270 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus CORYPHA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis, tenuis. Palpi 

 porrecti, subangulati, caput sat superantes ; articulus 3us lanceo- 

 Iatus. Antennae glabrae. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. 

 Pedes glabri. Alas amplae, margine exteriore convexo antice bis 

 inciso ; posticae acutae, vix falcatae, costa convexa. 



Female. Body moderately stout. Frontal tuft bardly promi- 

 nent. Palpi porrect, extending rather far beyond the head ; third 

 joint lanceolate, about half the length of the second, with which it 

 forms a slight angle. Proboscis short, slender. Antennae and legs 

 smooth. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Wings 

 ample ; exterior border convex, with two slight excavations in front. 

 Fore wings acute, hardly falcate ; costa convex ; exterior border 

 moderately oblique. 



CORYPHA INCONGRUARIA. 



Fcem. Flavescente-testncea i ferrugi?ieo conspersa ; palpi porrecti, 

 subangulati, articulo So lanceolato longiusculo ; alee amplce, 

 lineis tribus ochraceis obliquis subrectis subparallelis, linea 

 submarginali pallide fuscescente undulata valcle diffusa et 

 indistincta, margine exteriore dentato ; anticce subfalcatce, 

 linea la antice rectangulata, spatio submarginali cervino. 



Female. Yellowish testaceous, with ferruginous speckles, which 

 are most prevalent on the under side. Palpi porrect, as long as 

 the breadth of the head, very slightly angular; third joint lanceo- 

 late, more than half the length of the second. Abdomen extending 

 as far as the hind wings. Wings ample, with three ochraceous 

 oblique nearly straight and parallel lines ; third line rather darker 

 than the others ; a pale brownish undulating very diffuse and indis- 

 tinct snbmar^'inal line ; exterior border scolloped between the veins. 

 Fore wings sub falcate ; first line nearly rectangular in front ; space 

 between the third line and the exterior border slightly fawn-coloured. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 





