DOLBA.— CASTXIA. 3 



below paler, the transverse bands less defined, only two on secondaries. Expanse of wings 

 5 inches 3 lines. 



Rio Janeiro (Stevens). 



DOLBA, Walker. 



Dolba hartwegii. (Plate XV. fig. 3.) 



Dolba hartwegii, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 259. n. 55 (1875). 



Primaries above smoky brown, crossed by black lines and spots ; a whity brown 

 subbasal undulated band ; a white spot at end of cell : secondaries smoky brown, blackish at 

 anal angle, pale at base, whitish on costal area near the base ; a pale brown discal streak, 

 becoming white towards anal angle, and below it a white-speckled black-centred patch. Wings 

 below grey-brown ; a pale dark-edged band from costa of primaries to anal angle of 

 secondaries. Expanse of wings 2 inches 5 lines. 

 Oaxaca, Mexico (Hartweg) . 



CASTNILD^. 



CASTNIA, Fabricius. 

 Castnia eudesnria. (Plate I. fig. 2.) 



Castnia eudesmia, G. R. Gray, Trans. Ent. Soe. ii. p. 145. n. 14 (1837) ; Blaruihard, Gays Chili, 

 pi. 5. fig. 8 (1854). 



Primaries greyish brown, with the fringe white; two oblique white bands; internal area 

 whitish : secondaries black, shot with blue ; the base and two discal series of large spots red, 

 the spots with whitish pupils; outer border greyish brown. Expanse of wings 4 inches 

 8 lines. 



Chili (Children). 



Since the publication of Mr. Walker's Catalogue, a male example in fine condition has 

 been added to the Collection ; it is smaller and less brown in colour than the type. 



Castnia inca. (Plate I. fig. 3.) 

 Castnia inca, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 24. n. 22 (1854). 



Male. — Ferruginous, crossed obliquely from inner margin to apex by a blackish line, 

 and varied by spots of pale ferruginous ; three subapical hyaline spots, the centre one large : 

 secondaries black, with a broad reddish-orange band and a submarginal series of orange 

 spots. Primaries below with basal two thirds castaneous ; apical third brown, varied with 

 testaceous spots ; hyaline spots as above ; outer border brown ; two discal ocelli : secondaries 

 dull testaceous ; the costa, an arched streak from costa to base of cell, a curved discal baud 

 becoming macular towards costa and white-spotted near anal angle, and a sinuated outer 

 border, brown. Expanse of wings 3 inches 6 lines. 



Honduras (Dyson). 



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