875); West- 

 wood, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) i. p. 177, no. 29 (1877); 

 Butler, 111. Lepid. Heter. B. M. i. p. 3, pi. i. fig. 2 (1875). 



This insect is the only species of Castnia known to occur 

 in Chili, and thus marks the southern limit of the range of the 

 genus. It measures about 3^ inches across the wing. The 

 fore-wings are of a greyish-brown, with a broad oblique white 



