IGG ME. V. WALKER ON HETEEOCEEOITS LEPIDOPTEEA 



Gen. CoESA, Walk. 



369. CoRSA ABSORBENS, n. s. Fwm. Fusca, alis anticis cervinis albido 

 raarginatis, basi, plaga aj)ucl angulum interiorem plagaque apicali fus- 

 cis uigro conspersis, linea submarginali cana dentata, alis posticis 

 fimbria cinerea. 



Female. Brown. Palpi obliquely ascending ; 3rd joint less than half 

 the length of the 2nd, with which it forms a slight angle. Fore wings 

 fawn-colour, whitish-bordered with the exception of the base, an apical 

 patch, and a patch by the interior angle ; these are brown, speckled with 

 black, and the two patches contain a submarginal dentate hoary line ; 

 tips rounded ; exterior border convex. Hind wings brown, with a 

 fawn-coloured border ; fringe cinereous. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wnigs 16 lines. 



Geu. CuEGiA, n. g. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi validi, pilosi, re- 

 curvi, verticem superantes ; articulus 3"^ lanceolatus, 2° brevior. An- 

 tenncB subsetulosse. Abdomen alas posticas longe superans. Pedes 

 breves, robusti, pilosi; tibise posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. AI(b 

 anticse breviusculae, sat angustse, apice subrotundatse, costa margine- 

 que exteriore rectis. 



Male. Body very stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi stout, pi- 

 lose, appUed to the front, recurved over the vertex ; 3rd joint lanceo- 

 late, shorter than the 2nd. Antennae very minutely setulose. Abdo- 

 men extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs short, stout, 

 pilose ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather short. Fore 

 wings rather narrow, slightly rounded at the tips ; costa and exterior 

 border straight, the latter rather oblique. Hind wings moderately- 

 broad. 



Allied to Plotheia. 



3/0. CuRGiA NONAGRicA, n. s. Mos. Tcstacca, thorace antico fusces- 

 cente, alis anticis linea exteriore albida subobliqua vix undulata intus 

 nigro punctata, reniformi angusta indistincta nigricante marginata, 

 alis posticis cinereis semihyaliuis. 



Male. Testaceous. Thorax brownish in front. Abdomen and under 

 side pale cinereous. Fore wings with a whitish exterior, slightly ob- 

 lique, liardly undulating line, which is accompanied by black points on 

 its inner side ; reniform mark narrow, blackish-bordered, indistinct ; 

 marginal points black. Hind wings cinereous, semihyaline, slightly 

 iridescent. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Gen. Cropia, Walk. 



371. Cropia onerata, n. s. Mas. Nigra, crassa, subtus albida, ab- 

 domine fusco-cinereo basi cristato aj)ice nigro alboque cincto late- 



