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Genus CORSA. 

 Corsa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xiii. p. 1101 (1857). 

 Male: forewing rather short, triangular; cell extending to more than half the 

 length ; first subcostal emitted at one-half before end of the cell, second at one-fourth, 

 trifid, third at one-sixth from base of second, and fourth at two-thirds from base of 

 third, fifth from end of the cell, bent upward and touching third near its base ; 

 discocellular slightly concave and bent close to each end, radials from the angles ; 

 middle median from close to end of the cell, lower at one-third before the end ; 

 submedian much curved from the base : hindwing short, broad ; exterior margin 

 convex ; two subcostals from end of the cell ; discocellular very slender, slightly 

 oblique and concave, radial from near lower end ; two upper medians from end of the 

 cell, lower at one-third before the end ; submedian and intenial vein straight. Body 

 moderately stout ; abdomen attenuated at the tip, extending beyond the hindwings ; 

 palpi erect, compressed, second joint reaching to level of the eyes, stout, squamose, 

 third joint lanceolate, more than half length of second; antennae bipectinated ; forelegs 

 densely clothed with long silky hairs, middle femoi'a pilose, hind femora and tibife 

 densely clothed, first joint of tarsus also hairy ; spurs long. 



CORSA LIGNICOLORA (Plate 156, Fig. 9). 

 Corsa Ugnicolora, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xiii. p. 1101 (1857). 



Chestnut-bi'own : forewing with a bi'oad transverse basal black streaked band, a 

 broad purplish-brown discal fascia, followed by a curved submarginal pale purplish- 

 brown line, a blackish apical border, and pale-bordered black marginal spots ; medial 

 area pale purplish-brown, with some transverse black streaks from the costa ; 

 orbicular and reuiform spot pale chestnut-brown : hindwing with a pale purplish- 

 brown submarginal line, and pale-bordered black marginal lunules. CiHa alternated 

 with l)lack. Body and legs above chestnut-brown. 



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Genus CALLYNA. 

 Catlpui, Gnenee, Noct. i. p. 112 nS52) ; Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xiii. p. 1118. 



Forewing elongated, rather broad, costa slightly arched at the base, apex obtuse, 

 exterior margin slightly oblique, and scalloped, posterior margin convex towards the 

 base ; cell extending more than half the length ; first subcostal emitted at one-half 

 before end of the cell, second at one-fourth, trifid, third at one-sixth from base of 

 second, and fourth at one-fifth from base of third ; fifth from end of the cell, and 

 joined to the third, by a short erect spur, half-way between its base and the fourth ; 

 discocellular slightly bent near each end, radials from the angles ; middle median 

 from angle close to end of the cell, lower at nearly one-third before the end ; 



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