CASTNIA. 5 



tawny on outer margin, and interrupted by an irregular X-shaped arrangement of black 

 bauds ; subapical hyaline spots well defined : secondaries nearly as above, but paler ; two 

 black spots beyond the middle. Expanse of wings 3 inches 5 lines. 



Rio Janeiro (Steve?is). 



Most nearly allied to C. phalaris. 



Castnia boisduvalii. (Plate I. fig. 4.) 



Caatnia boisduvalii, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 27. n. 28 (1854). 

 Castnia beskei, MenStries, Cat. Petrop. t. si. fig. 3 (1857). 



Body dark brown, antennae ferruginous ; abdomeu laterally spotted with reddish orange ; 

 anal tuft ferruginous : primaries shining purplish brown, with bronzy reflections, blackish at 

 the base and at end of cell ; a very oblique blackish discal band forking to costa from its 

 upper third ; three subapical hyaline white spots : secondaries black, with a very irregular 

 central scarlet band, and two imperfect submarginal series of scarlet spots. Wings below 

 brownish tawny, shading into red in parts : primaiies with the apex broadly brown ; hyaline- 

 spots as above ; two subcostal black blotches, and three discal black spots : secondaries with a 

 row of black discal dots ; pectus sordid whitish, venter dull testaceous. Expanse of wings 

 3 inches. 



Brazil (Becker). 



Castnia dalmannii. (Plate II. fig. 3.) 

 Castnia dalmannii, G. R. Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 145. n. 13 (1837). 



Male. — Primaries olivaceous, with a narrow transverse white band, near which are two 

 hyaline dots : secondaries deep red, with the base browu; a broad white patch from abdominal 

 margin to subcostal nervure ; a submarginal row of large black spots ; nervures with black 

 tips : head and thorax olivaceous, abdomen sordid whitish. Expanse of wings 4 inches 

 (i lines. 



Brazil (Children). 



Described as the female. The male of Mr. Gray's description is probably C. hegemon of 

 Kollar ; the additional six lines iu expanse are accounted for by the setting of the type ; 

 measured from tip to tip it is just four inches and half a line, the anterior wings being thrown 

 considerably in advance of the head. 



Castnia strigata. (Plate II. fig. 5.) 



Castnia strigata, Walker, Cat. Lep. Met. i. p. 30. n. 35 (1854). 



Wings above dark brown, shot with dull green : primaries with a white discoidal streak ; 

 an angulated streak below it ; an oblique postmedian band, its last two divisions separated by 

 the nervures ; two spots on internal area, and two near external angle, also six, placed in pairs, 

 near the apex : secondaries with two rows of spots united at anal angle by an irregular orange 



