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et apicem striga obliqua e maculis 3-4 formata serieque subapicali macularum, in 

 medio interrupta et versus apicem interdum fere obliterata; alis posticis nebula 

 media costali fulvescente, fascia maculari pone medium alteraque submarginali e 

 maculis minoribus formata albis. Long. corp. unc. 1. Expans. al. ant. unc. 2\ 

 {Q-Q^ centim.). 



Castnia strigata, Walker, List Lep. Het. B. M. i. p. 30; Boisduval, H. n. Lep. Het. p. 519. 

 C. Godartii, Menetries, Enuin. Corp. Anim. Mus. Petrop. pl. 11. fig. 4, p. 130. 



Mab. Brasilia, Pernambuco. In Mus. Britann., Hopeiano Oxonise, et Boisduval. 



22. Castnia decussata. C. alis fuscis viridi nitentibus, fascia angulata (literam magnam 

 "V supinam simulante) alteraque valde sinuata e maculis 5 composita subapicali, 

 maculis alteris duabus versus angulum internum positis albis ; alis posticis fascia 

 irregulari pone medium, e maculis 5-7 oblongis composita, strigisque nonnullis fere 

 obsoletis marginalibus prope angulum analem. Long. corp. unc. l^. Expans. alar. 

 ant. unc. 2-3 (6-6^ centim.). 



Castnia decussata, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. 799 j Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ii. p. 146; Walker, List 

 Lep. Het. B. M. i.p. 29; Hiibner, Zutrage, iii. f. 639, 640; Boisduval, H. n. Lep. Het. p. 519. 



A figure of . tbis species is contained in Jones's ' Icones,' pl. 89. f. 1, witbout any 

 reference or locality. 



Var. a aUs magis maculatis, = C. melaleuca, Boisduval, MS. in Mus. Parisiensi, 

 Hab. BrasUia. In Mus. Britann., Hopeiano Oxonise, et BoisduvaL 



23. Castnia papilionaeis. (Tab. XXXI. fig. 3.) Alis anticis obscure fuscis metaUico 



nitidis, puncto parvo ad apicem cellulee discoidalis, fasciaque tenui recta inter 

 medium et apicem alse pallide flavis, fimbria alba; alis posticis nigris, fascia pone 

 medium, versus angulum ani attenuata, cserulescente. Long. corp. unc. If . Exp. 

 alar. antic. unc. 4. 

 Castnia papilionaris, Walker, List Lep. Het. B. M. part xxxi. p. 42 ; Boisduval, H. n. Lep. Het. p. 500. 



Obs. Tbe ocbraceous colour of tbe body described by Mr. "Walker is simply the result 

 of tbe rubbed condition of tbe speeimen in tbe Britisb Museum. 

 Sab. Bogota. In Mus. Britann., et Hopeiano Oxonise. 



24. Castnia sateapes. (Tab. XXXI. fig. 4.) Alis anticis viridi-fuscis, macula magna 

 marginis interni (guttam fuscam arcuatam includente) fasciaque lata subapicali 

 albidis fusco irroratis, squamisque nonnulbs subapicalibus albis ; alis posticis 

 aurantiacis, venis radiantibus limboque nigris, boc albido maculato. Long. corp. 

 unc. 1 lin. 5, Exp. alar. antic. unc. 4 lin. 2 (7^ centim.). 



Var. a maculis paUidis alarum anticarum intus connexis, ut in figura KoUari. 



Var. /3 maculis paUidis alarum anticarum separatis, aUs posticis aurantiacis nigro 



Umbatis. 

 Var. 7 maculis paUidis alarum anticarum separatis, aUs posticis flavidis nigro Umbatis, 



Umbo serie macularum rubrarum intus notato. (Tab. XXXI. fig. 5.) 



