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72 CATASTICTA. By J. Rober. 



strigosa. C. strigosa Bflr., from Peru, is in form, size and general appearance like hehra, deep olive-brown, 



the last third of the middle cell of the forewing shows sparse sulphur-j'ellow scaling, the cell is surrounded 

 by a row of oblong, pointed sulphur-yellow'-brown streaks, the outer part of the first six streaks is divided 

 by the ground-colour, hindwing sulphur-yellow-brown, but the veins and the distal margin olive-brown, three 

 elongated light yellow spots bound the 2. to 4. interneural stripes. Under surface similar to that of ctemene, 

 but the yellow spot on the forewing divided into narrow streaks by the broadly brown-edged veins. Only 

 known to me from the description. 



crowleyi- C. crowlcyi Bth\, from Venezuela (Monte Sierra and Gulata), is similar to strigosa. Upperside dark 



purple-brown with whitish ash-gre}' areas and spots, the distal margin of the hindwing and the veins are 

 sharply prominent ; an orange-yellow spot at each side of the prothorax; under surface almost as in aetinotis, 

 but the hindwing of hght reddish brown colour, without sharp median band, the yellow spots only edged 

 with dark brown marks. Only known to me from the description. 



semiramis. C. semiramis Luc. (22 d), from Colombia, is above obscure grej'-black with indistinct yellowish white 



submarginal and central spots, but beneath brilliantly marked. The hindwing is remarkable for the abundant 

 sulphur-yellow markings, which are paler on the forewing, and the sharp black and snow-white markings. 



niobe. C. niobc Stgr. i. I. (22 d), from Bolivia, is above black-brown with indistinct yellowish submarginal 



and central spots on the forewing and light subbasal band on the hindwing. The ground-colour of the hind- 

 wing beneath is a light sulphur-yellow, on which the black and the dark sulphur-yellow, black-edged mark- 

 ings stand out well. The forewing has black-brown ground-colour with light marginal , submarginal and 

 central spots, which are sulphur-yellow in the anterior part and white in the posterior. 



.^ suasa. C. suasa Stgr. i. I. (22 e), from Bolivia, has very dark, black-brown upper surface, with obsolete 



whitish submarginal and central spots. The under surface of the hindwing is very variegated, with silver- 

 white, sulphur-yellow, reddish brown and black-brown markings. The under surface of the forewing has 

 black-brown ground-colour and white submarginal and central spots, as well as verj^ small, white, anteriorly 



suasella. yellow, oblong marginal spots. — suasella suhsp. nov., from Peru, is above much lighter (yellowish grey) 

 and beneath much less sharply marked; the light markings on the underside of the forewing are j'ellowish 

 and much more extended in the middle. 



modesta. C. modesta Luc. (22 e), from Peru, has the upper surface grey-brown with slight obsolescent light 



submarginal and central markings. The under surface of the forewing is yellowish with brown and dark 

 yellow marginal markings, the underside of the hindwing is reddish brown with diffuse silver-white sub- 



actinotis. marginal and central bands and dark yellow markings. — actinotis Bilr. (22 e ?), from Costa Rica and 

 Chiriqui, has more extended yellowish markings above and darker coloured under surface. The ? is above 

 black-brown with yellow disc on the forewing, which is intersected by the dark veins; the underside the same. 



C. manco Dhl. (= incerta iJogn.) (22 e), from Bolivia, has black-brown upper surface with sub- 

 ■ .'•• manco. marginal and central markings on the forewing, and on the hindwing marginal and submarginal markings, 

 all ashy gre\', as is also the base. The underside of the hindwing is silver-white with narrow black markings 

 and broad sulphur-yellow ones. The ground-colour of the forewing beneath is impure white with a marginal 

 lanate line, which is sharp and black in the anterior part, black-brown and not sharp in the posterior, the black- 

 brown submarginal band and similar coloured basal part with light stripes: in the apex there are sulphur- 

 philothea. j^ellow spots. — philothea FlJv., from Colombia, is above somewhat more jellow, on the underside of the 

 philoscia. hindwing less yellow, but more strongly marked with black. — philoscia FIdr., from Venezuela, is less 

 yellow on the whole upperside and on the underside of the forewing still more yellowish; can scarcel_v be 

 separated from philothea. 



anaitis. C. anaitis i/f'«'. (22 e), from Ecuador, has ash-grey-yellowish upper surface with black-brown margins 



and small light submarginal spots. The under surface is silver-white with sulphur-yellow, black and brownish 

 markings. 



reducta. C. rcducta Btlr., from Ecuador, is above like (nviilis, but much smaller and all the spots of the 



upperside are ochre-yellow, irregularly coloui-ed with purple-brown, the veins are much more broadi}^ blackish, 

 the hindwing has a row of small white marginal spots, the macular band on the underside of the forewing 

 boliviana. is lighter ochre-yellow and the forewing is more falcate. — boliviana Btlr. differs in the light ochre-coloured 

 spots on the under surface, which shows scarcely any admixture of dark. Only known to me from the des- 

 cription. 



•iordida ^* sordida Bilr., from Bolivia, has the general colouring of onaitis, but is less j-ellow, the spot at 



the end of the cell and the spots of the central row of the forewing next to the costal margin are smaller. 

 Distal margin of the hindwing blackish, occupying almost half the wing and crossed by spots of the ground- 

 colour. Beneath all the light marks are reduced and the brown areas much broader, the light bands are 

 cream-coloured, not pure white, and the yellow stripes and spots of a deeper colour. 



