CIRPHIS. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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C. cinereicollis Wkr. (— solita Drc. part.) (24 f). Forewing reddish ochreous, scantily strewn with uncrcicol- 
black with whitish veins except the median which is broadly striped brownish-grey, which colour continues 
above the lower radial branch to the margin; there is a black basal ray and in the lower cell-angle a white 
dot, behind it a bent row of black dots on the veins. Hindwing diaphanous white. From Mexico to Argentina. 
C. striguscula Dyar (24 g). Forewing greyish-brown, the costal margin broadly lighter, more whitish, .drigv-culu^ 
the whole wing coarsely strewn with black, with lighter, finely dark-edgecl veins and strong black internerval 
streaks which are still more thickened at the rise of the subcostal branches, and with a very thick, somewhat 
faded black basal ray, also in the upper half of the cell 2 black stripes; the median is darkened grey, and 
more black towards the cell-end which exhibits a small white spot below; a postmedian row of black dots which 
below the costal margin becomes a very oblicpre line; in the apex as usually an oblique lighter patch. Hindwing 
qu ite transparent and very iridescent . Mexico to Brazil and Colombia. 
C. seteci Dyar is allied to cinereicollis (24 f), but the dark longitudinal shade is not black, but light acted. 
grey, the small white spot at the cell-end is small and united with the whitish median; the markings are finer 
and lighter, the row of dots is very faint, on the whole much lighter and not contrasting. Expanse of wings: 
28 to 31 mm. Panama. 
C. latiuscula H -Schciff . (= subpunctata Harv., senescens Mschlr., tinila Schs., complicata Streck., latiuscula. 
mizteca Schs., extincta Drc.) (24 g) has grey forewings more or less tinted reddish-yellow, also cn the white 
veins strewn with black, the median striped dark with a white dot above its end. Hindwing diaphanous white, 
on the veins and margin brownish, — in the form Orizaba Schs. (24 g) darkened quite brown. United States orizaba. 
(Texas) to Brazil and Peru. — It remains a mooted question whether punctifera Mschlr. with white hindwings pundifcra. 
from Surinam is a form of this species or a separate species. 
C. incognita B. McD. (24 g) is allied to latiuscula, owing to its white hindwings still more closely incognita . 
to its questionable form 'punctifera, but it is much smaller, much lighter and without the reddish-brown tinge; 
from the likewise similar cinereicollis it differs by the absence of the black basal ray. The ground-colour is 
a light ochreous yellowish ; the dark stripe of the median is interrupted at the cell-end by a small, white, comma- 
shaped spot and extends to the post-median line which consists of dots on the veins, which, however, may 
also be connected forming a complete line. Described from Brownsville (Texas). 
C. tritonia Hmps. (24 h) is one of the largest species, on the forewing ochreous brownish, darker, at tritonia . 
the costal and proximal margins strewn with black without any white-striped veins, in the marginal area with 
dark internerval streaks, with a white, distally and proximally black-scaled dot at- the lower cell-angle, and 
with a dentate, blackish posterior transverse line. Hindwing diaphanous white, the veins and margin ochreous- 
yellowish. Colombia, Brazil. 
C. dissimilis B. & McD. (24 h) is described according to a single $ the habitat of which seems to dissimilis. 
be not quite certain, and looks very different from all the species known. Forewing deep purple brown with 
a very indistinct marking; the small round ring-macula is pupilled yellowish-brown just like the reniform 
macula; the transverse line is marked by yellowish-brown lunae, the anterior line only by one near the proximal 
margin, instead of the undulate line there are a series of dark small spots distally pupilled yellowish, at the 
costal margin near the apex 2 or 3 white streak-shaped spots. Hindwing smoke-brown, towards the base dia¬ 
phanous. From Arizona (?) (Chiricahua Mts.). 
C. unipuncta Haw. (= extranea Gn., ant-ica Wkr., trifolii Btlr., adultera Schs.) (24 h) is presumably unipunda. 
distributed in the whole world and everywhere common. It occurs in America from Canada down to Chile 
and is rather variable. The nomenclatural type is light red-brown, moderately striated, with light reddish, 
quite extinct maculae and with a white, often on both sides black-edged small spot- at the lower cell-end; it 
has a characteristic dark oblicpre stripe parting the apex. — f. saccharivora Btlr., described from Chile, but also saccharivo- 
founcl elsewhere, is of a deeper red-brown colour. — f. punclulata Blch. (24 h) is of a greyer or ochreous-yellowish 
tinge and much more coarsely strewn, with a stronger apical stripe and very distinctly contrasting maculae in 
a darkened cell. It occurs from Mexico to Chile in numerous transitions to the type. — The green or brown, 
darker striated larva with white longitudinal lines lives on grasses and species of grain. Compare also Vol. Ill, 
p. 99. 
ra. 
pundulaia. 
C. arcupunctata Mssn. (24 i) is a large-brown species with broad wings, black-striped veins, a red- arcupunda- 
brown submedian stripe and dark internerval stripes in the marginal area; the maculae are marked by several ia - 
black dots, behind them a postmedian row of black dots on the veins. Hindwing ochreous brown, in the 
marginal area darkened. The B antennae are strongly serrate and provided with ciliary tufts. Ecuador and 
Colombia (Monte. Tolima). 
C. inconspicua H.-Schciff. (= extincta Drc. p. p., solita Drc. p. p.) (24 i) is on the forewing ochreous- mconspi- 
yellowish,. strewn with black, with a black dot in the lower cell-end and a- dark spot behind it; a dentate cua ' 
transverse line is marked by dots on the veins. Hindwing diaphanous white. Mexico to Paraguay, also in Cuba 
and Jamaica. 
