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subcostal cell broad, the discal cell narrow at the base; hind 

 wings broad, retuse, the cell open ; median nervine strongly 

 ciliated on the upper side. 

 We have but one species. 



1. C. phragmitellus, Huh. — Expanse 1 to li inch. 

 Fore wings of the male rather broadly elongated, retuse, 

 ])ale or dark brown, with a single black discal dot; hind 

 wings dusky white. Fore wings of the female more elon- 

 gated, acuminate, pale drab ; hind wings clear white. 



Antennae of the male short, simple, reddish-brown ; palpi 

 extremely long and slender, faintly curved at the tip, light 

 brown ; head and thorax pale brown or reddish-brown ; 

 abdomen rather silky, yellow-brown. Fore wings elongated, 

 broad and truncate ; costa arched ; apex rather sharply 

 angulated and retuse ; the hind margin below hollowed and 

 then squarely filled out, but rounded off at the anal angle ; 

 dorsal margin somewhat rounded out; brownish-drab or 

 very pale reddish-brown, often with a deeper brown shade 

 from the base down the middle, when this is present having 

 a still darker streak along the discal cell, and running into 

 the apex ; the hinder nervures often slenderly darkened ; 

 discal spot a small round black dot ; no other distinct 

 markings ; hind margin faintly dotted with black ; cilia of 

 the colour of the wing. Hind wings broad, the apex pro- 

 duced and angulated ; rounded behind ; dull white or 

 brownish-white, yet with a silky gloss ; cilia white. Female 

 very different, the fore wings proportionately larger and 

 much more pointed, the hind margin far more oblique; 

 colour pale wainscot or whitish-brown. Hind wings also 

 more pointed, white. 



Underside of the fore wings, in the male, 'dirty brown, 

 paler along the costa. Hind wings dirty brown in front, 

 shading off to white behind. Body and legs pale brown. lu 

 the female fore wings silky pale drab ; hind wings white. 



Variable in the colour of the fore wings of the male, which 



