CTTKOBA. — CASTABALA. 53 



Head and thorax brown ; collar outlined with crimson ; abdo- 

 men crimson, with brown segmental bands above and two paired 

 series of lateral spots. Eore wing black-brown; an irregular 

 yellowish- white band from the costa before the middle to outer 

 angle; cilia tipped with white. Hind wing crimson ; the basal 

 area brown ; a broken irregular postmedial band of black spots ; 

 outer margin brown, sending streaks along the veins towards the 

 spots. 



Hah. Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp. 48 millim. 



Genus CASTABALA. 

 Castabala, Wlk. Cat. xxxi, p. 270 (1864). 

 Type, C. roseata, Wlk. 



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Range. Sikhim ; Calcutta. 



Palpi short and porrectly upturned. Antennae ciliated in male. 

 Tibiae with the spurs short. Eore wing elongate, the apex 

 rounded ; the outer margin oblique ; vein 3 from before angle of 

 cell ; 4 and 5 on a short stalk ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 

 no areole. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 

 4 and 5 on a short stalk ; 6 and 7 stalked ; 8 from near end of 

 cell. 



1277. Castabala roseata, Wlk. Cat. xxxi, p. 270 ; Butl. III. Het. v, 

 pi. 87, fig. 1 ; C.&S. no. 729. 



Head and collar crimson ; antennse brown ; thorax brown with 

 a bluish tinge ; metathorax suffused with crimson ; abdomen 

 crimson. Fore wing dark brown, the base bluish ; a yellow patch 



Fig. 26. — Castabala roseata, tf . j- 



on inner margin at base ; a subbasal yellow band from the costa ; 

 an antemedial yellow band interrupted at cell ; a medial spot on 

 costa and another in cell ; a postmedial curved band and marginal 

 band widest at apex. Hind wing crimson, with a broad marginal 

 dark brown band not reaching anal angle. 

 Rah. Sikhim ; Calcutta. Exp. 52 millim. 



