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are very large, I'oiind, and black, a black marginal line. Cilia 

 white. Huidtviiui greyish-white, four subbasal small dark dots, 

 second in cell; four crossing middle of cell, second in cell; a dis- 

 cocellular streak, below which is another spot, a curved discal 

 interneural series of wedge-shaped brown spots; submarginal series 

 of indistinct wavy spots, often with a marginal series of blotches; 



a dark marginal line. Cilia white. 



9. ll-lt mm. (13). Upper side uniform dull blackish- 

 brown, sometimes, though rarely, showing a basal bluish tint. 

 Cilia white. 



Underside as in (J. 



I have experienced great difficulty with this and the three 

 following species which Miskin considered to be all the same. 

 Druce* says that this is the small form, and the next species the 

 large form of C. erinus, a statement which I hope to show is in- 

 correct. The difficulty begins with the doubt as to which was 

 the type of Fabricius, who described the wings as " supra fuscse, 

 subtus cinereae." Butler in his paper on the Fabrician types 

 states that the type is a female; this then must refer to the 

 northern form (subpallidus) and not to the southern (Jiyacinthina). 

 This view is further borne out by Donovan's figure which, if it is 

 taken from the type, leaves no doubt that the type of C. ermus 

 is the same species Dr. Lucas subsequently described as P. siib- 

 jjallidus. 



I have tabulated the differences of this and the next species. 



C. erhins. C. hyacinthina. 



Average size . . ... $\'2 mm. 9 1 3 mm. (J 1 4 mm. 9 1 5mm. 



Costa of forewing ... arched ... ... nearly straight. 



Apex ... ... ... blunt ... ... acute. 



()utermarginofforewing((^) convex ... ... straight. 



Cilia ... ... ... white ... ... greyish. 



Upperside (9) ... ... dull brown ... purple. 



Underside ... ... greyish- white ... grey. 



* P.Z.S. 1902, ii. p. 120. 



