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et apicem striga obliqua e maculis 3-4 formata serieque subapicali macularum, in 

 medio interrupta et versus apicem interdum fere obliterata; alis posticis nebula 

 media costali fulvescente, fascia maculari pone medium alteraque submarginali e 

 maculis minoribus formata albis. Long. corp. unc. 1. Expans. al. ant. unc. 2^ 

 (6-6^ centim.). 



Castnia strigata, Walker, List Lep. Het. B. M. i. p. 30; Boisduval, H. n. Lep. Het. p. 519. 

 C. Godartii, Menetries, Enum, Corp. Anim. Mus. Petrop. pi. 11. fig. 4, p. 130. 



Sab. Brasilia, Pernambuco. In Mus. Britann., Hopeiano Oxonise, et Boisduval. 



22. Castnia decussata. C. abs fuscis viridi nitentibus, fascia angulata (literam magnam 

 V supinam simulante) alteraque valde sinuata e maculis 5 composita subapicali, 

 maculis alteris duabus versus angulum internum positis albis ; alis posticis fascia 

 irregular! pone medium, e maculis 5-7 oblongis composita, strigisque nonnullis fere 

 obsoletis marginalibus prope angulum analem. Long. corp. unc. LJ. Expans. alar, 

 ant. unc. 2-3 (6-6 J centim.). 



Castnia decussata, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. 799; Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ii. p. 146; Walker, List 

 Lep. Het. B. M. i.p. 29; Hubner, Zutrage, iii. f. 639, 640; Boisduval, H. n. Lep. Het. p. 519. 



A figure of tbis species is contained in Jones's ' Icones,' pi. 89. f. 1, witbout any 

 reference or locality. 



Var. a aHs magis maculatis, = C. Melaleuca, Boisduval, MS. in Mus. Parisiensi. 

 Sab. Brasilia. In Mus. Britann., Hopeiano Oxonise, et Boisduval. 



23. Castnia papilionaris. (Tab. XXXI. fig. 3.) Alis anticis obscure fuscis metallico 



nitidis, puncto parvo ad apicem cellulae discoidalis, fasciaque tenui recta inter 

 medium et apicem alee paUide flavis, fimbria alba ; alis posticis nigris, fascia pone 

 medium, versus angulum ani attenuata, cserulescente. Long. corp. unc. If. Exp. 

 alar, antic, unc. 4. 

 Castnia papilionaris, Walker, List Lep. Het. B. M. part xxxi. p. 42 ; Boisduval, H. n. Lep. Het. p. 500. 



Obs. The ocbraceous colour of the body described by Mr. Walker is simply the result 

 of the rubbed condition of the specimen in the British Museum. 

 Sab. Bogota. In Mus. Britann., et Hopeiano Oxonise. 



24. Castnia sateapes. (Tab. XXXI. fig. 4.) Alis anticis viridi-fuscis, macula magna 

 marginis interni (guttam fuscam arcuatam includente) fasciaque lata subapicali 

 albidis fusco irroratis, squamisque nonnullis subapicalibus albis ; alis posticis 

 aurantiacis, venis radiantibus limboque nigris, hoc albido maculate Long. corp. 

 unc. 1 lin. 5. Exp. alar, antic, unc. 4 lin. 2 (7^ centim.). 



Var. a maculis pallidis alarum anticarum intus connexis, ut in figura Kollari. 



Var. /3 maculis pallidis alarum anticarum separatis, alis posticis aurantiacis nigro 



limbatis. 

 Var. y maculis pallidis alarum anticarum separatis, alis posticis flavidis nigro limbatis, 



limbo serie macularum rubrarum intus notato. (Tab. XXXI. fig. 5.) 



