AMATISSA. By M. Gaede. 
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C. gigantea Dudg. (90 k). Forewing dark brown, lighter ochreous brown below the cell and below vein gigantea. 
2. Hindwing dark brown, with an extended apex, pressed in at the margin at vein 3. Veins 4 + 5 and 7 + 8 
+ 9 + 10 of forewing stalked, vein 10 is separate in my specimen. Veins 4 and 5 of the hindwing arise from 
the same place, a spur extends from vein 8 to the costal margin. Described as Metisa, but it presumably be¬ 
longs to this place. <$ 50 mm. Sikkim, West Sumatra. 
C. ignobilis Wkr. Body reddish ochreous. Forewing oblong, distal margin oblique, blackish-brown at ignobilis. 
the margins and base, somewhat hyaline in the cell. Veins brownish ochreous. Fringe dark brown. Hindwing 
with a pointed apex and an oblique margin, corresponding to the forewing. 36—40 mm. In the whole of Au¬ 
stralia. The sac is 35—50 mm long, 10—15 mm thick, dark brown, spun with small parallel twigs. Very com¬ 
mon as larva, but extremely infested with parasites. 
C. hemitricha Meyr. Body blackish-brown, face and longitudinal stripes on thorax white. Forewing hemitricha. 
oblong, semi-diaphanous, iridescent. Blackish-brown at the basal half and costal margin, veins and fringe of 
the same colour. Hindwing rounded, slightly pressed in in the middle. Base and inner margin blackish-brown. 
25 mm. Queensland. 
C. photi ias Meyr. Body and legs brownish-ochreous. Antennae with uncommonly long pectinations, photidias. 
12 mm from one tip to the other Forewing semi-diaphanous, iridescent, scantily scaled on the margins, some¬ 
what more densely only at the base of the costal margin. Veins lighter brown, fringe dark brown. Hindwing 
rounded, brownish-ochreous at the inner margin, otherwise like the forewing. $ 40 mm. Cairns. 
C. ernesti Heyl. Body pale yellow. Forewing with a very oblique distal margin. Veins 4 + 5 and 7 + 8 ernesti. 
of hindwing stalked. Both wings with blackish-brown scales and hair. £ 40 mm. Sydney. 
C. joannisii Heyl. Body blackish-brown. Forewing brown, broad, rounded at the apex, the discal margin joannisii. 
somewhat oblique. Veins 4 and 5 from the same base, 7, 8 and 9 from the upper cell-angle, where we notice 
a large black spot. Discoidal cell blackish-brown above and below. The areas 5, 6 and 7, as well as 1 a are 
vellowish-brown. Hindwing blackish-brown, rounded. Both wings beneath dotted black, c? 21 mm. Manila. 
The species is presumably not correctly ranged here, as it is described by the author together with Am. vaulogeri. 
The following species exhibit somewhat different veins and differ also in 
their small size. 
C. destructor Dudg. Veins 4 + 5 on a long stalk in both wings. Veins 8 + 9 of forewing normally destructor. 
stalked. Accessory veins to the inner margin and on the hindwing to the costal margin feeble. Vein 8 of hind¬ 
wing anastomoses with the cell-end and later on once more with vein 7. Body reddish-brown, mixed with grey 
and brown hairs. Forewing the same, black at the veins. Distinguished from cramerii (90 i) by the absence of red 
spots and of the light spot between veins 4 and 5. The large conspicuous pale spot is here between veins 3 
and 4, but only a small marginal spot between 4 and 5. A triangular light spot below vein 7. Hindwing red¬ 
dish-brown with black veins. The larval sac is longitudinally covered with small twigs of the tea-plant to which 
the larva does great harm. $ 20—24 mm. Sikkim, Bhutan, Borneo. 
C. monochroma Hmps. Veins 4 + 5 of hindwing stalked, 8 connected with the cell by a bar near the monochro- 
cell-end, without branches to the costal margin. Body and wings dark brown, without markings. Larval sac 
of white silk, covered with excrements, bark and small pieces of twigs. $ 28 mm. Ceylon. 
C. antrami Hmps. Veins 4 + 5 of forewing not stalked. Hindwing without vein 6 and branches from antrami. 
vein 8 to the costal margin. Body dark greyish-brown. Forewing dark brownish ochreous, more blackish-brown 
in the marginal area. Hindwing blackish-brown, paler in the centre. The sac is covered with remnants of tea- 
leaves. <$ 20 mm. Cachar. 
C. leucosoma Sn. Body greyish-white. Forewing red-brown above and beneath. Hindwing presumably leucosoma. 
the same, though it is not stated in the original description. Excepting the neuration, similar to the European 
Psyche unicolor. Veins 8 + 9 of forewing stalked, vein 8 of hindwing is connected for some distance with 7 
behind the cell. No branch from vein 8 to the costal margin. c? 15 mm. Java. 
C. hekmeyeri Heyl. Forewing with a round apex, antennae bipectinated to the tips, the spine of the hekmeyeri. 
anterior tibia only short. Body covered with brown hair. Wings blackish-brown. Larval sac covered with 
pieces of leaves of Laurus camphora. 9 (?) mm. Batavia, Tonkin. According to the author, the species forms 
a transition to E pichnopteryx and Fumea. 
20. Genus: Amatissa Wkr. (Kophene Mr.) 
Anterior tibia without a spine, the last tarsal joint long. Antennae with long pectinations. The two 
inner-marginal veins of the forewing anastomose and despatch two branches to the inner margin. Veins 4 and 
5 from the same base, 8 + 9 stalked. The hindwing lacks vein 6, 8 is connected with the cell by a bar. 
