. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. CORREBIA. 3-39 *1135 a. Correbia tristitia. Correbidia tristitia, Kaye, Entom. xliv. p. 145 (1911). Correbia klagesi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 183 (1912). Fore wing of male with fringe of long hair from middle of inner margin. <S. Head and thorax red-brown tinged with leaden grey; frons above and streaks from base of antennae to shoulders fulvous palpi yellow, dark brown towards tips; antennae dark pectus and legs dark brown with yellow streaks below the the fore cox*, femora near base and tarsi banded with abdomen dark b


. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. CORREBIA. 3-39 *1135 a. Correbia tristitia. Correbidia tristitia, Kaye, Entom. xliv. p. 145 (1911). Correbia klagesi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 183 (1912). Fore wing of male with fringe of long hair from middle of inner margin. <S. Head and thorax red-brown tinged with leaden grey; frons above and streaks from base of antennae to shoulders fulvous palpi yellow, dark brown towards tips; antennae dark pectus and legs dark brown with yellow streaks below the the fore cox*, femora near base and tarsi banded with abdomen dark brown with fulvous yellow lateral stripes, the basal half of ventral surface yellow. Fore wing dark brown tinged with silvery leaden blue; a broad pale yellow subbasal band from costa to vein 1; a pale yellow band from costa beyond middle to tornal part of inner margin and termen, its edges slightly yellow brown wings, yellow. Fig. 51.—Correbia tristitia, tf. \, excurved below middle. Hind wing pale yellow with a short brown streak beyond lower angle of cell and terminal brown band slightly diffused on inner side ; the underside with the costa yellower, a large round brown patch from middle of costa to median nervure. Hab. Venezuela, Caura R. (Klages); Br. Guiana, Kockstone {Kaye), type t 6 i» Coll. Kaye; Surinam, Maroewym Valley, Aroewarwar Creek (Kluyes), type f 6 Megesiin Coll. Rothschild; Brazil, Amazons, Fonte Boa, (Jodaljas, Iquitos. Exp 30 millim. *1135 b. Correbia obscura. (Plate XX. fig. 20.) Correbia obscura, Schaus, Pr. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 193 (1905). 6 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown ; palpi at base and base of 3rd joint yellow ; sides of head and shoulders with orange streaks ; coxa?, base of fernora, and 1st joint of tarsi yellow. Fore wing black-brown, the veins with slight metallic blue streak; a minute dull orange streak below base of costa ; an erect, rather narrow postmedial band, orange at costa, yellow to median nervure, then dull orange. Hi


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