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tufts, the ends of the shoulder-covers are a little rolled up; anterior tibiae with a curved claw on the inside; 
abdomen tuftless. 
triangulifer. C. triangulifer Grt. (= pretiosa Morr.) (44 e) has light yellow^ forewings with orange veins except on 
the marginal area, with orange transverse lines, the anterior line with very long dents, in the cell-end a forked 
streak; undulate line faded orange. Hindwing light yellow. Central States as far as Kansas. 
chjnri. C. dyari Ckll. (44 e) is very similar to triangulifer, on an average somewhat smaller and paler, separated 
by the posterior transverse line forming on the lower median branch a tooth proximad, wdiilst in triangulifer 
it only forms a slight curve. Hindwing lighter than in triangulifer, with traces of a darker postmedian line. 
New Mexico, Arizona. 
dubifer. C. dubifer Dyar (44 e) is on the forewing of a brighter golden yellow colour, otherwise marked just 
like the preceding species, the undulate line being whitish, proximally powdered with red-brown; easily recogni¬ 
sable by the brownish-grey hindwing being broadly light yellow at the margin. Mexico. 
magntfer. C. rnagnifer Dyar (44 e) differs from the preceding species in its much larger size and lighter yellow 
ground-colour; the hindwing is yellowish-white, in the disc brownish-grey as far as the very sinuate postmedian 
line, the distal margin and hind-margin being irrorated with red-brown. Mexico. 
nigrifer. C. fiigrifer Dyar (= triangulifer Drc .) (44 e) has quite blackish-brown hindwings in distinction with 
the otherwise very similarly marked preceding species, with more indistinct and faded transverse markings. 
Mexico and Guatemala. 
clirysochi- C. chrysochilus Dyar (44 f) is a somewhat smaller species, similarly marked as the preceding species, 
luSm but the ground is densely powdered with purple, only the marginal area remaining somewhat lighter and more 
yellowish. Hindwing reddish-brown. Mexico. 
papago. C. papago Barnes (44 f) looks quite differently; the forewing is yellow with orange veins, without 
maculae, with 2 orange-yellow transverse lines, the posterior line curved a little around the cell-end, without 
an undulate line. Hindwing yellow, irrorated with brown excepting the hindmarginal portion. New Mexico. 
micdphona. C. miaiphona Dyar (44 f) is similar, but more orange-yellow, with dark brown veins except in the 
marginal area, and with brownish-red transverse lines, the anterior line being rectangularly cornered and here 
contiguous with the straight median shadow; on the cross-vein an intense red-brown streak, the distal transverse 
line is only indicated at the costal margin, the undulate line ist absent. Hindwing light orange with darker 
veins. Mexico (Guadalajara). 
143. Genus: T5asilo<le$ Gn. 
Recognisable by porrect palpi with a somewhat pendent last joint, a large rounded horny projection 
on the frons with raised edges and a horny plate below it, thorax clad with rough scales with 2 tufts, the posterior 
tuft being particularly large; the anterior tibiae exhibit a bent claw on the inside, the abdomen is tuftless. A 
few American species being partly adorned with gold or silver, exhibiting a somewhat pointed apex of the 
forewing and relatively broad wings. 
philobia. B. philobia Drc. (44 f) is very different from the other species, the golden yellow forewing showing 
2 very large silvery white spots, whereby it is unmistakable. Hindwing white. Mexico. 
pepita. B. pepita Gn. (= chrysopasa WTcr.) (44 f) has metallic golden forewings with fine brown transverse 
lines, the posterior line being acute-angled, the maculae also surrounded with brown, the reniform macula 
proximally with a black dot. Hindwing reddish-brown. Virginia, Florida, Kansas, Colorado, Mexico. 
aurata. B. aurata Schs. (44 f) is much smaller than pepita, otherwise very similar; the golden forewing is 
densely powdered with brown, the dark brown transverse lines are very fine; the maculae are grey, finely 
encircled with brown, above the reniform macula another spot, the veins finely striped brown. Hindwing 
brownish-grey with a golden gloss and white fringe. Expanse of wings: 35 mm. Described according to a $ 
from Costa Rica. 
chrysopis. B, chrysopis Grt. (44 f) is not golden on the forewing, but on the light yellow ground strewn with 
olive-brown, in the median area excepting the hind-margin, in the costal margin behind it and the distal- 
marginal area irrorated with olive-brown; the transverse lines are brown, the maculae yellowish, unmarked, 
the reniform macula proximally with a black dot. Hindwing yellowish-white, at the margin feebly brownish. 
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona. 
catharops. B. catharops Dyar (44 g) has light sandy brown forewings, in the basal area, apex, and anal angle 
as well as in the maculae golden, the maculae encircled with brown, with brown transverse lines, the proximal 
line bordering on the golden basal area, the distal line being finely dentate and connected with the apex by 
an oblique nebulous patch; the undulate line is brown, almost straight. Hindwing light loamy grey, towards 
the margin darker. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. Texas. 
albijutta. B. albigutta H.-Schdff. This species and the two next species may hardly belong to this genus, since 
they are reported to exhibit long pectinations on the male antennae and hair-pencils on the middle tibiae; 
