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reniform shape —, and in a more longitudinally striped basal costal-marginal area; moreover, the light reddish 
wedge at the inner margin is much narrower and longer. Mexico to Costa Rica. — intermedia form. n. (145 d) intermedia. 
may be a form of it, which is much darker blackish-brown with a coppery gloss; the basal costal area is much 
darker, red-brown, partly shaded with slaty blackish, with the longitudinal stripes of schausi ; the light wedge 
at the inner margin is also long, but decidedly higher than in schausi. Abdomen much greyer than in the latter 
form, where it is distinctly ochreous. Hindwing yellowish blackish-grey with ochreous fringe, broadly ochreous 
at the margin of the $ the ground-colour of which is somewhat more reddish and which has also a more purely 
ochreous abdomen. West Colombia, Rio Dagua (W. Hopp); and Upper Rio Negro (Fassl leg.); types in the Berlin 
Museum. 
C. mulleri sp. n. (145 c) is a new large species distinctly separated from its allies by the ground-colour mulleri. 
being olive grey and not brown, while the marking is more similar to besekei. The light area at the base and 
costal margin is broad, distally contrasting with the dark median area by a light line; discal spot rather in¬ 
conspicuous, bordered below by the light basa-l border-line which is continued at the costal margin; behind 
the discal spot a dark longitudinal shadow extends above vein 4 to the subterminal line; the shadowy lines 
which are situate here are similarly shaped as in besekei ; the light inner-marginal spot is prolonged at the inner 
margin as far as into the basal area and shows a narrow spur above vein 1 towards the margin. Hind wing 
yellowish olive grey with a darker postmedian line in a flat W-shape. West Mexico (Colima); types in the Coll. 
Draudt. 
C. biedermani Skinner is probably only a northern form of schausi ; the marking is almost the same bieder- 
in both the species; the large light costal-marginal triangle is of a somewhat greyer tint at the base, not so mam. 
reddish-yellow, its lower border-line is continued almost to the apex and contrasts with the brown part of the 
wing by a black line; a dark brown discal streak at the cell-end is bordered with light inside; marginal marking 
quite similar to that of besekei. Hindwing brownish-grey with yellowish fringe. Arizona. 
C. guatemalena Drc. (145 d) has dark brown forewings thickly strewn and watered with a darker colour, guate- 
with a light brown distal margin narrowly bordered with black; an undulate black postmedian transverse 
line extends upwards again at the inner margin and towards the base; a black spot is at the cell-end. Hindwing 
similar to those of the preceding species. Guatemala. 
C. striolata Schs. (145 c). The brown forewing is striated velvet-like darker, especially in the median area striolata. 
and behind the cell, almost black at the inner margin, lighter brown in the basal area and the basal third of 
the costal margin, bordered below by a light line which forms 2 long pointed dents at the costal margin, which 
are pronounced by black bordering; a dark transverse streak is at the cell-end, a darker transverse shadow 
behind it. Distal margin dusted with violettish-grey. Hindwing light brown with a broad subterminal shadow. 
Brazil. — f. fuscipennis Rothsch. differs from the nomenclatural form in darker forewings and monotonously fusci- 
greyish-brown hindwings. Venezuela, Costa Rica, and Peru. — f. insularis Rothsch., from the West Indies (Trini- i nsu f™™ s ’ 
dad), is suffused with dark cinnamon brownish and thus makes a damaged impression. 
C. alector Drc. { — crenulata Schs.) has been introduced in many genera, but it certainly belongs to alector. 
this genus. It is a small, inconspicuously coloured species with brownish-grey, darker striated forewings, with 
a black inner-marginal streak near the base, a W-shaped shadow at the cross-vein; a light brown spot at the 
apex and some blackish spots along the distal margin. Hind wing yellowish-brown with a dark subterminal 
band and small anal spot. Mexico. 
C. nebulosa Schs. (145 d) is somewhat similar to alector and just as small and inconspicuous. Forewing nebulosa. 
light grey strewn with brownish, darker in the subterminal area, a dentate line before the latter, and some 
small dark spots in the cell; a larger blackish spot is at the upper end of the subterminal area, but it does not 
reach the costal margin. Hindwing pale grey with a darker median line and marginal band. Abdomen yellowish. 
Described from Argentina (Tucuman). 
31. Genus: Stroi»hocei*iis Mschlr. 
This genus which is also known as Poresta Schs. has ciliated antennae in the male like all the preceding 
genera, smoothly scaled straightly porrect palpi with a long terminal joint, and a large frontal tuft. The broad 
forewing has a straight costal margin and a pointed, often almost falcate apex. The neuration scarcely differs 
from that of the preceding genera. Most of the species have red-brown fore wings provided with a broad grey 
inner-marginal stripe. 
Type of genus: flocciferus Mschlr. 
S. flocciferus Mschlr. (= striolata Dogn.) is the chief representative of this group: fore wing brown, jlocci- 
with lighter transverse striae and a large darker discal macida; the inner-marginal stripe is pinkish-white, its 
upper border lilac; the brown oblique line which is edged with yellowish inside extends from the inner margin 
rather straight upwards, bends distally on the uppermost radial branch and terminates below the apex into 
jerus. 
