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18. Genus : Cometaster lJw,ps. 
The only species resembles C^alliodes appoUina (23 e), but the jjalpi are more hairy ami the antennae 
of the d lather strongly pectinated. Anterior tibiae long-haired outside. 
C. pynila Hpff. lucida Fldr.) (24 a). Body and forewing greyish white. Interior line Idackish bi'own, pijnild. 
projecting far and pointedly at the upper cell-margin, then widened, tlnck, ending near the base with silver^' 
blue scales. The comma and the spot at the inner margin similar to appollina. Exterior line dark, slightly 
excnrved below the costal margin, then parallel with the distal margin. Behind it a double undulate sub¬ 
marginal line. Marginal area red-brown. Hindwing greyish ochreous, median area brown like the margin. 
Interior line thick, dark, extra-angular in the middle. Median line excnrved at the inner margin. Exterior 
line double, undulate. 38—45 mm. • 8oidh and East Africa. 
19. Genus: Cteiiiisa Hmp.^. 
Proboscis normal, palpi erect, not so long-haired as in Cotnetaster, antennae shorter pectinated, the 
anterior tibiae not spined. Neuration normal. Hindwing slightly projecting at vein 4. Type; cariiicolor Hmps. 
All the species of this genus from Africa. 
C. curvilinea Hmps. (24 a). Body aird forewing pale brownish ochreous, the marginal area somewhat cun-Uinca. 
nrore red-brown. Interior line very fine, red-brown, excnrved as far as the median veiir. A blackish broArui 
spot at the cross-vein aird at the costal margin above it; from this spot the undrdate faded brown median 
shadow extends obliquely inAvard. Exterior line with a black spot at the costal margin, then fine, brown, un¬ 
dulate, with black inward points at the veins. Submarginal line parallel Ardth the exterior line, light brown, 
ending at the anal angle, edged darker. HindAving Avhitish. Exterior line fine, broAAm, bent, Avith darker dots 
at the veins. Margin and submarginal line similar to the foreAving. — In obsoletilinea Strd. the interior and ohsoletUineu. 
exterior lines are faded, the central spot at the costal margin small. P 40—45 mm. Abyssinia. 
C. rufirena Hmps. Body and Avings yelloAvish red-broAvn. Interior line indistinct, red, edged yelloAA rufirena. 
inside, bent. Reniform macula red-broAvn, edged yelloAv, an oblique red streak above it from the costal margin. 
Exterior line red, finely edged Avith yelloAv, beginning Avith a dark streak at the costal margin, excuiwed beloAv 
the costal margin, then undulate. Submarginal line yelloAV, almost straight. HindAving Avhitish at the costal 
margin. Exterior line fine, undulate, dark. A broad dark siAbmarginal shadoAv. $ 52 mm. Rhodesia. 
C. rectilifiea Fawc. Body and Avings pale ochreous. EoreAving ]>inkish broAvn at the margin. Interior rectilineu. 
line absent. Reniform macida red-broAA’ir, a similar streak above it at the costal margin. Exterior line com¬ 
posed of blackish brown dots at the Amins. Submarginal line yelloAvish, edged Avith red-broAvn on both sides, 
oblique to vein 2, where it ends Avith a pale spot. BroAvn dots behind it betAveen the veins. $ 46 mm. East 
Africa. — psamatha Fawc. is only ochreous on the foreAving, the reniform macnla is scarcely discernible. Sub- psamathu. 
marginal line Amry feebly edged Avith red-broAvn only outside. $ 50 mm. East Africa. 
C. camicolor Hmps. resembles seriopuncta (24 b) in its pale ochreous or Avhitish ground-colour and the carnicolor. 
oblique cell-end spot of the foreAving, but it is larger, and the hindwing shows a truncate dent at the end 
of the 1st median Amin. Thorax ochreous, abdomen Avhitish ochreous. EoreAving pale yelloAv and reddish. 
Interior line dark, edged pale yelloAv inside, excnrved as far as the centre of the cell, then iiiAvard, punctiform. 
An elliptical red-broAvn spot at the cross-vein, beloAv it the faded red-broAvn median line, edged yellow outside. 
Exterior line pale yelloAv, excurAmd behind the cell, extra-angular in the submedian fold, Avith a red-broAAm 
spot at the costal margin and dots at the veins. Submarginal line Avhite, straight, edged Avith red-broAvn inside, 
with violettish grey outside. HindAving Avhitish ochreous, tinged Avith red-broAvn at the margin. Median line 
from the loAver cell-angle to the inner margin, broAA'n, fine. bent. Exterior line beginning behind the cell, 
just as fine, Avith dark dots at the veins, excnrved in the sidAinedian fold. Sul^marginal line fine, pale, o 
50 mm. Damaraland. 
C. pallida Hmps. (24 a). Thorax and foreAving ]jale yelloAv, finely dusted broAvn. An elliptical broAvn puUidu. 
s]JOt at the cross-Amin, inserted outside. Traces of a broAvn median shadoAv beloAv it. Exterior line marked by 
a brown streak at the costal margin, then dark dots at the Amins, excnrved as far as vein 4. Submarginal 
line dovdDle, dark broAAur, Avith dark dots at the Amins. HindAving someAA'hat lighter, Avith a broad submarginal 
shadoAv, parted by a light line aboAm the inner margin. $ more reddish on the thorax and foreAA ing, the mark¬ 
ing still less distinct. — Reddish d'd' s-r©- rufescentior Sfrd. 40—50 mm. Rhodesia, Bechuana Land. rafescenttor. 
C. brevipecten Hmps. (24 b) has shorter pectinations on the inside of the antennae. Body and fore- hredpecten 
Aving pale ochreous. marginal area darker broAvn, bluish grey inside. Interior line finely broAvn, bent beloAv 
the costal margin, then A^ertical. An elliptical broAvn spot at the cross-Amin and a spot aboAm it, obliquely in¬ 
ward, traces of an oblicpie median shadoAV below it. Exterior line marked by a black oblique spot at the 
costal margin, a row of dots below it on the veins inward as far as vein 2. SAibmarginal line broAA nish ochreous. 
vertical on the anal angle, Avith a row of black dots outside. HindAA'ing coloured like foreAving. Median line 
of black dots, beginning behind the cell. The light sidDinargiiral line extends farther in front than in pjalUda. 
The latter and brevipecten may be forms of one species. (J I** mm. Niger District, South-West Africa. 
