522 ARCTIAD^. 



Genus CASTULO. „, 



Type. 



Castillo, Wlk. ii. 561 (1854) plagiata. 



Tennessa, Nevvm. Traus. Ent. Soc. (2) iii. p. 285 (1856) shepherdi. 



Cluaca, Wlk. xsxi. 268 (1864) ruhricosta. 



Clisohara, Wlk. xxxi. 269 (1864) catocalina. 



Leriia, Wlk. xxsiii. 805 (1865) nivosa. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, not reaching vertex of head, and 

 fi'inged with hair in front; tibiffi with the spurs long; abdomen dorsally 

 clothed with hair towards base. Fore wing with vein 2 from just beyond 

 middle of cell ; 3 from well before angle ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from below 

 upper angle ; 7, 8 stalked; 9, 10 stalked; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 

 from beyond middle of cell ; 3 from before angle ; 5 from above angle ; 6, 7 

 from upper angle ; 8 from before middle of cell. 



Sect. I. (Castulo). Antenna of male bipectinate. 



A. Fore wing blackish, with orange fascia on. inner margin 



and postmedial band with black discoidal spot plagiata. 



B. Fore wing blackish, with the medial part of costa pink ... doubledayi. 



1]20. Castulo plagiata. 



CasMo plagiata, Wlk. ii. 562 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 491. 

 Cluaca struthias, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 715 (1886) ; Kirby, 

 Oat. Het. p. 298. 



S . Head and thorax black ; tips of palpi, tegulae and abdomen 



orange, the last with some lateral black spots and often some black 



on ventral surface. Eore 

 wing black with a slight 

 greenish gloss ; an orange 

 fascia on inner margin 

 from base, where it ex- 

 tends to median nervure, 

 to the curved postmedial 

 band, which expands on 

 Fig. 376. — Castulo plagiata, c?. }. disk and includes a black 



discoidal lunule. Hind 



wing orange, with black discoidal lunule and terminal band not 



reaching tornus. 



Rab. N. S. Wales; Tasmania (J. J. Wallcer), 10 d" , type. 



Eivp. 32 milLim. 



1121. Castulo doubledayi. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 1.) 



Castulo doubledayi, Newm. Trans. Ent. Soc. (2) iv. p. 55 (1856) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 491. 

 Cluaca ruhricosta, Wlk. xxxi. 268 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. pp. 298, 491. 

 Castulo binotata, Wlk. Char. Lep. Het. p. 65 (1869) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 491. 



S . Head and thorax blackish ; palpi, tegulse, pectus, base of 

 legs, and abdomen pale pink, the last with some lateral black points 

 and ventral fascia. Pore wing blackish, with pale pink fascia on 

 medial half of costa and a spot at base of inner margin and point in 

 base of cell, and sometimes a spot on inner margin at three-fourths. 



