C0CYT0DE8; CAl.LOPH 18MA; ECiYBOL18. By M. Baedk. 
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9. Germs: Cocytofles Qn. 
To this genus belong two extraordinarily strong, rather large Nocfiiae with an enornious power of flight, 
one of which is distributed over the greatest part of India aird has penetrated to very distant 8outh-8ea is¬ 
lands, without varying much except in size. In Japan, the Amur District, China and Kashnrir the genus 
reaches the palaearctic regions, for which reason it has been dealt with in Vol. Ill, p. 321, where also the very 
beautiful, variegated larva is described; that of the Africair species is not known, the Indian species lives on 
Urticaceae, especially Boehmeria; it flies in the daytime, is strongly hmiched behind, and its colouring and 
way of moving is somewhat like that of the larvae of Apojjesfes spectrum.. In both the members of the genus 
the shape of the hindwing is not homogeneous; whilst the Asiatic coernlea shows a deep roundish indentation, 
the Ethiopian maura exhibits a scarcely noticeable flattening of the distal mar-gin. — Proboscis normal, paljri 
thin, short. Antennae of d' plain. Tibiae long-haired and sjrined. Body stout. Eorewing with an undulated 
distal margin. Neuration normal. Veins 3 aird 4 of hiirdwing from the same base. Type; coerulea Gn. 
C. maura Holt. (21 h). Thorax and forewing dark red-brown, abdomen dark brown. Forewing with maum. 
a few silvery blue scales. Interior line black, oblicpie, forming three waves. A black dot behind it represents 
the ring-macula. Reniform macula with a Irlack centre, only basad edged with black. Behind it begins a faded 
median shadow parallel with the exterior line which is black, angled at veins (i and 4, then incurved. A dark 
shadow behind it in the anterior part, blackish between veins 6 and 5 as far as the margin. 8ubmarginal line 
light, rather indistinct, dark behind it from vein 5 to the inner margin. Hindwing copper-brown. 50—04 mm. 
West and East Africa. 
10. Genus: Callopliisiua Hm.ps. 
Not quite so strongly built as Cocytodes. Proboscis normal, palpi extending far beyond the frons. 
Frons with a projecting hair-jjencil. Antennae of d with long cilia. Tibiae of d very hairy, middle tibiae 
spined. Neuration of forewing normal, veins 3 and 4 of hindwing from the lower angle, 5 a little above it. 
Only 1 species. 
Call, flavicornis Hmps. (21 g). Thorax dark grey, abdomen bluish white, dark brown at the end. fiavicornis. 
Forewing dark grey with a greenish reflection. Interior line dark, very fine, the basal area extends a little 
beyond it. Then follows a broad blackish median band which widens still more below vein 2. Exterior line 
and submarginal line broad like bands, black, fused at the costal margin. Hindwing silvery blue in the basal 
area, broad black the margin. 44—50 mm. West Africa, 8udan. 
11. Genus: Egybolis B&d. 
The only species forming this genus looks more like an Agaristidci than like a Cafocalina. The assort¬ 
ment of colours is most magnificent, and the greenish steel-coloured metallic reflection of the ground-colour 
(ciiriously enough there is no trace of it in Cramer's figure of the type) is of an intense splendour in the sun¬ 
shine. The described forms are presumably oidy local or casual deviations of one species which is distributed 
over the whole of Tropical Africa to the south of the 8ahara, and common in some places. — Proboscis normal, 
palpi oblique, long. Antennae of A with short double pectinations. Front and hind tibiae not spined. Neu¬ 
ration of forewing normal, veins 3 and 4 of hindwing from the lower cell-angle. Type: vaiUantina Stoll. 
E. vaillantina Stoll (=^ formosa Blanch., natalii Bsd., vaillantiana Au(ja.s) (21 g). Head orange i-ed. raUlanthiu. 
Body and wings with a dark metallic blue lustre. A broad orange band at the base, edged black outside. A 
larger spot at the cell-end and a mostly smaller one at the costal margin above it. Exterior line black, only 
visible in a certain position, vertical from the costal margin to vein 4, then incurved. Hindwing without any 
marking. — vittatula Strd. shows instead of the black line an almost complete orange line from vein 7 to the vittatula. 
inner margin. — cameroorsa B.-Bak. has at the base, instead of the band, two small separated paler spots cameroona. 
edged with black. The spot at the cross-vein is smaller than that at the costal margin. — dohertyi Rothsch. dohertip. 
is a combination of vittatula and cameroona. The basal area of the forewing shows a small orange spot at the 
costal margin, below it follows a narrow band to the inner margin, both being edged with black. A small s]iot 
at the cross-vein and one above it. The black exterior line is edged with orange from vein 8 to Ijelow vein (i. 
50—60 mm. Throughout Africa, vittatula and dohertyi from East Africa. — All the forms are beneath uni- 
coloured black with a steel reflection in the marginal area, withoiit any orange spots. — The larva may attain 
a length of 70 mm, it is bright yellow with black transverse stripes at the ring-indentations which bear fine 
white rings; on the rings small tubercles with some l^lackish hairs. Head and anal segment with black and 
white markings. It lives on 8a]undus oblongifolius and transforms to a reddish-yellow piipa in a thin web 
on the trunk, the eyes, antennae, veins of the wings and abdominal segments lieing surrounded or marked 
with whitish. 
