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CAPRI MIMA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
postvitrea. 
postnigra. 
coerulescens. 
occidentalis¬ 
ms ignis. 
isabella. 
mononis. 
choiseuli. 
procrena. 
catarrhoa. 
scripta. 
hi pars. 
aurantio- 
marginata. 
rotunda. 
C. postvitrea Rothsch. resembles calida (16 e) by its yellow collar, the body being otherwise black. On 
the black forewing the basal two fifths are orange golden yellow, only the base remaining black; the distal 
three fifths are black, almost entirely covered by a large, chestnut-red spot. Hindwing in the basal half hyaline 
yellow, distal half and proximal margin black. Length of forewings: 12 mm. Mount Goliath. Dutch New Guinea, 
in February. 
C. postnigra Rothsch. Body black, collar golden yellow, anal tuft dark grey; forewing in the basal half 
golden yellow, at the base black; distal half black, almost filled up by a large, chestnut-red spot. Hindwing 
sooty black with traces of a chestnut-red apical spot. The somewhat larger $ has a black collar with a golden 
yellow spot, and in the cell of the hindwing a golden yellow spot. Length of forewings: $ 11 mm, $ 15 mm. 
Mount Goliath, Dutch New Guinea, taken in February. 
C. coerulescens Btlr. (26 b) is a very variable species with combed antennae. The body is black with 
a blue reflection; anterior tibiae and tarsi and posterior femora partly white. Forewing at the base blackish- 
blue, a yellow median band is costally narrowed; in the marginal area there is a large, orange-red spot leaving 
only narrow black margins. Hindwing black with a large, triangular, yellow discal spot from the costal margin 
to the anal angle. In the nomenclatural type the yellow band is not or only a little broader than the black basal 
area; it originates from Guadalcanal — subsp. occidentalis Rothsch. from Rendova (Salomons) has much broader 
golden yellow bands on both wings. — subsp. insigflis Rothsch. from Wella-Lavella (Salomons) is larger and 
of a brighter colouring; the yellow colour is still more extensive, on the hindwing it occupies three quarters of the 
wing; the whole apical quarter of the forewing is black. — subsp. Isabella Rothsch., from Isabel (Salomons); 
on the forewing the basal black is reduced; the yellow area is extensive, reaching as far as the lower cell-angle 
and posteriorly almost to the proximal angle, but at the costal margin very much narrowed, the red marginal 
spot much more lustrous; the border of the hindwing has a width of 2 x / 2 to 3 mm. — In mononis Jord. from 
the Treasury Island the black bands at the distal and proximal margins of the hindwing are much broader. 
C. choiseuli Jord. resembles the preceding, but it is somewhat smaller, the head and thorax of a 
more metallic lustre, the metallic lustrous basal part of the forewing is broader than in Isabella, but narrower 
than in typical coerulescens , the chrome-yellow area is triangular. Hindwings narrower, otherwise like in Isabella. 
Choiseul Island. 
C. procrena Meyr. (16 e) has reddish-brown forewings with a whitish, oblique basal area and an 
irregular dentate postmedian line; in the white basal part there is at the costal margin in the middle a triangular 
black spot. Hindwings orange-yellow, with a red-brown marginal band. Victoria, Tasmania. 
C. catarrhoa Meyr. is rather similar to procrena, but easily discernible by its unicolorously red-brown 
hindwings. Head grey, body brown, mixed with grey. Anal tuft ochreous-yellow. Forewing dark brown, dusted 
with grey; an antemedian, white transverse band is faded towards the base, distally sharply dentated; a post¬ 
median, irregular, white dentate line; marginal area more powdered with grey; fringes speckled brown and 
white. •— West Australia. 
C. scripta Lower. Head, palpi, thorax and abdomen whitish, antennae and legs dark brown. Forewings 
dull white with blackish-brown markings: at the costal base a minute spot, a larger costal spot behind it is 
connected by a fine streak; below and between them a minute spot; from the costa to the proximal margin 
an antemedian, irregular row of spots, forked in the lower half; a similar postmedian row, behind it a fine parallel 
line. Hindwing of a bright yellowish brown, towards the margin lighter. — Expanse of wings-: 16 mm. Queens¬ 
land (Duaringa). 
C. bipars Hmps. (16 f) is a small species, the forewing in the basal half yellowish-white, in the distal 
part blackish-brown; costal margin, distal margin and fringes orange-yellow. Hindwing yellowish-white, towards 
the margin blackish-brown, fringes at the apex orange. Salomons. 
C. aurantiomarginata Rothsch. Head, forehead and antennae brownish-orange. Vertex and thorax 
tan-coloured, with an intense purple lustre; abdomen brown with a large anal tuft being grey in the middle. 
Forewing with a strongly curved costal margin, tan-coloured with an intense purple lustre; costal margin and 
distal margin broadly reddish orange. Hindwings brownish wooclen-grey. Length of forewings: 9 1 / 2 mm. 
Bougainville, Isabel, Salomons. 
C. rotunda Hmps. (17 1) ist still smaller than the preceding, forewing with a strongly curved costal 
margin, dull reddish-brown, towards the costa yellowish; through the middle a broad blackish-brown band 
extends; fringes yellowish. Hindwings blackish-brown. Louisiads (Rossel-Island). 
