POLYPLOC'A; AUSAVA. Originaldescriptions.. By M. Gaede. 
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Exterior line double, almost vertical, slightly excurved behind the cell, incurved in the submedian fold, the 
interior branch deep black, the interspace filled with red-brown. Soon behind it a vertical pale green undulate 
line, then whitish green almost as far as the margin. Submarginal line finely black, beginning curved, conti¬ 
nued as a greenish shadow with a dark edge to the anal angle, often absent. Hindwing dark greyish brown 
with a dark basal line and a light median band. 37 mm. Vancouver 1. 
C. tearlei Edw. (172 k) is sometimes considered to be identical with improvisa, but it is presumably a tearlei. 
distinct species. The original description is somewhat insufficient. It runs as follows: Ash-grey. The forewing 
is traversed by two undulate red-brown lines edged with black. The median area is somewhat lighter than the 
rest, the inner margin dark. Hindwing dark. It differs from fasciata in its dull grey colouring and less contrasting 
marking. The median area is insignificantly lighter and without any green colour. Our figure shows that also 
the shape of the exterior line is different , since it is not incurved at the costal margin and excurved only below 
the cell. Hindwing lighter than in fasciata. 40 mm. North-Western States. 
C. moderata Wkr. Greyish brown. Forewing with greyish white rather straight transverse lines, in- moderaia. 
distinct excepting the submarginal and neighbouring lines. An indistinct double row of black dots between 
them. Ring-macula and reniform macula large with incomplete greyish white edges. Hindwing dark brown. 
$ 35 mm. Bogota. Only this one specimen seems to be known. 
C. temperans Wkr. Rusty yellow. Forewing with 4 light undulate lines, with white dots outside. The temperans. 
submarginal line is scarcely undulate. Ring-macula and reniform macula large, edged light. Black marginal 
lunae. Hindwing dark brown, lighter at the base, <$ 34 mm. Rio cle Janeiro. 
6. Genus: Polyploca Him. 
This genus has also been briefly, though sufficiently described already in Vol. II. p. 329. 
P. oniroe Dgn. Wings narrow and long. Ground-colour grey, dusted with white at the costal margin, oniroc. 
pale yellow in the middle. Short black streaks at the costal margin. Ring-macula edged with pale yellow. 
No other distinct marking to be noticed. Hindwing semi-diaphanous, white, somewhat iridescent. 33 mm. 
Described according to a single excellently preserved (J. Ecuador. 
7. Genus: Ausava Wkr. 
Palpi short. Antennae plain, short. Abdomen with feeble lateral tufts. Costal margin of forewing 
hardly bent. Only 1 species. 
Au. triplaga Wkr. Greyish brown, metathorax darker. Forewing with indistinct undulate light trans- triplaga. 
verse lines. Three black spots at the costal margin with a white partition-line. A black streak behind the reni¬ 
form macula and two others parallel to it. nearer to the distal margin. Hindwing with two undulate dark 
bands. $ 26 mm. Rio de Janeiro. 
Aphabetical List 
of the original descriptions of the American forms of Cymatophoridae. 
* signifies that the form is also figured at the place quoted. 
abrasoides Habr. Barnes k. Benj. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 24, 
p. 184 (1929). 
anticostiensis Euth. Grote Canad. Ent. 18, p. 215. 
arizonensis Habr. Barnes, Canad. Ent. 44, p. 124. 
Candida Euth. Smith, Ent. Amer. 6, p. 179. 
casta Thyat. Fldr. Reise Novara t. 98, f. 8. 
chatfieldi Habr. Grote, Abhdlg. Nat. Ver. Bremen 14, p. 51. 
cymatophoroides Pseud. Gn. Spec. gen. Lep. 5, Noct. 1, p. 13. 
expnltrix Pseud. Grote Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 2, p. 58. * 
fasciata Cym. Barnes, Journ. N. York Ent. Soc. 18, p. 160. 
griseor Euth. Barnes, Journ. N. York Ent. Soc. 18, p. 161. 
liersilia Thy. Drc. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Lep. Het. 1, p. 258. * 
heurippa Thy. Drc. Biol. Centr.-Amer. Lep. Het. 1. p. 258. * 
hypatia Thy. Drc. Biol. Centr.-Amer. Lep. Het. 1, p. 258. * 
improvisa Cym. Edw. Proc. Californ. Acad. Sci. 5, p. 189. 
lama Thyat. Sehs. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 12, p. 479. 
lorata Euth. Grote , Papilio 1, p. 75. 
mexicana Thyat. Edw. Papilio 4, p. 16. 
moderata Cym. Wkr. List. Lep. Het. Br. Mus. 11, p. 707. 
oniroe Pol. Dgn. Le Natural. 13, p. 126. 
pennsylvanica Euth. Smith, Journ. N. York Ent. Soc. 10. p. 34. 
pudens Euth. Gn. Spec. gen. Lep. 5, Noct. 1, p. 13. * 
rectangulata Habr. Ottoleng. Ent. News 8, p. 25. 
scripta Habr. Gosse Canad. Natural. 1840, p. 249. 
semicircularis Euth. Grote Papilio 1. p. 75. 
stapkyla Thyat. Dgn. Le Natural. 12, p. 155. 
superba Euth. Barnes Canad. Ent. 33, p. 55. 
tearlei Cym. Ediv. Ent. Amer. 2, p. 11. 
tema Euth. Strecker Lep. Rhop. & Het. Suppl. 1, p. 5. 
temperans Cym. Wkr. List. Lep. Het. Br. Mus. 15, p. 1646. 
triplaga Aus. Wkr. List. Lep. Het. Br. Mus. 15, p. 1644. 
