28d LEPIDOPTERA. 



shining, rather large, cross-bar faint, vein 5 also very faint, 

 but centrally placed, 



Larv.e short, unusually sluggish, thickest in the middle ; 

 head small ; hairs of the body short, stiff, curved, quite 

 visible. On low-growing plants, hiding on the ground in 

 the daytime, or beneath it, or often among dead leaves, 



VvYM subterranean. 



We have five species, very closely allied ; indeed, this 

 genus consists of species exceptionally alike, 



A. Fore wings shining smoky-brown, hind wings dull 



white. G. morpheus. 



B. Hind wings silky, clear white. 



A-. Fore wings grey-brown, with a slender yellow line at 



the base of the cilia. C. amUgua. 



A^, Fore wings light brown, mottled with darker, four 



dark spots on the costa. G. cuhicularis. 



B-, Hind wings smoky brownish-white, whiter at the 



base. 

 A"*, Fore wings smooth, silky, with closely appressed 



scales, G. Uanda. 



A^. Fore wings more roughly scaled, faintly broader and 



coarser. G. alsines. 



1, C. morpheus, Tr. — Expanse 1| inch. Thorax and 

 abdomen not slender nor so stout as in most noctucc ; fore 

 wings shining smoky yellow-brown, marbled with dark 

 brown, upper stigmata and a band beyond them blacker; 

 hind wings silky white, with darker cilia. 



Antennae of the male short and rather thick, finely ciliated, 

 brown ; palpi small and narrowly tufted, black- brown, apical 

 joint also tufted ; eyes prominent, naked, deep black ; head 

 and thorax rather smooth, dull pale grey-brown, the latter 

 very faintly tufted at the back ; fascicles smoky-white ; 

 abdomen shining pale brown ; lateral and anal tufts tinged 

 with yellow-brown. Fore wings rather short, moderately! 



