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CATEPHTA. By M. Gaede. 
.V'.nilhojihacs. 
sc > rets. 
rortlcea. 
diffusa. 
poUochroa. 
harrcliac. 
paUididisca. 
scrapis. 
alhircna. 
pyrcnnidalis. 
C. xanthophaes (32 b). Forewings yellowish creamy in the type, but otherwise darker; a 
blackish spot at base. Median line black, undulate, narrow; distally a second less distinct line close to renifornr 
stigma, which is pale and indistinguishable. Postmedian line dark grey, double, somewhat undulate, excurved 
anteriorly and in centre. Distally greenish grey with submarginal delicate sagittate marks and a black streak 
between vein 3 and 4. 30 mm. Portuguese West Africa, Sierra Leone, Cameroons. 
C. sciras Fawc. (42 b). Body and forewings pale grey. Very variable and often indistinctly marked. 
It is best recognised by the blue-gx’ey large reniform stigma with a dark claviform stigma below. Antemedian 
line at length of wing, dark, undulate, vertical, ])roxinially dark below the cell. Orbicular and reniform 
stigmata with narrow black surrounds, the patch between them being darker. Postmedian line black, proceeding 
widely inwards at costa, Avith paler inner edge. Submarginal line somewhat undulate, dark, with a yellowish 
sjrot at anal angle and with a proximal dark band near postmedian line Hindwings hyaline white in (J. In 
$ ground colour of forewings is grey-brown, submarginal band somewhat darker, otherwise markings as in <^. 
Hindwings with brownish margin. 30—35 mm. East Africa. 
Co corticea Be Cerf. Somewhat resembling sciras. Thorax and forewings reddish grey, paler in centre 
of wings. Below the cell and behind the postmedian line slate-grey. Antemedian line black, projecting in 2 
points. Orbicidar stigma pale, edged by black scales. Reniform stigma indistinct. Postmedian line narrow, 
black, rather indistinct at costa, with jroints outwards on the veins, i)rojecting only slightly on vein 4 and 
in the submedian fold, not extending so far inwards as in sciras; there it is conjoined by a streak Ardth the 
grey claviform stignra that is open towards the base. Submarginal line is parallel, with points inwards in the 
interstices. Distally of the claviform stigma and at the anal angle somewhat yelloAvish. HindAAungs hyaline 
Avhite. 30—35 mm. Tavo d'd' ^.re kiroAvn from Lake Rudolph. — diffusa Be Cerf. On foreAA’ings the 3 transverse 
lines are missing, ground colour is more reddish, the yelloAV patches are absent. Centre of Avings appears to be 
paler. Described from 1 from the same district. 
C. poliochroa Hmps. (42 Ir). Body and foreAvings pale grey-brown. Antemedian line black, distinct, 
angulated iiiAA’ards on submedian fold. Orbicular and claviform stigma long, narroAA’, confluent, prolonged 
to postmedian line. Reniform stigma indistinct, edged with black proximally, pale iiiAvardly. Postmedian 
line narroAA’, black, projecting equally Avidely forAA'ards at vein 7 and 3, indented in betAA^een, shaiqrly angulated 
iiiAvards on srdjmedian fold, then vertically. Submarginal line delicate, Avhite, undulate. HindA\dngs also 
slightly broAvnish at inner margin. 35 mm. Somaliland, East Africa. 
C. barrettae Hmps. (33 e). Thorax and forewings dark fuscous, paler at margin. Antemedian line 
indistinct, undulate. Claviform stignra as a diffuse black patch, a sinrilar ofterr darker patch at j/^rd of irrner 
nrargin. Orbicrrlar and reniform stigmata grey with white surroiurds. Postirrediarr line brown, inwardly grey, 
outAA’ards beloAA' costa, then vertically to veiir 4. At costa before the apex a striking small black triarrgle AA'ith 
2 dots below. Marginal area someAvhat paler'. PliirdAvirrgs Avhite, costal and oirter trrargiiral halves varyingly AA-idely 
black. 35 mirr. The Cape. 
C. paUididisca Hmps. (33 e). Body broAvnish Avhite. ForeAA'ings grey and dark broAvn, in rrrediarr area 
to beloAv the cell a yellowish AAdiite ])atch, Airtemediair hire black, double, outAvards to centre of wing, Avith 
a dark streak anteriorly at inner margin. Claviform stigma delicate, with black edge, pointed, extended obli¬ 
quely to jrostmedian line. Orbicular stigma white, reniform stigma brown and large with heavy AAdiite edge. 
Postmedian line black, double, AAith pale interfilling, outAA'ards to vein 4. Submarginal line AAhitish, indistinct. 
Apex is dark. HindAvings Avhite, dark broAvn at margin, more narrowly so toAvards the apex. 26 mm. Trans¬ 
vaal, Natal. 
C. serapis Fawc. This resembles olujomelas Mab. (32 b) by the deep excurvation of ])ostmedian line. 
Body and foreAvings reddish broAvn, someAvhat darker to postmedian line. Orbierdar stigma black AAith AAdiite 
circumscription. Reniform stigma indistinct, pale, distally a larger reddish yelloAV sjiot on costa. Outer margin 
Avith rosy broAvn scales. Submarginal line consists of broAvn spots. HindAA^ings white, darker at margin. $ 32 mm. 
East Africa. 
C. albirena Hmps. In this species the dark margin of hindwings is uniformly Avidely dark broAvn. Thorax 
and forewings dark broAvn. Both transverse lines are simple, black. Antemedian curved, angulated iiiAA’ards 
on vein 1. Claviform stigma Avith black edge only at tip. Orbierdar and reniform stigmata AAdth black surrounds, 
projecting at the tips. Postmedian line dented iiiAA^ards behind the cell and also under vein 4. Submarginal 
line indistinct, dark, with Avhite scales outwardly. The entire markings are very indistinct, but the species is 
recognisable by the sharply angulated white outer edge of the reniform stigma. 26 mm. One C from Abyssinia. 
C. pyramidaSis Hmps. (42 c). Thorax and foreAvings dark grey-broAvn. Antemedian line black, undulate, 
vertical, incurved at costa. The 3 stigmata Avitli black edges. Reniform stigma Avith black line toAvards the 
base, Avith outer Avhite edge anclAvhitish above it on costa. Postmedian line double, black, formed as in squamosa 
(p. 272). Posteriorly a parallel dark line. HindAvings whitish, Avidely brownish at margin. Above reniform 
stigma there is sometimes a more distinct Avhite triangular mark. On the other hand there is occasionally a 
blackish band between the antemedian and postmedian lines on the submedian fokl, similar to that of pericyma 
(p. 272) and poliochroa (p. 270). 24 — 28 mm. Somaliland, East Africa. 
