24 LITHOSIID.E. 



Genus MAHAVIRA, Moore. 

 Ma/iarira, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 11. 



Hale. Fore wing long, narrow ; costa arched, apex acute ; exterior margin oblique, 

 posterior margin recurved ; subcostal vein five-branched, first and second branches arising 

 before and near end of the cell, third trifid, the two lower branches at equal distances from 

 end of the cell ; discocellulars long, straight, upper obliquely inward, lower obliquely out- 

 ward ; radial from upper end of cell ; median vein four-branched, the two upper branches 

 from lower end of cell, third at some distance before its end ; submedian vein curving towards 

 liind margin. Hind wing longer than broad, exterior margin convex ; subcostal vein two- 

 branched beyond end of cell ; discocellulars as in fore wing ; median vein four-branched, 

 the two upper branches from end of cell and contiguous at their base, third immediately 

 before end of the cell. Body slender ; antenna; serrate, with long and delicate pectinations ; 

 legs slender ; femora slightly jjilose beneath, middle and hind tibiae spurred ; palpi slender, 

 basal joint pilose, apex pointed. 



Mahavira flavicollis. 



Mahavira frwico/lis, jNIoore, V. Z. S. 1878, p. 11, pi. i. fig. 3. 



Hale. Wliite ; costa slightly edged with brown at the base ; collar yellow ; antenna^ 

 yellow ; fore femora with a blackish streak on the inner side. 

 Expanse 1|- inch. 

 JIab. Darjiling. In colls. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. 



Geiuis KORAWA, 3Ioore. 

 Korawa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 11. 



Male and female. Fore wing long, narrow ; costa slightly arched, apex somewhat acute, 

 exterior margin very oblique ; subcostal vein five-branched, first branch ascending and touch- 

 ing the costal, but free at its end, second starting before end of the cell, third at end of the 

 cell, trifurcate, lowest branch at one third beyond end of the cell; upper discocellular angled 

 outward at its middle, lower oblique ; radial from angle of upper discocellular ; median vein 

 four-branched, the two upper from lower end of the cell ; submedian slightly recurved. Hind 

 wing moderately short, apex slightly produced and convex, exterior margin rounded ; sub- 

 costal two-branched beyond end of the cell ; discocellulars of equal length, bent inward ; 

 median vein four-branched, two upper beyond end of the cell, middle branch from end of 

 the cell ; submedian nearly straight. Body moderate ; palpi small, pilose, porrect ; antennoe 

 minutely and finely bipectinate ; legs pilose, sparsely in male. 



