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A-*. Fore wings fawn colour ; the dark hand narrow, with 



one great tooth. . 6'. saxjlttula. 



A^. Fore wings whitish-brown. 

 I). Dark liaud usually cut up by pale ncrvures ; central 



spot of hind wings visible. C nilarcata 



D-. Dark band coni])lete, bluntly toothed outwardly ; no 



central spot. C. prunata. 



\y\ Dark band coni])lete, sharply toothed and jagged; no 



central spot. C. snffumata. 



A'. Fore wings some shade of yellow. 

 F. The yellow brilliant with purple-red band and red 



clouding; cilia spotted. C. fulrata. 



I'j-. The yellow obscurely and evenly tinged with purple ; 



cilia ])lain. C. leslata. 



F\ The yellow colour clear but pale. 

 F. Central baud very broad, brown or shaded with 



brown ; cilia plain. C. pojmlata. 



F-. Central band formed of two obscure oblique nearly 



parallel lines; cilia plain. U. ]>i/yaiiiita. 



F'* Central band formed by two distinct strongly angu- 



lated lines ; cilia spotted. C. dotala. 



C. ri'ssa/a and ('. innnandtn are so utterly variable that 



the above can only be taken in a broad sense. More detail 



as to distinctive characters will be given in dealing with 



each. 



1. C. psittacata, Schiff.; siterata, Stand. Cat. — Ex- 

 panse I j| to l.j inch. Fore wings dark green faintly marbled 

 or shaded with purple, and beyond the second line with 

 white; transverse lines black. Uind wings dull smoke- 

 colour with chequiM-ed cilia. 



Antennjc of the male simple, ciliated, lather long, glossy 

 brown ; palpi of moderate size, projecting, dark green ; eyes 

 leaden-grey, face and head dark green, dusted with black ; 

 neck-ridge similar ; thorax dark green, longitudinally 

 streaked and Ijlotched with black ; at the back is a short. 



