GENUS CASTNIA AND SOME ALLIED GROUPS. 1/1 



nigris, fasciis tribus transv^ersis e maculis ovalibus compositis, rubris, fimbriaque lute- 

 scente ; antennis rufescentibus ; alis subtus rufis, anticis nigro variis. Long. corp. 

 unc. If . Expans. alar. antic. unc. 3f. 



Sab. Papagaya {Bogers). In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonige (olim Saunders). 



This species is remarkable for its large robust body and short strong wings. 



11. Castnia Dalmannii (PI. XXX. fig. 5). C. alis ferrugineis, maris fasciis duabus 

 obsoletis, foemina; fascia alba angusta et punctis hyalinis duobus ; posticis rubris, 

 basi strigis maculisque juxta marginem nigris, maris disco flavo et foeminae albo. 

 Expans. alar. antic. maris unc. 3^, foem. unc. 4. 



Castnia Dalmannii, Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc. L. ii. 145 ; Walker, List Lep. Het. B. M. i. p. 26 ; nec 



Boisduval^ H. n. Lep. Het. p. 513, which = C. hegemon. 

 Foem. C. Grayi, Boisduval, H. n. Lep. Het. p. 498. 



Hah. Brasilia. In Mus. Britann., Boisduval. 



Dr. Boisduvars description ofthe wings of the insect to which he has applied the name 

 of C. Grayi, will be seen from my figure (Tab. XXX. f. 5) and Gray's description to agree 

 entirely with that of the female of C. Dalmannii, whilst the description of his C. Dal- 

 mannii as completely agrees with C. hegemon. His description of C. Grayi is as foUows : — 

 " Ailes superieures d'un brun un peu ferrugineux, a reflet verdatre ; elles ont entre le 

 milieu et le sommet tine raie oblique d'un blanc pur, allant de la cote au bord interne, 

 precedee en dehors d'un petit point de sa couleur : ailes inferieures d'un brun olivatre 

 a la base, marquees au milieu d'une large tache blanche transversale, atteignant le bord 

 abdominal; ensuite le contour est rouge, divise en arriere par un cordon de taches 

 noires assez grosses etbien marquees. Un peu plus grande que Vlapyx.'" 



Hab. Brasilia. In Mus. Boisduval. 



12. Castnia Pallasia. C. alis anticis olivaceo-fuscis, fascia valde sinuata et irregulari, 

 grisea, e costa (ultra medium), tunc dilatata subbifida et inde versus basin marginis 

 interni extensa, maculaque magna fere rotundata ejusdem coloris versus angulum 

 posticum internum, liturisque duabus arcuatis subapicalibus albis ; alis posticis 

 nigris fascia lata fere media alba seu flavescente, striga rubra maculari pone medium 

 (in limbo late nigro) guttisque submarginalibus albidis. Long. corp. maris unc. l^, 

 foem. unc. 1|. Expans. alar. antic. maris unc. 3^, foem. unc. 4 (9-12 centim.). 



Var. o alis anticis magis nigricantibus, posticis fascia alba venis nigris gracilibus divisa. 



Castnia Pallasia, Eschsclioltz, in Kotzebue, Reise, iii. p. 217, pl. 6. f. 27; Thon, Archiv, ii. pl. 1. f. 5; 



Boisduval, H. n. Lep. Het. p. 507. 

 C. ardalus, Dalman, Monogr. p. 17 ; Act. Holm. 1824, p. 403 ; Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc. L. ii. p. 147 ; 



Walker, List Lep. Het. B. M. i. p. 24. 

 C. Brecourti, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 798; Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc. L. ii. 147. 



Hab. Brasilia. In Mus. Britann., Hopeiano Oxonise {Burchell, 29 Dec. 1825, Catombi, 

 Brazil), Boisduval. 



Var. /3. Mas e Papagaya fasciis variis alarum minus dilatatis. 



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