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LXXIII. — Descriptions of Five new Species of Ileterocera. 

 By Herbert Druce, F.L.S. &c. 



Fam. Castniidae. 



Castnia angusta, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, collar, tegulaj, 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 fringe yellow : 

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

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

 yellow spots, wdiich 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. 



Expanse 6^ inches. 



Ilab. Ecuador, Los Lanos (Mus. Druce). 



Castnia dolopia, sp. n. 



Female. — Head, collar, tegulte, thorax, and base of the abdo- 

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

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

 greyish-brown spot at the end of the cell, beyond wiiieh tlie 

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

 brown spots, those nearest the apex 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 

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

 with black. 



Expanse 7f inches. 



JIab. Ecuador, Los Lanos [Mas. Druce). 



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