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1932. Cirphis cinereicollis. (Plate XCIII. fig. 18.) 



Leucania cinereicollis, Wlk. xv. 1659(1858). 



Leiicania xoUta, Di-uce, Biol. Centr-.-Aui., Het. i. p. '262 (part.), nee Wlk. 



Head aucl thorax ochreous ; palpi dark at sides ; tegulse with 

 three dark lines ; patagia edged with dark scales above ; dorsal 

 crests of thorax and abdomen dark at tips ; abdomen ochreous 

 irroratcd with brown. Fore wing ochreous, tinged with rufous 

 and irrorated with a few dark scales ; the veins whitish defined by 

 fine brown streaks ; the interspaces with brown streaks ; a slight 

 black streak below base of cell and a fuscous fascia on median nervure 

 continued to termen above vein 4 ; a black point below origin of 

 vein 2 ; a small white spot at lower angle of cell ; a curved post- 

 medial series of black points on the veins and a terminal series ; an 

 oblique brown shade from termen just below apex. Hind wing 

 semihyaline white ; the underside with the costal area tinged with 

 brown and irrorated with dark scales, the termen with a series of 

 black points fi-om apex to vein 2. 



Hab. Costa Ric.\, Irazu {Ro(/ers), 2 S , Godman-Salvin Coll. ; 

 Cuba. ; Guadeloupe, 1 (S ; Brazil, Petropolis (Doer), 1 § , Sao 

 Paulo (D. Jones), 2 2; Paraguay, Sapucay (Fosfer), 8 J , "t 5 ; 

 Argentina, Goya (Pen-ins), 1 (5,3 $, Florenzia (Wagner), 1 d . 

 Type t in Mus. Oxon. E.vp. 34-48 millim. 



1933, Cirphis punctosa. 



Simt/ra pu7ictosa, Treit. Sehinett. v. 2, p. 287 (1825); Fit. Neue Beitr. 

 Schmett. pi. 406. f. 4 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Sebuiett., Noct. f. 310 ; Stand. 

 Cat. Lep. pal. p. 192. 



Head and thorax grey mixed with rufous ; abdomen ochreous 

 white. Eore wing ochreous, largely suffused with rufous and with 

 some fuscous irroration on costal and inner areas ; a more proraiuout 

 rufous shade in, below, and beyond cell ; some fuscous irroration on 

 median nervure and base of veins arising from it, the other veins 

 slightly streaked with whitish ; a slight black streak below base of 

 cell ; an indistinct highly dentate antemedial line, obsolete on costal 

 area ; a white point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line black, 

 bent outwards below costa, then represented by a series of points 

 on the veins, oblique below vein 4 ; the terminal area deep rufous ; 

 an oblique pale fascia from apex ; a terminal series of black points ; 

 (;ilia intersected with white. Hind wing pure white, the terminal 

 area slightly tinged with ochreous; the underside with the costal 

 area irroratcd with brown; a terminal series of black points from 

 apex to vein 2. 



Bab. S. France, Zcller and Leech Colls. ; Spain ; Sicily : Algeria ; 

 Asia Minor, Pontus ; Syria ; W. Turke.stan, Turcomania, 1 $ . 

 Exp. 32-38 millim. 



Larva. Mill. Icones. ii. p. 253, pi. 77. f. 10. 



Whitish with numerous fine dark lines ; dorsal area yellowish 

 with fine dorsal line and prominent black subdorsal line interrupted 

 between the segments ; head yellowish. Food-plants, Grasses. 4. 



