42 CATALOGUE OF 



CYPA FERRUG1NEA. 



Fcem. Ferruginea ; antennae supra albidce ; pectus postice et 

 abdomen subtus roseo-cinerea ; tibice tarsique supra nigro- 

 fusca; alee anticce lineis duabus obscurioribus obliquis sub- 

 obsoletis. 



Female. Ferruginous. Antennae whitish above. Abdomen 

 beneath and hind part of the pectus rosy cinereous. Tibiae and 

 tarsi blackish brown above. Fore wings with two darker almost 

 obsolete oblique lines between the exterior border and the discal 

 point, which is blackish. Length of the body 13 lines ; of the wings 

 32 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Fam. SPHTNGID^E ? 



Genus ANDRIASA. 



Andriasa contraria. 



contraria, Cat. Lep. Het. vii. 1735. 



Natal. 



Andriasa erubescens. 



erubescens, Wlk. Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd $er. i. 263. 



Natal. 



Fam. CASTNIIDJS. 

 Genus CASTNIA. 



Castnia papilionakis. 



Saturate ferrugineo-fusca, aureo viridique micans, pectus venterque 

 ochracea ; alee anticce puncto discali fasciaque exteriore 

 obliqua Jlavis ; posticce nigricantes, fascia dentata cyanea. 



Deep ferruginous-brown. Plumes of the head, of the thorax, 

 of the pectus and of the wraps with brilliant golden or green 

 reflections, varying according to the aspect in which they are viewed. 

 Pectus and abdomen beneath ochraceous. Fore wings with a pale 

 yellow discal point, and with an exterior slender straight oblique 

 pale yellow band ; under side with the point elongated into a lunuie, 

 and with a broader band, the latter traversing an irregular ochra- 

 ceous space. Hind wings blackish, with a dentate blue band, which 

 is indicated on the under side by the absence of ochraceous scales 



