CUROBA. CASTABALA. 53 



Head and thorax brown ; collar outlined with crimson ; abdo- 

 men crimson, with brown segmental bands above and two paired 

 series of lateral spots. Fore wing black-brown ; an irregular 

 yellowish- white band from the costa before the middle to outer 

 angle ; cilia tipped with white. Hind wing crimson ; the basal 

 area brown ; a broken irregular postmedial band of black spots ; 

 outer margin brown, sending streaks along the veins towards the 

 spots. 



Hab. Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp. 48 millim. 



Genus CASTABALA. 

 Castabala, Wlk. Cat. xxxi, p. 270 (1864). 



Type, 0. roseata, "Wlk. 



Range. Sikhim ; Calcutta. 



Palpi short and porrectly upturned. Antennae ciliated in male. 

 Tibise with the spurs short. Fore wing elongate, the apex 

 rounded ; the outer margin oblique ; vein 3 from before angle of 

 cell ; 4 and 5 on a short stalk ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 

 no areole. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 

 4 and 5 on a short stalk ; 6 and 7 stalked ; 8 from near end of 

 cell. 



1277. Castabala roseata, Wlk. Cat. xxxi, p. 270; Butl. III Het. v, 

 pi. 87, fig. 1 ; C. Sf S. no. 729. 



Head and collar crimson ; antennae brown ; thorax brown with 

 a bluish tinge ; metathorax suffused with crimson ; abdomen 

 crimson. Fore wing dark brown, the base bluish ; a yellow patch 



Fig. 26. Castabala roseata, tf . |. 



on inner margin at base ; a subbasal yellow band from the costa ; 

 an antemedial yellow band interrupted at cell ; a medial spot on 

 costa and another in cell ; a postmedial curved band and marginal 

 band widest at apex. Hind wing crimson, with a broad marginal 

 dark brown band not reaching anal angle. 

 Hob. Sikhim ; Calcutta. Exp. 52 millim. 



