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sometimes dilated, so as to form a cloudy greyish-lilac somewhat oblique 
patch between the lower angle of the cell and the tornus, irrorated with 
greyish-fulvous and ferruginous scales ; sometimes the ferruginous irroration 
extended along the loop-shaped suffusion as far as vein 7, thus forming 
an ill-defined, strongly curved broad transverse streak, more distinct on 
the veins; a subterminal row of dark lilac-ferruginous dots on veins 7 — 2, 
parallel to the termen, and a terminal row of larger, triangular, somewhat 
suffused fulvous dots, the space between this and the preceding row 
suffused with pale brownish-lilac. Cilia pale greyish-lilac, the basal third 
white, a darker greyish-lilac antemedian band. Hind wing glossy white, 
edge golden -tinged. Cilia white, a pale rosy-fulvous apical patch. 
Male genitalia similar to those in C. curialis. Tegumen shorter. Valva 
much shorter; sacculus over x / 2 , top not modified, bristled; harpe broader 
and shorter, strong, bristled above, top truncate. Anellus long, about 2 / 3 
of the aedoeagus which is long, slender, with a bulbate base. (Slide no. 
894 D, holotype.) 
^ 35 — 44 mm. Head and thorax as in the male, collar sometimes suf- 
fused with light lilac-fulvous. Abdomen with tergites 3 — 8 bearing coppery- 
orange transverse bands posteriorly which are dilated in the middle and 
become narrower on each following segment. Legs slightly mixed with 
greyish-lilac, tibiae suffused with fuscous above. Fore wing broader than 
in the male, costa curved throughout and slightly prominent at 1 / 4 and 
2 / s ; costal edge suffused with greyish-lilac to the middle; a narrow streak 
of lilac-grey suffusion just below vein 12 from beyond the base, where it 
forms a short transverse streak, to 2 / 5 of the wing; a broad irregular streak 
of cloudy deep coffee-brown suffusion from the upper angle of the cell at 
1 / 3 , forming a large loop posteriorly and almost reaching the subterminal 
row of dots, ending in a rounded spot below the cell at 1 / 3 , narrowed and 
almost interrupted below the costa posteriorly, broadly dilated on the 
lower half of the cell, but almost interrupted by an oblique streak of the 
ground colour running across the disc and directed towards the tornus; a 
streak of dark coffee-brown irroration along the dorsum below vein lb; 
subterminal dots larger and darker than in the male, connected with the 
termen by a lilac-grey suffusion, terminal dots as in the male. Cilia darker 
lilac-grey, with basal third white. Hind wing white with a golden gloss, 
margin suffused fuscous-golden; cilia white, a dark grey patch in the 
apex, a row of smaller and fainter median spots along the upper third 
of the termen, becoming smaller and paler downward. 
Ostium moderate; limen, a broad transverse band deeply excavated in 
the middle, its median edge thickened; upper edge of the seventh ventrite 
indent. Colliculum, a moderate narrow tube, open along one side. (Slide 
no. 909 D, allotype.) 
Baliem Camp, 1600 — 1700 m, December 10, 1938 (holotype, male), 
December 11, 1938 (allotype, female), November 16 — December 12, 1938. 
Ten males, five females. Closely allied to C. curialis Meyrick, distinct by 
