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Genus 56. CHUSARIS. 



Fcem. Corpus sat gracile. Fasciculus frontalis trigonus. 

 Proboscis brevis. Palpi longi, angulati ; articulus 2us validus, 

 porrectus, supra pilosus ; 3us lanceolatus, gracilis, brevior. AntennaB 

 simplices, non longae. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes 

 validi, non pilosi, calcaribus longis. Alae longiusculae, non latae ; 

 anticae costa vix convexa, inargine exteriore subobliquo. 



Female. Body rather slender. Frontal tuft triangular. Pro- 

 boscis short. Palpi long ; second joiut stout, porrect, pilose above ; 

 third lanceolate, slender, much shorter than the second, with which 

 it forms a distinct angle. Antennae simple, little more than half 

 the length of the body. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout, bare; spurs long. Wings rather long, not 

 broad. Fore wings at the tips forming a sharply defined right angle ; 

 costa hardly convex ; exterior border slightly oblique. 



1. Chusaris retatalis. 



Cinerea ; palpi ex parte albidi ; alee anticce punctis costalibus 

 pallidis plus minusve elongatis, Uriels fuscis denticulatis dif- 

 fusis incompletis ex parte duplicatis, submarginali pallido 

 marginata, reniformi magna subtrigona obscure fusca, puncto 

 discali exteriore alteroque basali nigris ; posticce fuscescente- 

 cinerece, litura subtus discali atra. 



Cinereous. Palpi partly whitish. Abdomen, hind wings and 

 under side brownish cinereous. Wings with blackish lunules ; mar- 

 ginal line pale. Fore wings with pale more or less elongated points 

 along the costa ; lines brown, denticulated, diffuse, incomplete, partly 

 double ; submarginal line bordered with pale cinereous ; reniform 

 mark large, dark brown, irregularly triangular ; a black point in the 

 disk beyond it and another at the base. Hind wings with the lines 

 visible beneath, where there is a deep black discal mark. Length 

 of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 6i lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



Genus 57. CORGATHA. 



Mas. Corpus laeve, vix robustum. Proboscis brevissima. 

 Palpi porrecti, capite transverso non longiores ; articulus 2us supra 

 fasciculatus ; 3us conicus, brevissimus. Antennae sat validae, setis 



