188 MR. J. O. WESTVVOOD ON THE LEPIDOPTEROUS 



57. (2) Castnia personata. " Eusca, aureo viridi micans, subtus flava ; antentise apice 



flavescentes ; abdomen subauratum vittis duabus ocliraceis : alse cervinse, sat angustse, 



lituris nigro-fuscis, fascia marginali flavescente maculata ; anticse vitta discali, 



strigas quatuor emittente, posticse vittis duabus parallelis extus abbreviatis. Neaiiy 



allied to C. Imus. Length of wings 36 lines." — Walker. 



The above description is unintelligible, as may be seen by M. BoisduvaFs attempt to 



translate it into Erench, and by his inability to perceive its apparent identity with his 



Gazera simulans. The general colour of the four wings is obscure luteous, with black 



markings ; these consist of an oblique patch, arising on the costa before the middle, 



dilated towards the middle of the wing into an elongated patch ; beyond the middle of 



the costa is a broad oblique band reaching to the middle, followed by four more distinct 



luteous longitudinal spots preceding the broadly black apex ; the inner margin is dusky : 



the hind wings are rather lighter luteous in the middle of the disk ; the costa, a central 



bar, and the apical margin black, the latter with four white dots on its inner edge near 



the outer angle. Expans. alar. antic. lin. 36. 



Castnia personata, Walker, List Lep. Het. B. M. xxxi. p. 43; Boisduval, H. n. Lep. Het. p. 546 [Gazera 

 personata) . 



Sab. Guyaquil. In Mus. Britann. 



58. (3) Castnia cononia. (Plate XXXII. fig. 5.) Alis anticis elongato-ovalibus apice 

 rotundatis, dimidio basali obscure luteo-fulvo, striga postcostali plagaque magna 

 prope marginem internum nigris, hac striolam paliidiorem includente ; macula 

 media (prope costam) postice angulata ejusdem coloris fasciaque obliqua (e maculis 5 

 ovalibus constante) inter medium et apicem alse albida ; alis posticis saturate fulvis, 

 fascia postcostali maculis quinque ovatis pone medium, ad marginem analem majori- 

 bus et connexis, limboque apicali nigris ; capite albo punctato, coUo postice fulvo ; 

 fascia transversa media thoracis flavida ; abdominis fusci lateribus anguste fulvis, 

 segmentis ventralibus basalibus et apicalibus fulvis, intermediis nigris. Long. corp. 

 unc. l^. Exp. alar. antic. unc. 3f . 



Hab. Ecuador. In Mvis. Hopeiano Oxonige (olim Saunders). 



This species is nearest allied to C. ecuadoria, with which the arrangement of the cell 

 and branches of the postcostal vein of the fore wings nearly agrees ; but the transverse 

 vein closing this cell is longer, in consequence of which the branches 3 and 4 arise 

 wider apart. 



59. (4) Castnia cuatina. (Plate XXXII. fig. 4.) Alis auticis oblongo-ovatis apice 



subrotundatis fulvis ; striga costali prope basin, altera subcostali tertiaque multo 

 majore prope marginem internum, striga undulata obliqua discoidali, macula rotunda 

 media cum margine antico connexa, plaga magna obliqua inter medium et apicem, 

 limboque apicali dentato nigris ; alis posticis aurantiaco-rufis, striga subcostali, fascia 

 lata media e margine anali fere ad angulum externum extensa limboque dentato 

 nigris ; capile albo maculato, collo lato fulvo fascia transversa tenui flavida ; abdomine 



