Publ. 5. XI. 1937. 
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G. rotundipennis Wkr. (= rufipuncta Hmps.) (36 b). Forewing grey. Interior line blackish, oblique, roiundipen- 
steeper below the cell. Median line black, inwardly edged with white, ex curved in the middle. Rusty brown 
at the cross-vein, vein 2 black. Exterior line excurved as far as vein 4. Submarginal line pale. Hindwing light 
brownish. — rotundimacula Strd. A black spot at the costal margin near the interior line. — 18 — 20 mm. India rotund mm - 
and Indo-China, Borneo, Queensland. 
5. Genus: Cliaracoma Wkr. 
Palpi thin and long. Antennae of <$ ciliated. Metathorax with a tuft, the abdomen of the type with 
but one tuft. Forewing with a normal neuration, that of the hindwing as in Garella. Type: albulalis Wkr. from 
Borneo. Besides a few African species, the genus contains numerous Indo-Australian species. 
1. Abdomen with two tufts at the base. 
Ch. curiosa Swk. (36 c). Forewdng greyish white with a lilac gloss, somewhat reddish brown at the inner curiosa. 
margin. Interior line black, double, sharply introangular in the submedian fold. Median line indistinct, parallel 
with the interior line. A white luna at the cross-vein. Exterior line black, punctiform, dentate, angular at veins 
6 and 4. Submarginal line dark brown. A large red-brown spot at the apex, traces of a brown submarginal 
line below it. Hindwing whitish. 24—26 mm. 1 couple known from Burma. 
Ch. sumatrana Swh. resembles curiosa (36 c). Forewing grey, finely dusted with chocolate brown. The sumatrana. 
marking also chocolate brown. Interior line double, excurved, without the indentation of curiosa. Brown at 
the costal margin from behind the interior line almost to the apex. Median line fine, undulate, not quite to the 
inner margin. A brown ring below the cross-vein, a series of spots above it. Submarginal line undulate. Hind¬ 
wing whitish. 20 mm. 1 <$ from Sumatra. 
Ch. vallata Meyr. (35 k). Forewing grey, red-brown at the base and behind the exterior line. Interior Valletta. 
line blackish, double, obliquely outward. Median line indiscernible. A red-brown streak at the cross-vein. 
Exterior line fine, white, excurved, incurved at vein 2, darker behind it at the costal margin. Submarginal line 
diffuse, whitish. Hindwing whitish, somewhat brownish at the apex. — The base of the forewing may also be 
black: basiatra Strd. — 20—24 mm. A few specimens from Queensland. basiatra. 
Ch. excurvata E. Prout. This species and the two following ones resemble vallata (35 k). Forewing excurvata. 
greyish white, pale brown at the base. A broad black band from ]A costal margin to 1 ; / , : inner margin, excurved 
in the middle. A parallel median line behind it. Exterior line white, widely excurved behind the cell, incurved 
in the submedian fold, a dark brown spot within. Submarginal line inside with deep black spots, with a white 
spot at the apex. Hindwing whitish. 20 mm. 1 couple from Ceram. 
Ch. casuaria Wilern. & West. Forewing pale greyish brown. Interior line blackish brown, double, edged casuaria. 
with chocolate brown. Median band dark greyish brown, edged with blackish. Interior border undulate, edged 
with pale greyish brown, exterior border obliquely outward as far as vein 6, once more extra-angular at vein 4, 
incurved between them and at vein 2, chocolate brown behind it. Submarginal line undulate, dark greyish 
brown, blackish behind it. Hindwing pale greyish brown. 1 <$, 20 mm, from the Philippines. 
Ch. latifascia Wilem. d; West. Forewing dark brown with a lilac gloss. Interior line fine, dark red-brown, aiifascia. 
oblique, undulate, to the inner margin. Behind it, with the ground-line at the costal margin as far as the ex¬ 
terior line, a pale greyish brown triangle. The ring-macula is a greyish brown spot, the reniform macula indicated 
by 2 blackish spots. Exterior line double, red-brown, excurved as far as vein 2, then somewhat inward. Hind- 
wing yellowish white. 1 18 mm, from the Philippines. 
Ch. scoparioides Wkr. (35 k). Forewing reddish grey. Two fine dark lines at the base. Interior line scopxrioides. 
almost in the middle, blackish, undulate, excurved. A black dot at the cross-vein, blackish streaks from the 
lower cell-angle to the exterior line. Exterior line notched, dark, outward as far as vein 4, then inward, a red 
spot behind it in the submedian fold. Submarginal line fine, black, dentate. Hindwing brownish white. 16 mm. 
1 $ each known from Ceylon and Borneo. 
Ch. nilotica Rghf. (36 c) has already been dealt with in Vol. 3, p. 290 and pi. 53 d. It occurs in the nilotica. 
southern palaearctic region, besides in Africa, India and America. 
2. A b d o m e n with but one hair-tuft. 
Ch. albulalis Wkr. Forewing brownish white. Pale olive brown before the interior line and behind the albulalis. 
median line. Interior line vertical, undulate. Median line more undulate, black, white inside, somewhat oblique, 
a faded black spot behind it in the submedian fold. Exterior line black, oblique as far as vein 6, then vertical, 
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