30 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Castnia Cronis, Latr. et God. Enc. Meth. ix. 801. Dalm. Monogr. 



Castn. Act. Holm. 1824, 405, 16. G. R. Gray, Syn. Gen. 



Castn. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ii. 146, 21. 

 Haemonides Cronis, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 101, 1069. 



Surinam. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



35. Castnia strigata. 



Fusca, cyaneo viridique varia ; abdomen subtus albidum apice 

 fulvum; alee anticce vittis duabus basalibus, fascia angulata 

 maculari maculisque nonnullis apicalibus albis, subtus rufes- 

 centes ; alee posticce vittis duabus submarginalibus macularibus 

 albis, subtus albce dimidio postico rufescentes vittis duabus 

 macularibus albis. 



Brown, with blue and green reflections. Abdomen whitish be- 

 neath, tawny at the tip. Fore wings with two short nearly parallel 

 white stripes from the base to near the middle ; beyond these is an 

 angular varying white band composed of spots, some of which are 

 more or less confluent; a few irregular white spots towards the tip 

 forming. an imperfect band; under side reddish towards the base. 

 Hind wings with two submarginal stripes of white spots, the outer 

 band luteous at each end ; a whitish stripe occasionally towards the 

 base; under side white, hind half reddish with two stripes of white 

 spots, the inner stripe sometimes bordered in front with black. 

 Length of the body 11 — 12 lines ; of the wings 27 — 32 lines. 



a. Pernambuco. 

 b. ? 



36. Castnia Hubneri. 



Alee anticce fuscce, fasciis macularibus duabus albis ; posticce ni- 

 grescentes basi rufescentes, fascia maculari media albida, altera 

 juxta marginem. Alar. long. 24 lin. 



Castnia Hubneri, Boisd. Cuv. Regn. Anim. iii. 439, pi. 20, f. 2. G. 

 R. Gray, Syn. Gen. Castn. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ii. 146, 19. 



Var. Alee anticce obscure fuscce, fasciis duabus albis, anteriore lon- 

 giore continua, posteriore venis alarum interrupta ; posticce 

 basi limboque rubris, disco nigro-albo maculato. Long. corp. 

 7—10 lin. ; alar. 24—28 lin.' 



