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4. Basal three-fourths not suffused with blackish. 



5. With a distinct pale fascia of even width, formed of a group of 

 striae. 

 6. Ground black-brown or yellow-brown, lightly shaded with pale 

 brown; the antemedial fascia white and strongly contrasting. 

 7. Fascia to anal angle lead-gray, not contrasting. 



2. fasciatana. 

 7. Fascia running to anal angle, white, broader and strongly con- 

 trasting 4. micantana. 



6. Ground brown, with pale ochreous ante- and postmedial fasciae. 



7. Bright tawny brown 3%. electrofusca. 



7. Dull umber brown 3. rusticana. 



6. Ground half olive and half blackish, with no yellow or brown. 



9. appendicea. 



6. Ground light brown with olivaceous tint, often heavily necked 



or suffused with cream; the fasciae hardly paler than the rest. 



8. olivaceana. 

 5. Antemedial fascia concolorous with outer markings generally, or 

 absent. % 



6. Ground pure white, the borders irregularly blackish, except on 



outer part of inner margin and base of costa 21. malaria. 



6. Ground not white. 



7. A black apical dot and sometimes an oblique bar at basal angle 



the only contrasting markings 24. exoleta. 



7. Apical dot minute or absent. 



8. Dorsal margin contrastingly dark, the boundary sharply defined, 

 at least on basal half. 

 9. Dorsum black or brown, reaching to anal angle . . 29. nigrana. 

 9. Dorsal shade gray, fading out at middle of wing. 



30. clavana. 

 8. Dorsal margin not contrastingly dark. 



9. An oblique blackish patch at basal angle; the other markings 



mostly diffuse 23. cornana. 



9. Patch at basal angle, if present, no more conspicuous than 

 costal markings. 

 10. Basal patch not reaching costa, and sharply denned on 

 upper side. 

 11. With a narrow streak in base of cell Sc, separate from 

 the basal patch. 

 12. Ground rusty orange, shot with purple. 



28. nitidana. 

 12. Markings light olive on basal half, bright ochre and 



contrasting on apical half 27. fagigemmeana. 



12. Markings bright ochre, with a slight olive tint, 

 ground paler and scaled with gray. 



26. ferrugimana. 



12. Ground varying from ochreous to gray with slight 



olive tint (like C. permundana). 



13. Dorsal part of median fascia contrastingly 



smoother-looking and paler than other markings. 



25. tiliana. 

 13. Dorsal part of median area not contrasting. 



29. nigrana. 



