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lower fultura well developed, in the shape of a St. Andrew's cross whose lower arms are fused to 

 the valves ; valves oblong, widely connected to the vinculum by a membrane, the upper process 

 folded under the lower one, short, curved and ending in a sharp point, the lower process having 

 strongly serrated edges ; penis minute, uncus and middle of valves pilose. 



C. griqua. Male genitalia identical with those of melaena, with which it is probably conspecific. 



C. carana. Male genitalia (Text-fig. 182) : uncus composed of two small flattened lobes 

 fused to the tegumen ; subunci long, bent near the base, tapering to an apex which bears an 

 open claw ; tegumen and vinculum large ; no lower fultura ; valves oblong, the upper process 

 folded under the lower one and both ending in a sharp point ; penis of normal size, elongate, 

 external portion short, slender, vesica with numerous cornuti, uncus and distal portions of 

 valvae pilose. 



Fig. 181. Castalius melaena melaena (Trimen), o* genitalia, tegumen, penis (Delagoa Bay), 



valves (Rhodesia-Congo border). 



Fig. 182. Castalius carana carana (Hewitson), <J genitalia. 



