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C. bipuncta Hm/ps. (33 e). Body and forewings dark reddisli brown, no orbicidar or renifonn stigmata, hipunda. 
Antemedian line pale, faintly angulated inwards in centre and more boldly on vein 1. Postmedian line Lindidate. 
widely inwards at costa with a white spot distally above and below vein 3. Black hinnies at margin, of which 
the 2 below the apex are larger and situate further proximally. The row of dots is intersected by an oblique 
black shade. Hindwings black, with a fairly long white spot near the base. 32 mm. Natal, Rhodesia. 
C. costimacula Holl. Thorax brown, abdomen blackish. Forewings dark grey-brown with intensely dark ajuUnutculd. 
brown lines and spots. At costa near base an approximately triangular dark brown s])ot, with a smaller one in 
centre of costa. An annulate mark indicated in cell. A dark antemedian line at inner margin with ]mle grey 
inner edge. Postmedian line double, heavily brown at inner margin. Distally thereof a fainter dark line, obso¬ 
lete at costa, extending to vein 3. A black spot near anal angle and close below apex 2 sagittate marks. Hind- 
Avings with small white spot at base, margin white below apex. 30 mm. West Africa. 
C. apicata Holl. This varies somewhat. Forewings uniformly grey-brown. Below base of cell a black dpirata. 
dot. A wide brown shade proceeds from inner margin near base to ajjex. Close before it the band stands off 
somewhat from the margin and there is a prominent black spot. The white sj^ot in hindwings is larger, some¬ 
what quadrate. 26 mm. West Africa. 
C. eremita Holl. In this species the patagia are not dark brown with pale edges, as in the preceding eremlta. 
sjAecies, but light brown like the forewings. The wings are almost devoid of markings, except for indistinct dark 
transverse lines over the centre and before the apex. On hindwings the white basal spot is round, somewhat 
separated from the base. 24 mm. West Africa. 
C. endoplaga Hmps. Body and forewings fuscous, the latter admixed with ochreous yellow. In centre endoplaga. 
of inner margin a striking large semi-circular black-brown spot with coppery gloss. Antemedian line indiscernible. 
Orbicular and renifonn stigmata with narrow Avhite surrounds, the edge of the latter is heavier outwardly and 
projects at lower end. Postmedian line indistinct, dark, whitish outwardly, dentate, excnrved to vem 4. An 
undulate white submarginal line is indicated. Hindwings whitish, suffused with brown in basal area and with 
a narrow dark lunule. Margins coppery and brown. cJ 28 mm. Gold Coast. 
C. scotosa Holl. (31 h, 33 f). Differing by the oblique band. Thorax dark brown, abdomen paler brown, scofosa. 
Forewings grey-yellow on costa, below which there is a wide deep black band from base to apex; it is Avider 
outAvardly and edged on both sides by AA’hite hues. At anal angle this band is incised by a large AAdiite spot and 
behind the cell by a smaller one. HindAvings deep black Avith AA'hite basal spot. 28 mm. West Africa. 
C. discophora Hmps. (32 b). This species and scotaea Hmps. have a AAdiite central spot on hindAAdngs. dlscophom. 
Body is broAA'n and grey. ForeAAungs grey Avith broAAui patches. In central area darker broAAui except at costa 
and in marginal area. Antemedian line black, oblique, angulated iiiAA ards at vein 1. Orbicular stigma as a Avhite 
dot Avith dark surround. Renifonn stigma pale, spotted, laterally AAuth black edges, holloAv toAA’ards base. Median 
line indistinct, undulate. Postmedian line double, projecting someAvhat at vein 6 and 4, the outer line indistinct. 
Snbmarginal line Aidiitish, dentate, Avith dark broAvn edge. Hindwings with Avhite central sjiot. 24 mm. Trans¬ 
vaal, Uganda. 
C. oligomelas Mah. (32 b). Similar to leucomelas from Europe. ForeAAdngs reddish black, especially olUjomelas. 
dark in centre of outer margin, terminating abruptly upAA^ards by a line from costa to someAA’hat aboA^e centre 
of outer margin. The apex area is ashen grey with a black spot at apex and it is diAuded by a dentate blackish 
shade. Costa narroAvly grey-red. Postmedian and snbmarginal lines are faintly darker than the ground colour. 
HindAvings black AA’ith a small AA'hite basal spot, that may occasionally be absent. In AA'ell-marked specimens an 
aiAtemedian line can be observed, that is incurved in centre, also pale scales ontAA'ardly of renifonn stigma, an 
outer undulate line and snbmarginal spots. 26—34 mm. Cameroons. 
C. dipterygia Hmps. Body paler fuscous. ForeAAungs glossy fuscous AA'ith suffusion of dark broAA u. Marg- dipierygia. 
inal area pale yelloAV-broAAm from beloAv apex to A^ein 4. Antemedian line blackish, boldly excurved. ClaAuform 
stigma dark broAA-n, extending to median nervure. Orbicular and renifonn stigmata AA'ith black surrounds, the 
latter AA’ith Avhite dots distally. Postmedian line black, very oblique to vein 6, then excnrved to vein 3 and very 
obliquely inwards. Submarginal line as a dark broAAui shade. The entire markings very indistinct. HindAvings 
broAA'nish Avdiite at base. In $ body and foreAA'ings are dark broAAm, the space beloAA' the apex ochreous broAAn. 
26—30 mm. Gold Coast. 
C. scotaea Hmps. Thorax fuscous, abdomen black-broAAu. ForeAA’ings red-broAAn Avith grey scales, scotaca. 
darker to antemedian line. The latter black, oblique, straight. Orbicular stigma AA’ith black edge, oblique, ellipti¬ 
cal. Renifonn stigma AA’ith someAA’hat whitish edge. Median line broAvn and diffuse. Postmedian line black, 
excnrved to Amin 4. Snbmarginal line pale, with dark spots iiiAvardly. HindAvings black-broAvn, the Avhite central 
spot situate AA’idely outAvardly. 28—30 mm. Gold Coast. 
C. holophaea Hmps. This is very similar to an indistinctly marked clipterygia AA’ith a similar pale marginal holophaca. 
sjjot. Body and foreAvings fuscous and dark broAAu. HindAA'ings broAAn, AA’ith coppery gloss and AA’ithout AA’hite 
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