On new Species of Ileterocera. 505 



LXXIir. — Jhscriplion.f of Five neio Species of Ileterocera. 

 V>\ JIkruert Diux'E, F.L.S. &c, 



Fam. CastniidaB. 



Castnia angusta, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, collar, tegulai, thorax, and abdomen dark 

 brown; legs blackish brown. Primaries dark brown, bluish at 

 the base; the veins near the outer margin irrorated with pale 

 blue scales; a pale yellow spot at the end of the cell, beyond 

 which a narrow yellow line crosses the wing from the costal 

 to the inner margin near the anal angle; the fl-inge yellow : 

 secondaries dark brown, shot with blue at the base, crossed 

 beyond the middle by a band of narrow, crescent-shaped, 

 yellow spots, which extend from near the apex to the anal 

 angle; a submarginal row of six rather large round yellow 

 spots, starting from the apex ; the fringes of both wings 

 yellow. Underside considerably paler brown : primaries, 

 the yellow band much wider than above, a submarginal row 

 of eight yellow spots extends from the apex to the anal angle ; 

 secondaries crossed by two rows of yellow spots, the first 

 below the middle, the second submarginal, on the outer 

 margin the spots are edged with reddish brown. 



Ex))anse G^ inches. 



Hal). Ecuador, Los Lanos {Mas. Druce). 



Castnia dolopia, sp. n. 



Feviale. — Head, collar, tegulffi, thorax, and l)ase of the abdo- 

 men dark brown; abdomen black ; antennae black, the tips pale 

 brown. Primaries dark brown glosse 1 with green ; a large 

 greyish-brown spot at the end of the cell, beyond which the 

 wing is crossed from near the apex by a series of dull greyish- 

 brown spots, those nearest the aj)ex very indistinct, the spots 

 are edged with black ; below the spots on the inner margin are 

 two lunular-shaped black marks : secondaries black, the base 

 shot with bluish green ; a row of brownish-white spots crosses 

 the wing from near the anal angle almost to the apex, the 

 fringe brownish white. The underside of both wings pale 

 lirown, with all the spots much more distinct and all edged 

 with black. 



Expanse 7^ inches. 



J lab. Ecuador, Los Lanos {Mas. Druce). 



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