EMPUSADA. By M. Gaede. 
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line proceeding from the spot at the costal margin is strongly excnrved, very near to the interior lino in the 
submedian fold. Submarginal band dark, faded, inwardly angled at vein 5. Indistinctly bordei'ed with light 
inside, with a dark shadow outside behind the cell and below vein 2. The black marginal dots in the middle 
of the distal margin are bordered inside with a white zigzag line. Hindwdng white, the veins outside some¬ 
what brow'n. 40—-44 mm. East Africa. 
C. albilineata n. sp. (7 d). Thorax aird forewing greyish-brown, slightly tinged with red-brown, ab- alhUineata. 
domen somewhat lighter brown. Interior line of forewing with a strong oblique streak at the costal margin, 
then indistinct, projecting far in the submedian fold and above the inner margin, fine and distinct, directed 
inwards at vein 1 and at the inner margin. 3 black dots at the upper cell-margin, a larger sx^ot above the 
base of vein 5, then small dots above and below vein 4, and a streak below the base of vein 3. The w hite ex¬ 
terior line from the centre of the costal margin, below the latter outwards, then notched, indistinct between 
veins 5 and 3, from there very obliquely imvards almost to the interior line. Black strix>es behind it above and 
below vein 7, a black streak above vein 4, a large sx^ot below vein 2; behind this sx^ot, sex^arated by a white 
streak, a black oblique strix^e. Twm Avhite strix)es at the margin near vein 7, tw'o larger ones above and below' 
vein 3. Fringe reddish-browai. Hindwing smoky brown, hyaline wdiite in the basal area, fringe white. ^ 42 mm. 
Natal. Type in the Berlin Museum. 
C. atrimacula Hnips. Thorax bluish-grey, abdomen greyish-brown, the tuft blackish. Eorewdng blinsh- atrimacula. 
grey, the veins blackish, broAvnish ochreous at the cell-end. Interior line marked by isolated short black oblique 
streaks. Ring-macula formed by a short fine black streak in the lower cell-margin. Renifofm macula marked 
by a bent streak beloAV the cell-end. Behind it a short streak above vein 6. Exterior line also marked by short 
streaks, more distinct beloAV vein 3, then incurved to the submedian fold, then excurved at vein 1. Submarginal 
line marked by white streaks betAveen the veins, and below' vein 2 Avith a more distinct black sx^ot AA'ith a light 
margin. The black marginal lunae Avhite inside. HindAving white, d" mm. Transvaal. 
C. minuta Moschl. (7 e). Thorax and forcAving grey Avith fine black longitudinal lines. A fine black minuta. 
streak in the submedian fold as far as the interior line wdiich is extremely fine and strongly notched. The ring- 
macula is a small rusty yellow sx)ot wdth a Avhitish margin. Reniform macula also wdth a rusty yelloAv centre, 
grey like the ground-colour, only beloAV distinctly edged Avith a bent black line, the other edging indistinct. 
Exterior line marked by a Avhite angle in the SAibmedian fold, edged on both sides Avith a black streak. Tiny 
black streaks in front beloAV the apex form the submarginal line. HindAving white, broAvn at the margin. ^ 
30 mm. Gape Colony. The sx^ecies resembles a light Moschl., though Hampson x^l^ces it far aAvay 
from it. 
C. platti E. Prout. Thorax aniline-black, x^atagia and tegulae Amry x^ale broAvn, abdomen dingy Avhite. 
Eorewing x^ale broAvn. Costal margin aniline-black, interruxated by the beginnings of the interior and exterior 
lines and three pale spots before the apex. Ring-macula and reniform macula light-edged, centred nut-broAA'ii, 
the reniform macula nut-broAA'n only in its x^i’oximal side. Ring-macula square, reniform macula 8-shax)ed, 
AA'ith a light spot outside. Black betAveen the maculae. Exterior line pale, rather distinct, Avith a short black 
postcellular streak hiAvards and 2 or 3 spots outside. Inner margin black from near the base to the anal angle. 
Traces of an oblicxue shadow from the ax)ex to the exterior line. A double marginal row of black dots. Fringe 
pale broAA'n. Hindwing lustrous w'hite, brow-ner at the margin, fringe white. The $ Avith a distinct inner line 
XArojecting in the middle of the cell. The sx^ace between the interior and exterior lines aniline-black. Maculae 
indistinct. The dark margin on the hinclAving is broader. 35—40 mm. Durban. 
3. Genus: Empiisada Hmps. 
Very similar to the x^receding genus. Below' the frontal XJi’ojection there is yet a horny x^late. Meta¬ 
thorax and abdomen tuftless, but the anal tuft very long. Easily discernible from Cucullia by the different 
marking. TyxJe: lacteaF. from Europe. 
E. hutchinsoni Hmps. (7 e). Body greyish Avhite. Forew'ing light broAA'nish ochreous. A sx^indle-sliaxAed hidchbu^oni. 
silvery stripe from the centre of the cell to the distal margin, sometimes small silvery marginal streaks aboAm 
and beloAV this strix)e. Rusty red scales beloAv the base of the cell and beloAv the large sihmry streak. A dark 
exterior line from vein 4, very obliquely inwards. An undulate submarginal line at the middle of the distal 
margin is scarcely noticeable. HindAving white, narrowly broAA'n at the margin. 40—45 mm. Natal, Transvaal. 
E. argentivitta Hmps. Thorax greyish-broAvn, abdomen broAvnish ochreous. ForeAving pale yelloAV. argenfivitta. 
Interior line double, very obliquely to the submedian fold, then again iiiAA'ards. Tavo small black dots in the 
centre of the cell. A silvery Avhite band from the cell above the base of A^ein 2 to close before the distal margin. 
Exterior line double, undulate from vein 4 to the submedian fold. Submarginal line only marked at the middle 
of the distal margin. HincUving white, broAAm at the margin, especially in the 38—40 mm. Cax^e Colony, 
Basuto Land. 
