LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1653 



Genus CORYCIA, C. L. H. xxiii. 871. 



CORYCIA HEXASPILATA. 



Foem. Pallidissime cervina ; pa/pi porrecti, breves, graciles ; al<e 

 latce, linea postmedia pa/lidiore undulata indistincta ; anticce 

 maculis tribus costalibus nigris, fimbria fusco guttata. 



Female. Very pale fawn-colour. Palpi porrect, smooth, slender, 

 not extending beyond the head. Antennae slender. Abdomen as 

 long as the interior border of the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. 

 Wiugs broad ; an indistinct paler postmedial undulating line. Fore 

 wings acute; three black costal spots; third subapical, very much 

 smaller than the other two ; fringe with brown dots ; exterior border 

 convex, slightly oblique. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



a, b. North America. From Mr. Carter's collection. 



CORYCIA SEMICLARATA. 



Fcem. Alba, nigro subconspersa ; alee punctis marginalibus nigris ; 

 anticce nigro dense conspersce, gutta media nigra transversa, 

 fasciis duabus nigricantibus diffusis, la postmedia, 2a mar- 

 ginali valde excavata ; posticus subtus gutta media elongata 

 punctisque marginalibus nigris. 



Female. White. Body above and wings thinly and minutely 

 black-speckled. Legs slender. Wings with black marginal points. 

 Fore wings above thickly black-speckled, with two blackish diffuse 

 irregular bands; first band posimedial ; second marginal, much ex- 

 cavated, connected with the first ; these two lines are more concise 

 on the under side, where they are abbreviated towards the interior 

 border ; a black transverse black dot on the inner side of the first 

 band, largest on the under side ; exterior border slightly convex, 

 moderately oblique. Hind wings beneath with a black transversely 

 elongated dot in the disk, and with black marginal points. Length 

 of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. North America. Presented by A. S. Packard, jun., Esq. 



