4 CASTNIIDJE. 



Castnia orestes. (Plate II. fig. 2.) 



Castnia orestes, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 26. n. 27 (1854). 

 Castnia umbrata, Menetries, Cat. Petrop. t. xi. fig. 2 (1857). 



Blackish brown above, abdomen whitish : primaries irregularly banded with pale 

 brown ; a trifid subhyaline spot near the apex : secondaries with a pearly whitish pyramidal 

 band tapering from abdominal margin, and two imperfect discal rows of scarlet spots. 

 Primaries below blue-black, brown at base and apex ; bands as above, but tawny ; subapical 

 spot whiter : secondaries red-brown, white band and scarlet spots ill denned excepting at anal 

 angle, where they cross a large black patch. Expanse of wings 2 inches 11 lines. 



Brazil (Becker). 



Castnia zerynthia. (Plate I. fig. 5.) 



Castnia zerynthia, G. P. Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 144. n. 11 (1837). 

 Castnia langsdoriii. Me" ni tries, Cat. Petrop. t. xi. fig. 1 (1857). 



Mule. — Primaries shining olive-brown, with a K-shaped, bifid, ill-defined, dirty-whitish 

 band ; two hyaline white spots near the apex : secondaries black, with the base brown ; a 

 broad "central white band not reaching the costa ; an anal streak and two imperfect series of 

 spots, yellow. Expanse of wings 4 inches 10 lines. 



Brazil {Children). 



As usual, the measurement does not agree with that given by Mr. Gray ; he made no 

 allowance for the setting, but measured from tip to tip of the anterior wings, instead of from 

 the central line of the prothorax. 



Castnia invaria. (Plate II. fig. 4.) 

 Castnia invaria, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 23. n. 19 (1S54). 



Primaries blackish brown, with three hyaline white bands, two oblique, the third near 

 apex perpendicular : secondaries red, greyish testaceous at base ; four irregularly placed 

 ovoid subapical hyaline white spots, within which is a black streak; outer border black, 

 interrupted and narrow at its lower extremity: thorax brown, abdomen testaceous. Expanse 

 of wings 4 inches 1 line. 



Bio Janeiro (Stevens). 



This species is most nearly allied to C. icarus of Cramer. 



Castnia subvaria. (Plate II. fig. 1.) 



Castnia subvaria, Walker, Cat. Lip. /let. i. p. 25. n. 24 (1854). 



Brown above, anal tuft of abdomen slightly tawny : primaries with darker irregular 

 transverse bands; three subhyaline subapical whitish spots: secondaries with a broad 

 undulated outer border, tawny, becoming darker towards the margin, and intersected from 

 apex to first median branch by a sinuated black line. Wings below shot with green and 

 purple : primal its uitli basal half brown; apical half testaceous, becoming brown at apex and 



