286 NOCTTJID^. 



with rufous and irrorafced with brown ; the costal edge fuscous 

 towards base ; antemedial line represented bj' a very oblique 

 black striga from costa near middle and a curved line nearer the 

 base from subcostal nervure to inner margin ; reuiform strongly- 

 defined by black-brown ; postmedial line black-brown, very 

 strongly excurved below costa and oblique below vein 4, some 

 alternating black-brown and whitish streaks beyond it on costa ; 

 the termen suffased with brown from below apex to vein 4, then 

 with indistinct wedge-shaped brown marks ; a terminal series of 

 black striae defined on inner side by white and a small spot just 



Fig. 87. — Ectrogatha himerata, J. |. 



below apex. Hind wing whitish suffused with rufous and irrorated 

 with brown ; discoidal spot defined by dark brown, elliptical ; 

 postmedial line dark brown, slightly excurved ; the termen suffused 

 with red-brown ; a terminal series of black striae defined on inner 

 side by white ; the underside whitish suffused with bright rufous, 

 the discoidal spot distinct, the postmedial line crenulate and 

 strongly curved. 



Hah. Brazil, Amazons, Obydos {Austen), 1 c? , Ega {Bates), 

 1 d" , 1 5 type. Etcj). 22 millim. 



Genus CORGATHA. 



Type. 



CorgatJia. Wlk. xvi. 215 (1858) zonalis. 



Palo.ra, Wlk. xxiv. 1090(1862) implexat.a. 



Sophia, Wik. i.-s.\i. 1758(1862) concavata. 



Aiisinsa, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vii. p. 192 (1864) . aqua. 



Zitna, Wlk. xxxiv. 1276 ( 1865) albicinctalis. 



iVacerasa, Wlk. xxxT. 1570(1866) concavata. 



Pseud&phyra, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 422 straminea. 



Celeopsyche, Butl. 111. Het. B. M. iii. p. 68 (1879) nitens. 



Callipyris, Meyr. Tr. E. Soc. S. Austr. xiy. p. 195 (1891). drosera. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, extending about the 

 length of head, the 2nd joint fringed with hair above towards extremity, the 

 3rd short ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae 

 of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without 

 crests ; tibiae typically moderately fringed with hair, the spurs long ; abdomen 

 without crests. Fore wing with the apex slightly produced and acute, the 

 termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of 

 cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing 

 with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from 

 angle of cell ; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars ; 

 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



