74 LEPinOPTERA. 



E\ Colour (lull brown ; no middle white stripe. 



G. The markings numerous, short rich brown streaks 



running into cross stripes, C. fascdinelltts. 



G-. The markings form very oblique parallel transverse 



lines in dark shading. C. iiKjuinatelliis. 



iP. The markings are almost imperceptible oblique lines on 



very dull ground. C contaruiadlus. 



(i*. The first line curves into a slender dark streak from 



the base. C. mlincllus. 



E''. Fore wings silky brown or yi-llow-brown, with a 



brilliant golden hind-marginal line. 

 G''. The markings are two deeply angulated transverse lines. 



C. (/enicalcus. 

 G". No markings, often darker shading toward the costa. 



('. cidnielluii. 

 G". A slender right-angled transverse line near the hind 



margin. C. hortclius. 



G'^. Nervures all golden striped, similar transverse lines or 



bands. C. cratenihis. 



G''. Dull dark brown stripes between all the nervures, and 



two transverse lines. C. chrysonuchdltos. 



1. C. alpinellus, JIi'h.—ExYtanse J inch (17-20 mm.). 

 Fore wings narrow, very pointed, almost hooked, dull 

 umbreous; a white stripe from the base through the middle 

 is twice interrupted by wavy brown transverse lines. Hind 

 wings smoky-brown. 



AntenuEe of the male simple, slender, dark brown ; palpi 

 long, almost straight, coarsely scaled, brown, dusted above 

 with white ; head and thorax white ; abdomen slender, 

 whitish-brown. Fore wings rather narrow ; costa gently 

 arched, more distinctly so a little before the apex, which is 

 produced into a long point; hind margin deeply hollowed 

 just below it, then gently curved off at the anal angle; 

 colour dull umbreous or pale brown ; a white longitudinal 

 stripe from the base is twice interrupted beyond the middle 



