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Ohs. C.fiitilis, Walker (List Lep. Brit. M. pt. vii. 1856, p. 1581), from Nicaragua, is 

 describecl frora two old faded and rubbed specimens of tbis species in tbe Britisb Museum. 



Hab. BrasUia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Venezuela, Columbia, Bogota. In 

 Mus. Britann., Hopeiano Oxoniae, Boisduval. 



16. Castnia lictis. C. alis fusco-nigris metallico nitidis, anticis fascia media recta postice 

 attenuata ad angulum internum extensa, alteraque subapicali sinuata maculari ; 

 alis posticis fascia magna alba obliqua, versus costam attenuata, ad angulum 

 analem valde dilatata, serieque marginali macularum rubrarum. Long. corp. unc. 

 l^l^. Expans. alar. unc. 3^-4 (7-11 centim.). 



Var. a fascia maculari subapicali alarum anticarum fere obliterata. 



Var. /3 alis anticis lutescentibus, basi, apice, marginibus fascise medise nigris, maculis 

 alarum posticarum pallide fulvis. 



Papilio licus, Fabricms, Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 47 ; Herbst, Ins. pl. 134. f. 3, 4; Drury, Ins. i. pl. 16. i.1,2; 

 Merian, Ins. Surinam. pl. 36; Oliv. Enc. Metb. Ins. pl. 12. f. 4; Jones, Icones, iii. pl. 73. f. 3, 4; 

 Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 797 {Castnia licus) ; Cramer, iii. pl. 223. f. A, B ; Dalman, Monogr. 

 p. 13; Act. Holm. 1824, {Castnia licus); Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc. L. ii. p. 143; Walker, List 

 Lep. Het. B. M. i. p. 18; Cuvier, Eegne An. ed. Crocbard, Ins. pl. 145. f. l^ 2; Boisduval, H. n- 

 Lep. Het. p. 526 ; Chenu, Ency. Pap. 235. f. 403. 



Obs. I am inclined to believe that this supposed species is formed of individuals of 

 C. atymnius, the chief difference consisting in the submarginal rows of red spots on the 

 hind wings, which, indeed, vary both in number and size in the specimens in the Oxford 

 Museum. Several faded specimens in the Hopeian Collection, marked C.futilis hj Mr. 

 Walker, only differ from similar faded specimens of C. atyninius (also labelled C. futilis 

 by Mr. Walker) in having a few slight orange marks near the angle of the hind wings. 



Var. a alis posticis fascia brevi alba e disco ad angulum internum extensa margine 

 aurantiaco ( Walher, op. cit. vii. p. 1582). 

 Sab. America meridionalis, Ecuador, Trinidad, Cayenne, Surinam, Demerara, Para, 

 Brazil, Ega (Amazonia) ; mouth of river Una, near Para, 19 Jan. 1830 {BiircheU) ; 

 Upper Orinoco (larva in Orcliidearum radicibus). In Mus. Britann., Hopeiano Oxonise, 

 Boisduval. 



17. Castnia BoiSDirvALii. Mas C. alis anticis purpureo-fuscis metallico nitidis, basi, 

 macula trigona media costali, altera magna trigona inter medium costee et apicem 

 (guttas tres pellucidas gerente), his maculis intus cum altera magna trigona (e 

 medio marginis interni ad angulam externum extensa) connexis ; alis posticis basi 

 nigris, in medio macula magna aurantiaco-rufa marginis antici, in strigam tenuem 

 ad marginem analem extensa, limbo late nigro, rufo plus minusve maculato, maculis 

 duplici serie congestis. Long. corp. unc. l^. Exp. alar. antic. unc. 2-g— 4. 



Eoemina differt abdomine albo, macula postica alarum anticarum extus griseo-suifnsa, 

 alisque posticis fascia media lata ad marginem analem extensa maculisque mar- 

 ginalibus omnibus flavidis. 



Castnia Boisduvalii, Becker, MS.; Walker, List Lep. Het. B. M. i. p. 27; Schaufuss, Nunq. OtiosuSj 

 p. 9; Boisduval, H. n. L(ip. Het. p. 510. 



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