CIRPHIS. Bv M. Gaede. 
4S 
17. Genus: C'irpliis Wkr. 
Proboscis normal, palpi somewhat erect, the third joint short, porrect. Thorax smooth, clothed with 
hair and scales. Tibiae long-haired. Abdomen with a basal tuft. Forewing pointed at the apex. Antennae 
of d ciliated. Type: costalis Wkr. from Tasmania. 
prommcns. C. prominens Wkr. (= hispanica Bell.) is conspicuous by the distinct white dark-edged radial streak 
(cf. Vol. II, p. 97). It occurs in South and East Africa. Abdomen of ^ with a lateral hair-tuft at the base. 
loreyi. C. lorcyi Dn/p. Abdomen of ^ with lateral hair-tufts at the base. This species has also been dealt with 
in Vol. II, p. 98. Its range is almost larger still than that of prominens. 
piyono- C. ptyonophora Hmps. (= punctosa Wkr.){(Si). Body pale reddish-brown. Forewing darker reddish- 
phora. prown. A faded black band below the cell. Veins white, brown streaks between them. Cell blackish. A white 
spot at the lower cell-angle. Exterior line rounded off, composed of black dots. A light band behind it from 
the apex to vein 5. Hindwing yellowish-brown at the margin, lighter at the base. 40 mm. St. Helena. 
The next 6 species show a silvery gloss on the forewing beneath. 
nehuiosa. C. nebulosa Hmps. (6f). Thorax reddish ochreous, abdomen ochreous, the hair-tuft black. Forewing 
ochreous, reddish at the costal margin and between the veins. A black, white-edged dot is at the lower cell- 
angle, the median vein is also somewhat white. A dark interior line is sometimes traceable. Exterior line com¬ 
posed of 2 distantly separated row's of black dots, more curved at vein 4. An indistinct dark shadow from 
below the apex to the spot at the cross-vein. Hindwing light pinkish-brown. 30—35 mm. West, South and 
East Africa, Mauritius. 
iista. C. usta Hmps. (6f). Body light violettish-brown. Forewing darker violettish-browm, whitish at the 
costal margin. Interior line composed of a curved row of black dots. A short white streak at the cell-end and 
sometimes a small black dot at that place. An indistinct flesh-coloured luna at the cross-vein. A very indistinct 
exterior line of black dots. A flesh-coloured oblique band from the apex obliquely inwards, continued into the 
cell. Hindwing white at the base, greyish-brown in the marginal half. 30—33 mm. West and South Africa. 
tincia. C. tincta Wkr. (6 f). Body and forewing pinkish-grey. Median vein and vein 4 more intensely white 
than the others. Darker between the veins. A fine black dot in the lower cell-angle. The exterior line is a uni¬ 
formly bent fine row of black dots. An indistinct light oblique band from the apex, a triangular dark shadow 
below it at the distal margin. Black dots at the margin. Hindwing white, broadly pale brown at the margin. 
Hair-tnft on the abdomen as black as in nsta. 30—40 mm. East Africa, Transvaal. 
dialeuca. C. dialeuca Hmps. (6 g). Abdomen with a black lateral tuft. Thorax dark brownish ochreous, abdomen 
lighter. Forewing pale pinkish-brown, pale ochreous at the costal margin. Veins fine white, only the median 
vein and vein 4 more intensely white. A light oblique band proceeds from the apex. Hindwing brownish white, 
lighter at the base. ^ 35 mm. Rhodesia. The species differs from thicta only in the more or less absent black 
dots of the exterior line. Besides the black marginal line runs through. 
pyrausta. C. pyrausta Hmps. Body whitish ochreous and reddish, the hair-tuft black. Forewing pale yellow 
with fiery red places, especially at the margin. Interior line oblique, undulate, blackish. A white streak at 
the end of the median vein, a black dot above it. Exterior line of fine black lunae. A faded yellow oblique 
band from the apex, a brown shadow below it. Hindwing white, darker at the margin behind the cell, 30 mm. 
Uganda. 
infrargyrea. C. infrargyrea Saalm. (Og). Body and forewing brownish ochreons, more yellow in and behind the 
cell towards the apex. Interior line of black dots, projecting sharply in the submedian fold. A fine black dot 
edged with white is at the lower cell-angle, with a short streak at the cross-vein. Exterior line as in usta. Be¬ 
hind the dark snbmarginal line sharply interrupted by violettish brown, whereby it is easily discernible from 
usta, of which it may be a small form. Hindwdng as in nsta. Forewing of 9 beneath pink. 25—26 mm. Mada ¬ 
gascar Mauritius. 
meta- C. iTietalampra Hmps. Body whitish ochreous, the lateral hair-tufts at the base black. Forewing 
lampra. -whitish ochreous and flesh-coloured pink. One black dot each below the cell near the base and in the centre. 
Exterior row of dots plain. A black oblique streak below the apex. Hindwing white, with a row of black dots. 
32 mm. Portuguese East Africa. 
polyrabda. C. polyrabda Hmps. (6g). Body greyish-brown. Forewing greyish-white. A violettish-brown radial 
stripe in and below the cell, then obliquely to the apex. Veins fine white, a narrow oblique white stripe pro¬ 
ceeds from the apex. Interior and exterior lines marked by a few dots. Hindwing of cj purely white, separated 
thereby from the similar Indian albicosta Moore. ^ 35 mm. Natal. 
