292 LEPIDOPTERA. 



5. C. cubicularis, Bkli.; quadripunctata, Stand. Cat. 

 — Expanse 1 to If inch. Fore wings narrow, yellowisli- 

 drab shaded with smoky -brown ; on the costa are four black 

 spots ; reniform stigma and extreme hind margin leaden- 

 brown. Hind wings pure white. 



Antennas of the male simple, minutely ciliated, dark 

 brown; palpi short, broadty tufted, dark brown outside, pale 

 drab within ; apical joint rather thick ; eyes conspicuous, 

 deep black ; head and thorax rather smooth, pale drab dusted 

 with brov/n, the scales of the latter gathered at the back into 

 a small point; fascicles dusky white ; abdomen rather slender, 

 whitish-brown, lateral tufts small, whiter, anal tuft narrow, 

 tinged with reddish-brown. Fore wings narrow, especially 

 so at the base, blunt behind ; costa faintly arched ; apex 

 very bluatly rounded; hind margin gently curved; dorsal 

 margin nearly straight ; colour pale yellowish-drab, minutely 

 dusted with dark brown or black ; basal line sometimes in- 

 dicated by one or two small black streaks ; first line obscure, 

 incomplete, but duplicated rather far apart, smoky-black ; 

 second line a very indistinct series of rough crescents in 

 black dusting, followed by black dots, and beyond these by a 

 cloudy duplicate line ; subterminal line of the ground colour 

 and much indented, edged inwardly by small brown or 

 purple brown clouds, outwardly by a leaden-brown hind- 

 marginal stripe or shade ; orbicular stigma hardly perceptible, 

 an unniargined cloud of faintly paler yellow-drab, but often 

 with a black-brown dot in its upper area ; reniform stigma 

 more distinct, sometimes blackened, or more commonly 

 blackened only at the base, the upper portion faintly out- 

 lined, in either case having round the lower portion three or 

 four white dots ; costa spotted to the middle with four round 

 black dots, hind margin with minute black streaks, outside 

 which, at the base of the cilia, is a yellow-drab line ; remainder 

 of cilia similar, but clouded with black atoms. Hind wings 

 rather ample, rounded, clear white, nervures just tinged with 

 pale brown ; costa faintly clouded, and hind margin edged 



