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= | " SPECIMENS
OF
JEPIDOPTEROUS INSECTS
IN eo
THE COLLECTION
BRITISH MUSEUM.
BY
RANCIS WALKER, F.L.S., &c.
PART XXII.—GEOMETRITES.
(CONTINUED).
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PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES. ~~ LONDON, 1861.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY EDWARD NEWMAN, 9, Devonshire Street, Bishopsgate.
PREFACE.
: THe object of the present Catalogue is to give a com- |
dlete list of all the genera and species of Geometrites known ig exist in the different collections. The letters a, b, ¢, te., after the species, denote the specimens now contained a the British Museum, followed by the habitat and the mode a which each of them was obtained, and the absence of
Mlese letters indicates the species which are desiderata, and
\herefore desirable to be procured for the collection.
JOHN EDWARD GRAY.
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April 16, 1861.
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CATALOGUE
OF
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA.
FIFTH SERIES.
Fam. 7. GEOMETRIDZ.
Corpus mediocriter. Proboscis tenuis, pallida, longitudine varia. pi recti, graciles, sepissime breves. Antenne maris sepissime ectinate apice filiformes, famine simplices aut crenulate. Tho- levis, suboblongus. Abdomen nonnunquam cristatum, Pedes abri, rarissime longi, nunquam villosi; tibia nonnunquam bical-
te. Alw leves, virides, rotundate aut angulate, vix unquam
| hlorochromida, . Geometrida, Guen. Phal. i. 333.
Body moderately stout. Proboscis slender, pale, variable as to length, never very long. Palpi straight, slender, sometimes varying cording to the sexes, often not extending beyond the front. An- tenn of the male very generally pectinated, with filiform tips, of ne female simple or crenulated. Thorax smooth, somewhat ob- yng; tegule not elevated. Abdomen occasionally crested. Legs mooth, very rarely long, never villose ; hind tibia in some species with a single pair of spurs. Wings smooth, rounded or angular, most always entire, of a green ground-colour, alike in both eXes.
500 CATALOGUE OF
A. Tibie quadricalcarate. A. Ale nunquam viridescentes. - - 1. AcHtora, Guen. | B. Ale plus minusve virides.
A. Ale non inequales. a. Thorax non lineatus. i. Abdomen cristatum.
* Palpi articulo 30 brevissimo. + Proboscis distincta. - 2. PszkupoTERPNA, Hiubdn. | tt Proboscis subobsoleta. - 11. Ompuax, Guen. | ** Palpi articulo 30 elongato. |
+ Ale postice rotundate. 13. Racwrospita, Guen.
tt Ale postice subcaudate. - 19. Acaruia, Guen. ii. Abdomen non cristatum.
* Abdomen non lineatum. + Palpi articulo 30 non spatulato. + Proboscis non brevissima. § Ale non nitentes. —+ Ale consperse. 7. THALASSODES, Guen. —--+ Ale non consperse. ++ Tibiz postice non dilatate. w Tarsi non spinosi. -+ Ale postice non dis- | colores.
O Ale non tenues. 3. GEOMETRA, Trett. 00 Ale tenues. 6. lopis, Hubn. -+ Ale postice discolores. | 17. CoLtoroDEs, Guen. worm Tarsi spinosi. | 18. Puyte, Herr.-Sch. ++++ Tibiz postice dilatate. «™ Ale non tenues. |
12. ComeBzNA, Hubn. wu Ale tenues. 15. APLODES, Guen. | - §&§ Ale subnitentes. - 21. Amaurinia, Guen. tt Proboscis brevissima. - 16, THeTipEa, Boisd.
++ Palpi articulo 30 subspatulato.
14. Syncntora, Guen. 6. Thorax lineatus. - . 9. CuLorocHRoma, Dup. B. Ale inequales. - - - - 8 Dyspreris, Hubn.
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA, 501
3. Tibie maris et nonnunquam pomine bicalcarate. A. Pedes graciles, - . - 20. Tuarera, Hubn. B. Pedes robusti. cit - ~ 4. Nemoria, Hiibn. >. Tibiw bicalcarate.
A, Fronstrigona. - - - - 5. Trimeropra, Guen. _ B. Frons non trigona. - . 10. Evcrosris, Hubn.
Genus 1. ACHLORA.
Corpus gracile. Proboscis tenuis, mediocris. Palpi ascend- ates, squamoso-leves, frontem superantes, apice contigui, articulo » distincto. Antenne maris graciles, ramis tenuissimis non longis, em. setace@ gracillime. Abdomen maris longum attenuatum, femine leve depressum acuminatum. Pedes glabri, graciles ; ibie postice quadricalcaratey. Ale tenues, integre, nunquam rirides; antice valde acute, sepe falcate; postice angulo interiore . producto. :
lora, Guen. Phal. i. 335.
Body slender. Proboscis slender, of moderate length. Palpi squamous, smovth, ascending, extending beyond the front ; their tips conniving; third joint distinct. Legs smooth, slender; hind ibie with two pairs of spurs, which are slenderand remote from each her. Wings delicate, entire, dull, never green. Fore wings very cute and often falcate at the tips. Hind wings with the interior angle prolonged and often acute. Male.—Antenne slender; their ranches very delicate, not long. Abdomen long, attenuated. Female.— Antenne setaceous, very slender. Abdomen smooth, de- essed, acuminated.
A. Ale subtus liturate ; postice angulo interiore ohtuso.
_ A, Alw purpurascente-cineree. - - _ oxypteraria, Guen. B. Ale albe. - - . - - m ablataria, Guen. 3. Ale subtus lituris nullis; postice angulo interiore acuto.
A, Ale unilineate.
a. Frons ruta, - - - - perigearia, Guen. _ B. Frons nigro-fusca. - - . - cuprearia, Guen. B. Al# bilineate. - - - . ipjunctaria, Hubn.
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502 CATALOGUE OF
1. ACHLORA OXYPTERARIA.
Fem. Purpurascente-cinerea ; frons nigricans ; al@ lineis dua- bus albo-cinereis dentatis indeterminatis submacularibus, la duplicata, linea marginali pallida, fimbria fusco-cinerea ; antice acute, falcate.
Achlora oxypteraria, Guen. Phal. i. 335, 515.
Cayenne.
2. ACHLORA ABLATARIA.
Fem. Alba, subtus flavescente-alba; frons fusca; ale cinereo conspers@, linea exteriore cinerea dentata informi, linea sub- marginali alba dentata submaculari, puncto discali nigro, fim- bria ferrugineo-fusca. |
Achlora ablataria, Guen. Phal. i. 336, 516
Amazon Region.
3. ACHLORA PERIGEARIA.
Fem. Vinoso-cinerea; frons saturate rufa; palporum articulus | 3us filiformis 20 non brevior ; ale linea media dentata bene determinata punctoque discali nigro-rufis, punctis marginali- bus nigris, fimbria roseo-rufa; antice margine exteriore recto ; postice margine extertore vix flexo.
Achlora perigearia, Guen. Phal. i. 336, 517.
Brazil.
4, ACHLORA CUPREARIA.
Mas. A. perigearie simillima, minor ; frons nigro-fusca ; palpo- rum articulus 3us brevis ; ale linea minus determinata ; pos- tice margine extertore sat flexo. |
Achlora cuprearia, Guen. Phal. i. 336, 518, pl. 9, f. 4. Cayenne.
5. ACHLORA INJUNCTARIA. Mas. Cinerea; ale puncto discali fasciaque media angusta obligua polygona fuscis.
Ophiogramma injunctaria, Geometra tenuis, Serodia distincta, | Hubn. Zutr. 37, 287, f. 573, 574. Achlora injunctaria, Guen. Phal. i. 337, 519.
Rio Janeiro. /
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 503
The three following species are inserted with doubt under the nus Achlora.
6. AcHLoRA? VENILIATA.
Fem. Luteo-flava ; vertex albidus ; palpi porrecti, articulo 30 minimo ; tibia postice calcaribus quatuor longis ; ala lineis plurimis transversis deviis interruptis punctisque marginalibus rufescentibus ; antice acuta, lineis costam versus dilatatis punctaque flava includentibus ; postice margine exleriore Giiuagees Me
_ Female. Luteous-yellow, whitish yellow beneath. Vertex
tish. Palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond the bead ; third
yt very minute. Hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings with | transverse irregular and interrupted reddish lines; marginal
nts reddish. Fore wings acute; costa and exterior border ightly convex ; lines mostly and irregularly dilated towards the sta, where they contain yellow points. Hind wings with the exte-
ior border slightly angular in the middle. Length of the body 5
ines; of the wings 1!2 lines.
razil. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
7. ACHLORA? CATENULARIA.
Mas. Albido-testacea ; caput nigricante fasciatum ; palpi nigri- cantes, articulo 30 brevissimo ; antenna subpectinata ; tibia postice subincrassata, calcaribus duobus longis apicalibus ; ale nigro subconspersa, lineis quatuor obscurioribus obliquis viz undulatis, linea exteriore denticulata nigro punctata,
tis marginalibus nigris minimis ; antice acultissima,
puncto discali fusco ; postice puncto diseali nigro sat magno. Male. Whitish testaceous. Head with a blackish band be- een the antennw. Palpi blackish, porrect, extending very little beyond the head ; third joint very minute. Antenne slightly pec- tivated; branches ciliated. Hind tibie slightly incrassated, with wo long apical spurs. Wings thinly and very minutely speckled with black ; four oblique hardly undulating lines, which are a litule darker than the ground-colour; exterior line denticulated, with ylack points; marginal points black, very minute; discal point brown and minute in the fore wings, black and larger in the hind ings. Fore wings very acute; costa aud exterior border nearly
B3
504 CATALOGUE OF
straight. Hind wings with the exterior border slightly angular. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines.
Brazil. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
8. ACHLORA? SIMPLICEARIA.
Fom. Flavescente-cinerea ; caput ochraceum, vertice albido ; palpi
subascendentes, articulo 30 minimo; tibie postice calcaribus guatuor longis ; ale nitentes, lineis plurimis obliquis subun- dulatis vix obscurioribus valde indistinctis; antice apice rotundate, puncto discali fusco, margine exteriore perobliquo.
Female. Yellowish cinereous. Head ochraceous; vertex |
whitish. Head ochraceous; vertex whitish. Palpi slightly as-
cending, very short ; third joint very minute. Hind tibia with four |
long spurs. Wings shining, with several oblique slightly undu-
lating very indistinct lines, which are hardly darker than the ground —
hue. Fore wings witb a brown discal point, rounded at the tips ;
exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Length of the body —
33? lines; of the wings 9 lines. a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates’ collection.
Genus 2. PSEUDOTERPNA.
Corpus sat robustum. Fons plana, velutina, bicolor. Pro- | boscis robusta. Palpi ascendentes, crassi, contigui, squamosi, — leves, articulo 30 indistincto. Antenne maris subpectinate, ramis — clavatis. Abdomen cristatum, feemine crassum obtusum. Pedes ©
robusti; tibiz postice calcaribus crassis approximatis. Ale spisse,
subdentate, pulverulente, linea submarginali distincta pallida;
postice rotundate, angulo interiore producio.
Pseudoterpna, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 284; Steph.; Herr.-Sch.; Led. ;
Guen. Phal. i. 337. Hemithea, p., Dup.; Boisd.
Body rather robust. Front flat, velvety, of two colours. Pro- —
boscis stout. Palpi ascending, thick, closely joined together, squa- mous, smooth; third joint not distinct. Antenne of the male with short clavate thickset branches, which successively diminish in size to the tips. Abdomen crested, that of the female thick and obtuse. Legs robust, moderately long; hind tibie with thick and approxi-
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LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 505
line distinct, paler than the ground-colour. Hind wings aded, produced at the interior augle.
1, PsEUDOTERPNA CORONILLARIA.
_ Cinerascens ; frons nigra; ale conspersa, lineis interiore et exte- riore nigris denticulatis, fascia submarginali albida denticu- lata ; antica litura discali nigricante ; postice linea interiore ital
zometra corovillaria, Wiibn. Geom. pl. 93, f. 479 —482.
nophos coronillaria, 7reit. Schm, vi. 170, 6.
sudoterpna coronillaria, Hubn. Verz, Schm. 285, 2777. Herr.- Sch. Eur. Schm. iii. 12, 16. Guen. Phat. i. 338, 520. Jemithea coronillaria, Dup. Lep. iv. 225, pl. 152, £.3. Ramb. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i, 251; ii. 33. Boisd. Ind, 180, 1421.
outh Europe.
2. PsEUDOTERPNA AXILLARIA.
Fem. P. coronillarie simillima, minor ; ala breviores, latiores, linea submarginali lata integra conspicua, lineis nigris tenuis- simis ; antica margine exteriore flexo, margine interiore bre- viore, litura discali bene determinata,
eudoterpua axillaria, Guen. Phal, i. 339, 521.
out.
3. PsEUDOTERPNA CORSICARIA,
Cinerea ; ale linea exteriore denticulata nigricante extus albido
marginala, fascia submarginali albida ; antic@ lineis inte- riore et basali dentatis lituraque discali nigricantibus, Hemithea corsicaria, Rumb. Ann. Soc, Ent. Fr. ii. 32, pl. 2, f. 6. | Dup. Lep. Sup. iv. 100, pl. 59, f. 1. Boisd. Ind. 180, 1420. udoterpna corsicaria, Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. iii. 12, 17, pi. 11, f. 60,61. Guen. Phal. i. 339, 522.
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4, PsEUDOTERPNA CYPISARIA.
Viridi-cinerea ; caput atro fasciatum ; ale linea exteriore dentata saturate viridi, linea submarginali vix dentata albida ; antice linea interiore dentata saturate viridi.
——, Roés. Ins. i. 43, pl. 12. Wilk. Pap. pl. 75. Vill. Ent. Linn, ii, 319, 455 ; 328, 486.
506 CATALOGUE OF
Geometra cytisaria, Wien. Verz. 97,2. Bork. Eur. Schm. v. 26, 7.) | Esp. Schm. v. 242, pl. 44, f. 1—4. Hubn. Geom. pl. 1, f. 2. Treit. Schm. vi. 120. Sepp, Schm. vi. pl. 19. ll. N. ‘Ausg.
dess. 1. 367, 2. | Phalena pruinata, Hufn. Berl. Mag. iv. 5, 520,34. Naturf. xi. 72, 34. | Phalena prasinaria, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2,151, 80. Haw. Lep. Brit. 299. |
Pseudoterpna cytisaria, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 285, 2776. Steph. Ill. Brit. Haust. iii. 180. Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. iii. 11, 14. | Guen. Phal. 1. 339, 523. |
Hemithea cytisaria, Boisd. Ind. 180, 1418.
Hewithea genistaria, Dup. Lep. iv. 252, pl. 152, f, 2.
Hemithea agrestaria, Dup. Lep. iv. 257, pl. 152, f. 4.
a—m. England. From Mr. Stephens’ collection. n. England. From Mr. Foxcroft’s collection. o,p. England. From Mr. Turner’s collection.
q, v. England.
u,w. Europe. From M. Becker's collection.
xz. Ukraine. Presented by Dr. Dowler.
5. PsEUDOTERPNA PORRACEA.
Hemithea porracea, Ramb. MSS. Boisd. Ind. 180, 1419. Pseudoterpna porracea, Guen. Phal. i. 341, 524.
The description of this species has not yet been published. South France.
Genus 3. GEOMETRA.
Corpus gracile, ronnunquam robustum. Proboscis tenuis. Palpi frontem supeyantes, apice filiformes ; articulus 3us distinctus, | filiformis. Antenne maris pectinate, feemine crenulate. Abdu- men longum, glabrum. Pedes robusti, squamosi; tibie postice — quadricalcarate. Ale ample, virides, lineis distinetis. |
Holothalassis et Euchloris, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 283, 285. Geometra, Guen. Phal. i. 343.
Body slender, stout in some species. Proboscis feeble. Palpi extending beyond the front, approximate at their tips, alike in both | sexes; third joint filiform, moderately long. Antenne of the male © stout, pectinated, with the branches successively decreasing in © length; of the female crenulated with cilie or with short teeth. |
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 507
rlong spurs. Wings ample, dull, with distinct lines ; ground- . lour green. This genus is very variable in form, and may be divided into ‘Dumerous groups or subgenera. The European species form two ‘sections. 7
four vg long, smooth. Legs stout, squamous; hind tibie with
Europe.
’ 1. GEOMETRA PAPILIONARIA.
Glauco-virigis ; tibie postice subinerassate; ale lineis duabus : denticulatis diffusis albidis, linea submarginali guttulari ; antice acute ; postice margine exteriore subdentato.
— , Roés. Ins. iv. 3, 134, pl. 18, f. 3. Vill. Ent. Linn-
; ii. 311, 438. Frisch, Ins. 10, pl. 17.
)Phalena-Geometra papilionaria, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 864, 226 ; Faun. Suec. 1241. Gmiel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2457, 225. )Phalena papilionaria, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 246, 26; Mant. Ins. ii. 188, 33; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 139, 39. Fuessl. Schw. Ins. 40,
» 771. | Geometra py agg re Wien. Verz. 97,1. Bork. Eur. Schm. v. 23,6. Esp. Schm. vy. 40, pl. 6, f. 1—4. Sepp, Schm. iii. pl. 7. Hiibn. Geom. pl. 2, f.6. Haw. Lep. Brit. 298. Ill. N. Ausg. dess.i. 366, 1. Treit. Schm, vi. 103, 2. Dup. Lep. iv. 261, pl. 151, f.1. Steph. Ill. Brit. Haust. iii. 178. Boisd. Ind. 179, 1415. Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. iii. 8,1. Guen. Phal. i, 343,
527. Holothalassis papilionaria, Hubn. Verz. Schm, 285, 2779,
a. England. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. bt. England. From Mr. Stephens’ collection. j. England. From Mr. King’s collection.
k. Loch Rannoch. From Mr. Foxcroft’s collection.
i—n. England.
o—r. Europe. From M. Becker's collection.
s. France.
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2. GEOMETRA SMARAGDARIA.
Late viridis; caput albo marginatum ; palpi pedesque antice rufescentes ; ale fimbria apice lituraque discali albis; antice lineis duabus dentatis costaque albis ; postice linea submargi- nali alba,
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, Vill. Ent. Linn. iv. 499.
Phalena smaragdaria, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 192, 67; Ent. Syst. iii 2, 101,81.
Phalena-Geometra smaragdaria, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2464, 670.
Geometra smaragdaria, Bork. Eur. Schm. v. 32,14. Esp. Schm, v. 38, pl. 5, f.5—7. Panz. Faun. 23. Hubn. Geom. pl. 1, f. 1. Treit. Schm. vi. 124,10. Dup. Lep. iv. 251, pl. 152; f. 2. Curt. Brit. Ent. pl. 300. Frey. Beitr. ii. pl. 174. Eversm, Faun. Volg.-Ural. 369. Steph. Ill. Brit. Haust. iii. 179. Guen. Phal. i. 343, 528.
Phorodesma smaragdaria, Boisd. Ind.179, 1416. Hérr.-Sch. Eur. | Schm. iii. 9, 2.
Euchloris smaragdaria, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 283, 2768.
a. England. From Mr. Stephens’ collection. b—e. Europe. From M. Becker’s collection.
3. GEOMETRA PRASINARIA. G. smaragdariz similis, parva; ale lineis albis latissimis.
Geometra prasinaria, Eversm, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mose. 1837, 52; | Faun. Volg.-Ural. 369. | Geometra volgaria, Guen. Phal. i. 344, 529.
South Russia. North America. 4. GEOMETRA IRIDARIA.
Viridis; frons albo-cinereoque :varia; ale albido et flavescente varie, linets duabus albis latis rectis obliquis bene determina- | tis, spatio intertore flavescente-viridi, spatio exteriore cyanes- cente viridi, puncto discali nigro; untice costa alba ferru- | gineo conspersa.
Geometra iridaria, Guen. Phal. i. 344, 531. North America.
5. GEOMETRA INCLUSARIA.
Mas et fem. Lete viridis; caput roseum, vertice albo; palpi porrecti, caput paullo superantes, articulo 30 brevissimo; antenne subpectinate, triente apicalt filiformi ; ale puncto — discalt nigro, linets duabus albidis denticulatis indistinctis — linea marginalt coccinea, fimbria flavescente-alba; antice acute, costa alba, margine exteriore vix convexo.
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 509
Male and female. Brightgreen. Body beneath and abdomen hite. Head rosy; vertex white. Palpi porrect, extending a little ond the head; third joint conical, not more than one-fourth of > length of the second. Antenne slightly pectinated to two- irds of the length. Hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings ple, with a black discal point, and with indistinct interior and terior denticulated whitish lines; margiual Jine crimson; fringe llowish white. Fore wings acute; costa white ; exterior border 9 yeahh moderately oblique. Hind wings extending beyoud a es
omen. Length of the body 4—4} lines ; of the wings 11—12
—g. St. John’s Bluff, East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday,
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| West Indies.
_ This region contains two distinct forms, of which the second is presented by only ove species.
6. GEOMETRA SUBVECTARIA.
Fem. Viridis, robusta, subtus flava; palpi validi, subascend-
entes, articulo 30 brevi; ale guttis duabus apud marginem : interiorem quitaque subcostali albo notata purpurascente-rufis ; antice subfalcata, plaga apud marginem exteriorem elongata purpurascente-rufa strigam anteriorem albo marginatam emit- tente, linea basali e guttis duabus purpurascente-rufis.
Female. Green, stout, yellow beneath. Palpi stout, slightly ascending, extending somewhat beyond the head ; third joint not nore than one-fourth of the length of the second. Hind tibie with be first pair of spurs longer than the second. Wings with indi- ‘cations of two purplish red lines by two dots on the interior border nd by a white-pointed dot near the costa. Fore wings subfalcate, with a purplish red elongated patch, which occupies the exterior ‘border, except near the costa, towards which it emits a white-bor- ‘dered streak ; a basal line indicated by two purplish red dots; exte- Tior border very oblique. Hind wings with a purplish red marginal line ; fringe whitish. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10
, 6. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie’s collection.
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”. GEOMETRA DIFFISSA.
Mas et fem. Flava, vix viridescens ; caput rufescens ; palpi caput | longe superantes, articulo 30 brevi ; ale antice plaga margi- | nalr elongata cinereo-rufa antice coarctata strigusque duas | emittente. Mas.—Antenne latissime pectinate. Foem.—_ Ale puncto discali albo, punctis tribus rufis apud marginem énteriorem ; antice plaga antice albo notata; postice striga | marginali apicali rufa. |
Male and female. Yellow, hardly tinged with green. Head | reddish. Palpi extending much beyond the head; third joint) in the male about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antenne of the male very broadly pectinated. Fore wings with an elongated | cinereous-red patch, which is straightened in front and emits two) streaks pearly to the costa. Female.-—Wings with two lines indi- | cated much as in the preceding species. Fore wings with a white mark on the straightened partof the patch. Hind wings with a red streak along the apical margin. Length of the body 44 lines; of the wings 12 lines. |
a, 6. St. Domingo. From Mr. Hearse’s collection. |
8. GEOMETRA SUBCELATA.
Mas et fem. Flavescente-viridis ; caput rufescens, vertice albo ; | palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo 30 brevi; ale puncto dis-| calt albo rufo marginato, fimbria aurato-flava ; antice puncto | intertore nigro. Mas.—Antenne latissime pectinate; ala | antice plaga marginali roseo-cinerea striyam emittente.
Foem.—Ale antice lituris duabus disjunctis magis determi- }
natis ex parte albis.
Male and female. Yellowish green, yellow beneath. Head reddish, white about the eyes and with a white vertex. Palpi} obliquely ascending ; third joint elongate-conical, about one-fourth | of the length of the second. Antenne of the male very broadly | pectinated, simple at the tips. Wings with a white red-bordered discal point; fringe gilded yellow. Fore wings with a black point | in the disk near the base. Male.—Fore wings with a rosy cine-| reous patch by the exterior border, limited by dark red on the inner side and emitting a like-coloured subapical streak. Female.— Fore wings with two marks like those of the male, but smaller, separate, more white and more definite. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. |
a, 6. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie’s collection.
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9, GEOMETRA FACTARIA.
Mas. Tete viridis, crassa, subtus flava; corpus subtus album ; vertex roseo-albus ; palpi porrecti, articulo 30 brevissimo ; ‘antenne latissime pectinate, apice simplices ; abdomen apice
cervinum ; pedes supra rosei; ale lineis duabus obscurioribus rectis obliquis parallelis indistinctis, puncto discali albo ; antice puncto discali interiore nigro, striga marginali sub- apicali saturate rufa.
Male. Bright green, very stout, yellow beneath. Body white beneath. Vertex rosy white. Palpi rosy, porrect, extending beyond
the head; third joint hardly one-fourth of the length of the second.
Antenne very broadly pectinated, except at the tips. Abdomen fawn- coloured at the tip. Legs rosy above. Wings with a white discal
point and with two indistinct straight oblique parallel darker green
lines ; fringe greenish cinereous, shining ; under side with a red apical
patch, which is whitish-tinged in the fore wings. Fore wings with _ablack discal point near the base, with a deep red subapical streak
on the exterior border, and with the adjoining fringe cinereous-red and white-tipped. Length of the body 43—5 lines ; of the wings 11—12 lines.
This and the three preceding species can only be regarded
as subspecies, or as races, or as having had a recent, common origin.
a,b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie’s collection, ce. St. Domingo. From Mr. Hearse’s collection.
d. St. Domingo. From M. Sallé’s collection.
10. GEOMETRA CONGRUATA.
Fem. Late viridis, subglaucescens ; caput antice roseum, vertice albo; palpi porrecti, graciles, articulo 30 longissimo ; abdo- men roseum, apice album ; ale vie late, puncto discali fusco, linea marginali rosea, finbria alba ; antice acute, costa alba roseo murginata.
Female. Bright green, with a slight glaucous tinge, paler
beneath. Head rosy in front; vertex white. Palpi porrect, slen-
der, extending far beyond the head; third joint linear, as long as
the second. Abdomen rosy, white towards the tip. Hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings hardly broad, with a brown discal
point, with a rosy marginal line and with a white fringe. Fore wings acute; costa white, rosy-bordered; exterior border hardly
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512 CATALOGUE OF
convex, rather oblique. Hind wings extending beyond the abdo- men. Length of the body 33 lines; of the wings 10 lines.
a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie’s collection.
South America.
The following species much resembles the first West Indian group in structure.
11. GEOMETRA BASIPLAGA.
Fem. Lete viridis; caput antice rufescens, vertice punctisque duobus anterioribus albis; palpi porrecti, articulo 30 nigro lanceolato ; abdomen albidum ; ale puncto discali nigro, linea exteriore recta obliqua alba; antice subfaleate, plaga basali magna cinereo-rufescente, costa albida, margine interiore basi Jlavescente ; postice margine interiore pallide luteo.
Female. Vivid green, whitish beneath. Head reddish towards the palpi; vertex and a point on each side of the front white. Palpi porrect, extending beyond the head ; third joint black, lanceo- Jate, much shorter than the second. Thorax yellowish hindward. Abdomen whitish. Knees and tips of the tibie black. Wings with a black discal point and with a white straight oblique exterior line, which diverges slightly hindward from the exterior border; fringe whitish, mingled with green. Fore wings subfalcate, with a large reddish cinereous-tinged basal patch, which does not extend to the interior border; the latter yellowish towards the base; costa whitish. Hind wings with the interior border pale luteous, diverging much from the abdomen. Length of the bedy 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines.
Brazil. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
South Africa.
The three following species form three groups, of which the third has some resemblance to the genus Phorodesma.
LEPIDOPTERA HETERUCERA. 513
12. GEOMETRA DIGRESSA.
Fem. Glauco-viridis; caput cervinum ; vertex, thorax et abdo- | men alba; palpi porrecti, graciles, articulo 30 longissimo ; | tibie postice calcaribus parvis ; ale strigis transversis linea- que exteriore obliqua albidis indistinelis ; antice acute, costa
albida ; postice linea exteriore fleca, murgine exteriore sub- angulato.
Female. Sea-green. Head fawn-colour; vertex, thorax and ‘abdomen white. Palpi porrect, slender, extending far beyond the end third joint nearly as loug as the second. Hind tibie with four short spurs. Wings ample, with indistinct transverse whitish ‘streaks ; exterior line whitish, oblique, indistinct, straight in the
e wings, bent hindward in the hind wings; fringe whitish. Fore »wings acute ; costa and exterior border straight, the former whitish. ‘Hind wings with the exterior border slightly angular; interior ‘angle prominent. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines.
‘a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius’ collection.
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a 13. GEOMETRA DISCERPTA. Mas. Pallide viridis, subtus alba nitens ; caput rubrum, vertice : albo ; palpi porrecti, brevissimt ; thorax antice abdominisg ue / discus rufescentes; pedes rosei, tibiis posticis quadricalca- | i ralis; ale elongate, gutta discali lineaque marginali purpu- | ruscente-rufis ; antice via acute, costa pallide lutea, margine h exteriore perobliquo. - Male. Bright pale green, white and shining beneath. Head deep red; vertex white. Palpi porrect, not extending beyond the head; third joint extremely minute. Thorax reddish in front. Disk of the abdomen mostly red. Legs rosy; hind tibize with four Jong spurs. Wings elongate; discal dot and marginal line purplish d; fringe white, shining, purplish red at the base. Fore: wings hardly acute: custa straight, pale luteous, reddish-tinged ; exterior order almost straight, very oblique. Hiud wings extending much yond the abdomen, with the exterior border convex. Length of ie body 44 lines ; of the wings 14 lines.
ape. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
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. GEOMETRA DEVOCATA.
Mas. FPallide oe corpus albidum ; caput cervinum; palpi porrecti, brevissimi ; ; antenne pectinate, apice filiformes ; ; ale | lunulis marginalibus maculaque apud angulum interiorem fuscis, fimbria cinerea ; antice vix acute, costa cinerea fusco conspersa.
Male. Bright pale green. Body whitish. Head fawn-colour. Palpi porrect, very short; third joint extremely minute. Antenne pectinated nearly to the tips. Wings with brown marginal lunules, of which the hindmost by the interior angle is enlarged, and especially so in the fore wings; fringe cinereous. Fore wings hardly acute; costa and exterior border slightly convex ; the former cinereous, brown-speckled. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. |
a. Caffraria. From M, Becker's collection.
Hindostan.
In this region and in China and Australasia the genus has its greatest development, and there is a transition from the largest | and most characteristic species to the first European form.
15. GEOMETRA SPECULARIA. og
Mas. Late viridis, subtus albida; caput albo fasciatum, antice| ferrugineum ; pedes nigro-cincti ; ale linea exteriore indis-| tincta saturatiore ; antice puncto discalt atro, linea interiore
indistincta ; postice spatio basalt lutescente, striga discalé. carnea nigricante marginata punctum atrum includente,
Geometra specularia, Guen. Phal. 1. 342, 525.
a. Ceylon. From Mr. Steveus’ collection. | b. Java. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. | e. Sumatra. From Sir Stamford Rafiles’ collection. |
16. GEOMETRA AVICULARIA.
Viridts, sublus pallida ; frons saturate viridis ; palpt apices versus nigricantes ; ale vittis areoluribus cervinis flavescente margi- natis, lunulis marginalibus nigro- Sfuseis, fimbria cinerea; postice litura discalt angulosa ferrugined. |
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 515
Geometra avicularia, Guen. Phal. i. 342, 526. a. Darjeeling. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board.
17. GEOMETRA RECIPROCATA.
Mas. Flavescens ; palpi porrecti, angulati, articulo 20 apice fusco, 30 nigricante ; antenne pectinate ; abdominis fasciculus api- calis lonyiusculus; tibie postice viz incrassate ; ale extus virides, guita discalt, linea exteriore fasciaque submarginalr nigricantibus ; antice valde falcata, puncto discalt fusco, linea exteriore angulosa obliqua albida intus concisa extus valde diffusa, maryine exteriore recto valde obliquo ; postice abdomen vir superanies, margine exteriore viz flexo.
Male. Yellowish. Front convex, prominent. Palpi pozrect, extending’ very little beyond the head; second joint brown above towards the tip; third blackish, short, conical, decumbent, furming an angle with the second. Antenne pectinated, mutilated in the specimen described. Abdomen with a rather long apical tuft. Hind tibie hardly thickened. Wings mostly grass-green exteriorly ; under side with a discal dot, an exterior line and a submarginal band blackish; line ubsolete towards the costa of the fore wings and towards the interior border of the hind wings; band composed of spots in the hind wings, represented in the fore wings by two spots hear the interior augle. [ure wings very falcate, with a brown discal point and with an oblique exterior whitish zigzag line, which ‘is concise on the inner side, very diffuse on the outer side; custa convex exteriorly ; exterior border straight, except at the tip, very oblique. Hind wings hardly extending beyond the abdomen, with the exterior border hardly bent. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 25 lines. .
a. Himalaya Mountains. From Mr. Leadbeater’s collection.
18. GEOMETRA VIRIDILUTEATA.
Mas et foem. Saturate viridis; corpus luteum; ale lineolis longitudinalibus basique luteis, subtus ex maxiina parte ru- fescentes aut lutee; antice valde falcata, plaga subtus apud angulum interiorem rufescente-ferruginea ; postice fascia subtus latissima submarginali rufescente-ferruginea.
Male and female. Deep green. Body and basal part of the
wings luteous. Wings irregularly and longitudinally luteous-
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516 CATALOGUE OF
speckled; under side with a red straight oblique line, between which and the base the space is mostly reddish or ]uteous. Fore — wings very faleate; under side with a reddish ferruginous patch by | the interior angle. Hind wings beneath luteous towards the base — and with a very broad submarginal reddish ferruginous band. | Male.—Palpi ascending, rising higher than the vertex ; third joint | very short. Antenne slightly pectinated. emale.—Palpi porrect ; third joint almost as long as the second. Length of the body | 9 lines; of the wings 26—30 lines.
a. Darjeeling. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 6. Hindostan. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq.
19. GEOMETRA PENNISIGNATA.
Fem. Lete viridis; verter albus ; palpt porrecti, cervint, arti- | culo 30 longissimo ; pedes albi, tibiis apice genubusque nigris ; | ale ample, litura discali ferruginea flavescente marginata, | linea marginalt tenuissima flava, fimbria rufescente-cinerea | bast nigra; antice acute, costa ulba, litura diseali inter- | rupta ; postice litura discalt angulosa.
Female. Vivid green, paler beneath. Vertex, antenne and | body beneath white. Palpi porrect, fawn-colour; third joint rather | shorter than the second. Legs white; knees and tips of tibie | black; spurs long. Wings ample, with a ferruginons yellowish- bordered discal mark, and with a very slender yellow marginal line; | fringe reddish cinereous, black at the base. Fore wings acute; | costa white, straight; exterior border hardly convex; discal mark | forming a dot with a little curved streak in front of it. Hind | wings with the discal mark like that of G. avicularia, resembling | the figure of a bird flying afar off. Length of the body 73 lines; | of the wings 20 lines. |
Closely allied to G. avicularia. |
a. Nepaul. Presented by Major-General Hardwicke,
90. GEOMETRA DIMISSA.
Mas. Glauco-viridis, robusta, subtus flavescente suffusa ; caput luteum, vertice albo ; palpi fusci, articulo 30 minimo; an- tenne subpectinate ; thorax antice sublutescens ; ale ample, | linets duabus obliquis albidis lanceolatis lunulatis, linea sub- —
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 517
marginali valde indistincta, margine exteriore subtestaceo ; antice valde falcata, costa albido-testacea apicem versus con- vera, margine exteriore subconcavo ; postice margine intertore albido-testaceo. |
Male. Glaucous-green, stvut, with a yellowish tinge beneath. Head luteous; vertex white. Palpi brown; third joint very mi- nute. Antenne slightly pectinated. Thorax with a pale luteous tinge in front. Wings ample; interior and exterior lines oblique whitish, denticulate, lanceolate, the latter more distinct than the former; submarginal line very indistinct ; exterior border testaceous- tinged. Fore wings very faicate; costa whitish testaceous, very convex towards the tip; exterior border slightly concave. Hind wings with the exterior border convex; interior burder whitish testaceous. Length of the body 9? lines; of the wings 22 lines.
a. North Hindostan. From Colonel Buckley’s collection.
21. GEOMETRA DISCISSA.
Mas. Glauco-viridis, subtus albida; caput ferrugineo-fuscum, vertice albo ; palpi porrecti, articulo 3u brevissimo ; antenne pectinate, triente apicali filiformi ; pedes postict tibiis tarsis- que incrassatis dense villosis ; ale lituris plurimis transversis andistinctts albidis, punctis marginalibus nigris, fimbria cinerea bast ferruginea; antice acute, costa alba; postice puncto discalt albo, margine exteriore subangulato.
Male. Glaucous-green, whitish beneath. Head ferruginous- brown; vertex white. Palpi porrect, extending a liutle beyond the head; third joint not more than one-fourth of the length of the ‘second. Antenne pectinated to nearly two-thirds of the length. Abdomen whitish. Hind tibiz and hind tarsi incrassated, densely pilose. Wings ample, with numerous transverse indistinct whitish marks; marginal points black; fringe cinereous, ferruginous at the base. Fore wings acute ; custa and exterivr border straight, the former white. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen, with a white discal point; exterior border slightly angular. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines.
a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk’s collection. b. North Hindostan. From Mr. James’ collection.
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22. GEOMETRA HALIARIA.
Fem. Leite viridis; caput cervinum, vertice albo; palpi por- reclt, brevissimt ; ttbie postice calcaribus quatuor parvis; ale elongate, linea recta obliqua fimbriaque albis ; antice acute, linea interiore subrecta vix obliqua costaque albis ; postice margine extertore vix flexo.
Female. Vivid green, paler beneath. Head fawn-colour; vertex white. Palpi porrect, very short, not extending bevond the head; third joint extremely minute. Antenne and legs white; hind tibie with four short spurs. Wings ample, elongate, with a straight well-defined white line, which extends from near the tips of the fore wings to the middle of the interior border of the hind wings; fringe white. Fore wings acute, with a slight nearly straight and upright white line, which is near the base; costa
white, slightly convex; exterior border straight, very cblique..
Hind wings with the exterior border hardly bent. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 18 lines.
a. Hindostan. From Major Parry’s collection.
23. GEOMETRA DETENTA.
Fem. Pallide viridis, subtus alba; palpi porrecti, subflexi, caput longe superantes, articulo 30 elongato lineart; ale puncto discalt fusco, linea marginalt rufa albo notata, fim- bria cinerea bast rufescente; antice acute, costa lineisque duabus subrectis subparallelis non obliquis albis, linea margi- nali apud angulum interiorem dilatata ; postice linea mar- ginalt apice delatata.
Female. Pale green, white beneath. Palpi porrect, slightly bent, extending far beyond the head; second jointstout: third joint slender, linear, about half the length of the second. Wings ainple, with a brown discal point; marginal festoon red, marked with white, dilated by the interior angle of the fore wings and at the tips of the hind wings; fringe cinereous, reddish at the base. Fore wings acute, with two white upright nearly straight and parallel lines, which are very remote from each other; costa white, slightly convex. Hind wings extending much beyond the abdomen; inte- rior angle rather prominent. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
a. Nepaul. Presented by Major-General Hardwicke.
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 519
24, GEOMETRA DISSITA.
Mas et fem. Pallidissime viridis ; caput cervinum, vertice albo ; palpi porrectt, caput paullo superantes, articulo 30 lanceolate ; antenné maris pectinate, triente apicali filiformi ; tibie pos- tice calcaribus quatuor brevissimis ; ale semihyaline, strigis transversis albidis valde indistinctis, linea media indistincta subrecta vix obliqua postice flexa et angulata ; antice acute ; postice margine exteriore subangulato.
Male and female. Very pale green; body and under side still paler. Head fawn-colour; vertex white. Palpi porrect, extending a little beyond the head; third joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the second, rather longer in the female. Antenne of the male pectinated to two-thirds of the length. Hind tibiz with four very short spurs. Wings ample, semibhyaline, pale glaucous-green, with very indistinct transverse whitish streaks, and with an indistinct nearly straight and upright transverse middle line, which is obsolete towards the costa of the fore wings, and is angular and bent towards the interior border of the hind wings. Fore wings acute; costa and exterior border straight. Hind wings with the exterior border slightly angular in the middle. Length of the body 5—6 lines; of the wings 14—16 lines.
a. Canara. Presented by 8S. N. Ward, Esq. b. Canara. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. e. North Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens’ collection.
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25. GEOMETRA SATURATARIA.
This species is separated from Geometra and forms the genus Celenna in the lately published list of Ceylon insects, but as it is not more distinct from the typical form of Geometra than are several other groups of that genus it is here re-united to it. It has some resemblance in structure to the largest Hindostan species.
Mas. Corpuscrassum. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi oblique ascendentes, verticem non superantes ; articulus 3us minimus. An- tenne late pectinate, apice filiformes. Pedes robusti, non longi; tibie postice calcaribus quatuor breviusculis. Ale ample, densa, integre; antice elongate, subfalcate, costa subconvexa, margine exteriore recto.
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Male. Body very robust. Proboscis rather long. Palpi ob- liquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex; third joint very minute, less than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antenne broadly pectinated to four-fifths of the length. Legs stout, not long ; hind tibie with four rather short spurs. Wings ample, thick, entire. Fore wings elongate, subfalcate; costa slightly convex ; exterior border straight. Hind wings with the interior angle pro- mninent.
Mas. Obscure cervina, subtus ochracea ; ale chalybeo subtincte, strigis transversis nigricantibus, fascia lata informi obliqua saturate viridi nigro albidoqgue marginata ; antice macula antica exteriore saturate viridt, strigis subtus transversis nigris postice confluentibus.
Male. Dull fawn-colour, ochraceous beneath. Wings slightly chalybeous-tinged, transversely blackish streaked, with a deep green: broad oblique irregular black and whitish-bordered band, which does not extend to the costa of the fore wings. Fore wings with a large spot in front near the outer side of the band, and like it in colour ; under side with transverse black streaks, which are confluent and form a patch near the interior angle. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines.
a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 6, Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth’s collection.
3 26. GEOMETRA DISPARTITA.
Mas. Pallide viridis, subtus albida ; caput cervinum, vertice albo ; palpt porrecti, brevissimi ; antenne subserrate ; ale litura discalt tenut lineaque exteriore obliqua albis ; antice acute, linea recta ; postice linea arcuata.
Male. Pale green, whitish beneath. Head fawn-colour; ver- tex white. Palpi porrect, very short, not extending beyond the head ; third joint extremely minute. Antenne minutely serrated. Wings with a slight white discal mark, and with an oblique exterior white line, which is nearly straight in the fore wings, but curved in the hind wings. Fore wings acute, with the costa very slightly convex ; exterior border straight, very oblique. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines.
Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders’ cullection.
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27. GEOMETRA DETRACTA.
Mas. Glauco-viridis, subtus viridescente-alba ; palpi porrecti, caput vix superantes, articulo 30 minimo ; antenne late pec- ‘tinate ; tibie postice calcaribus quatuor parvis ; ale lineis intertore et extertore albidis denticulatis indistinctis incom- pletis, fimbria alba ; antice peracute, costa alba, margine ex- teriore perobliquo ; postice angulate.
Male. Glaucous-green, greenish white beneath. Palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond the head; third joint very minute. An- ‘tenne broadly pectinated. Hind tibie with four short spurs. ‘Wings with the interior and exterior lines whitish, denticulated, ‘indistinct, incomplete; fringe white. Fore wings very acute; costa white, straight; exterior border straight, very oblique. Hind wings ‘with an angle on the middle of the exterior border. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines.
-a. North Hindostan. Presented by Capt. Strachey.
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| 298. GEOMETRA DISSESSA.
Fem. Lete viridis, sat robusta; palpi cinereo-cervini, caput
longe superantes, articulo 30 elongato; abdomen albidum, | disco cervino ; tibie postice calcaribus quatuor parvis; ale linea maryinali rufa, fimbria cinerea rufo interlineata; an- | tice acute, lineis duabus subrectis vix obliquis costaque | albidis, punctis marginalibus nigris ; postice punctis margi- | nalibus elongatis albidis.
Female. Bright green, rather stout, whitish beneath. Palpi porrect, cinereous fawn-colour, extending far beyond the head ; ‘third joint linear, much more slender than the second and a iittle more than half its length. Abdomen whitish; disk tinged with fawn-colour. Hind tibie with four minute spurs. Wings with a red marginal line; fringe cinereous, interlined with red. Fore wings acute, with two whitish nearly straight and upright lines, which are remote from each other; costa whitish; exterior border ‘with minute black points. Hind wings with whitish elongate points along the exterior border, which is very convex; interior angle prominent. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings (12 lines.
a, Punjaub. Presented by General Hearsay.
rin
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Ceylon.
The following species has some resemblance to the genera Comibena and Thalera.
29, GEOMETRA MERITARIA.
Fem. Glauco-viridis, subtus albida ; caput et abdomen albida ; palpi angulati, caput sat superantes, articulo 30 longissimo ; tibie postice calcaribus quatuor breviusculis; ale macula — discali lineague marginali ochracets chalybeo notatis flave- scente marginatis, fimbria flavescente ; antice vix acute, costa flavescente-ochraceo notata, guitis duabus apud marginem | enteriorem flavescentibus rufo semimarginatis ; postice guites | tribus, margine exteriore angulato.
Female. Glaucous-green, whitish beneath. Head and abdo- men white. Palpi angular, extending some distance beyond the head; third joint as long as the second. Hind tibie with four | rather short spurs. Wings with the discal spot and the marginal line ochraceous, chalybeous-spangled, yellowish-bordered ; fringe | yellowish. Fore wings hardly acute; costa and exterior border hardly convex ; the former yellowish, ochraceous-speckled ; two yel-_ lowish half red-bordered dots by the interior border; these dots, like those of the hind wings, are indications of the usual lines, | Hind wings with the discal spot larger than that of the fore wings; three exterior dots, two of them in the disk; exterior border angu- lar. Length of the body 3% lines; of the wings 10 lines.
a, Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton.
China.
The following species, which is the largest of the genus, seems to connect the typical species of Hindostan with thuse of | Australasia. |
30. GEoMETRA CoNFUCIARIA. | Fem. Saturate glauco-viridis, robusta, subtus flavescente-viridis ; | caput saturate prasinum, apud oculos luteum ; palpi caput’
longe superantes, articulo 30 nigro elongato ; abdomen albido- |
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testaceum; pedes albo varii, tibiis anticis apice genubusque nigris, tarsis anterioribus nigris albo cinctis; ale patule, albo consperse, puncto discali nigro, lineis tribus albis angu- losis obliquis, gutta discalt lineaque exteriore recta obliqua _subtus nigris; antice falcate; postice linea submarginali subtus e yuttis diffusis nigricantibus.
Female. Deep sea-green, thick, yellowish green beneath. Head deep grass-green, luteous about the eyes. Palpi slightly as- cending and angular, extending far beyond the head; second joint very stout, black at the tip; third black, linear, full half the length of the second. Abdomen whitish testaceous, white beneath. Legs partly white; knees black; fore tibiz black towards the tips; ante-
rior tarsi black, with white tips to the joints. Wings very ample,
with a black discal point ; interior, exterior and submarginal lines white, zigzag, oblique; white hairs numerous, mostly between the exterior and submarginal lines ; under side with a black discal dot
and with a black straight oblique exterior line.. Fore wings very
falcate ; costa curved towards the tip; exterior border straight, ex- cept towards the tip. Hind wings with the submarginal line indi- cated beneath by diffuse blackish dots; exterior border convex ; interior angle prominent. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 30 lines. :
a. North China. From Mr. Fortune’s collection.
31. GEOMETRA DIJUNCTA.
Mas. Pallidissime viridis, subius alba; caput rufescens, vertice albo ; palpi erecti, subarcuati, brevissimi ; antenne late pecti- nate; pedes breviusculi; tibie postice calcaribus quatuor longis ; ale linea exteriore alba recta indistincta; antice valde acute; postice margine exteriore angulato submar- ginato.
Male. Very pale green, white beneath. Head reddish; ver- tex and abdomen white. Palpi vertical, slightly curved, not rising so high as the vertex; third joint acute, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antenne broadly pectinated. Legs rather short ; hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings ample, with an indistinct white straight oblique exterior line. Fore wings very
acute; costa and exterior border hardly convex. Hind wings with
the exterior border slightly emarginate, distinctly angular. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines.
a. North China. From Mr. Fortune’s collection.
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Java.
One species, which exactly resembles G. reciprocata and G. |
viridiluteata in structure.
32. GEOMETRA LUTEOVIRIDATA. Mas. Lutea, robusta; fasciculus frontalis apice ferrugineus ;
palpi porrecti, supra ferruginet, apice nigricantes; antenne
subpectinate, apices versus nude; ale ample, extus viridi conspers@, fimbria fusca extus pallide cinerea; antice valde falcate, punctis duobus discalibus nigricantibus, costa apicem versus valde convexa, margine exteriore recto, vitia subtus sub- costalit purpurascente-fusca ; postice abdomen paullo super- antes, linea subtus flava indistincta, fascia exteriore albida andistincta, fascia adhuc exteriore inform rufescente-ferru- ginea.
Male. Luteous, stout, much paler beneath. Frontal tuft prominent, ferruginous at the tip. Palpi porrect, ferruginous above, with blackish tips, extending somewhat beyond the head; third joint very minute. Antenne slightly pectinated to somewhat beyond the middle. Hind tibie slightly thickened. Wings ample; marginal space with grass-green speckles, which are here and there confluent; fringe brown, pale cinereous exteriorly. Fore wings extremely falcate, with two blackish discal points ; costa very convex towards the tip; exterior border quite straight, except at the tip ; under side with an irregular subcostal purplish brown stripe, which is bounded by a straight oblique ferruginous line. Hind wings extending a little beyond the abdomen ; interior angle some- what prolonged ; under side with an exterior indistinct yellow line adjoining a more exterior indistinct whitish band, the latter having beyond it an irregular reddish ferruginous band. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 23 lines.
a. Java. From Mr. Argent’s collection.
Borneo.
Among the following species there are some forms which are peculiar to this island; others, and G. subignita especially, have the structure of G. Confuciaria.
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33. GEOMETRA SUBIGNITA.
Fem. Saturate viridis, robusta, subtus albida ; caput albidum ; palpi nigricantes, caput longe superantes ; ale lineis duabus albis denticulatis, 2a valde incompleta, subtus rufescente-
_eineree spatio marginali saturate rufo linea intermedia alba,
— fimbria albida basi nigricante ; antice valde falcata, linea interiore duplicata puncta dua discalia nigra includenie ; postice margine interiore inciso.
Female. Deep green, robust, whitish beneath. Head whitish beneath. Head whitish; frontal tuft prominent. Palpi porrect, blackish, extending far beyond the head; third joint as long as the second. Legs long. Wings ample, with two denticulated white lines ; exterior line very incomplete; discal mark black, distinct on the under side, where the wings are reddish cinereous, which hue is
separated by a white line from the deep red marginal part; fringe whitish, blackish at the base. Fore wings very faleate; interior
line double, including a white-speckled space and two black discal points. Hind wings extending far beyond the abdomen; interior border notched towards the tip; interior angle prominent. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 24 lines. |
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
34. GEOMETRA PENICILLATA.
Mas. Suaturate glauco-viridis, robusta ; caput antice ferrugineum, vertice albido ; palpi caput vie superantes, articulo 30 brevis- stmo; antenne pectinate, apice filiformes ; abdomen postice album, penicillis subtus duobus lateralibus basalibus ; pedes breves, robusti, tibiis posticis fimbriatis; al@ strigis trans- versis albidis plurimis view conspicuis, lineis duabus sub- obsoletis; antice acute, costa lutea; postice subtus bast lutee, margine exteriore subangulato.
Male. Deep glaucous-green, stout. Head ferruginous in front; vertex whitish. Palpi hardly extending beyond the head; third joint very short. Antenne pectinated to two-thirds of the. length. Abdomen whitish on each side and towards the tip, with a fan-shaped tuft-on each side at the base beneath. Legs short, stout ; hind tibie fringed. Wings ample, with numerous and very indistinct transverse whitish streaks; two still more indistinct and almost obsolete deep green lines; fringe cinereous. Fore wings
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acute; costa luteous, straight; exterior border straight. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen, luteous beneath towards the base ; exterior border slightly angular. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 20 lines.
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
35. GEOMETRA ARGENTIFUSA.
Mas. Saturate viridis, robusta, subtus flavescente-viridis ; caput linea transversa albida ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo 30 minimo ; antenne subpectinate, apice filiformes ; abdomen argenteo subtinctum, subtus album ; pedes longt, gractles ; ale fasciis exteriore et submarginali argenteis obliquis diffusis, hac informi ; antice valde falcate, strigis nonnullis interior- bus argenteis non obliquis.
Male. Deep green, robust, yellowish green beneath. Head with a transverse whitish line between the antenne ; fore part and palpi dark green; the latter obliquely ascending, with the third joint very minute. Antenne slightly pectinated to two-thirds of the length. Abdomen slightly tinged with silvery hindward, white beneath. Legs long, slender. Wings ample; exterior and sub- marginal bands silvery, oblique, diffuse, the latter irregular, the former emitting streaks along the veins in the hind wings; discal mark dark green, distinct on the under side. Fore wings very fal- cate, with some interior upright silvery streaks. Hind wings ex- tending much beyond the abdomen, with the interior angle very prominent. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines.
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
36. GEOMETRA SUBMONSTRANS.
Mas et fem. Leie viridis; caput albo fasciatum ; palporum articulus 3us nigricans ; ale lineis interiore et exteriore ob- scurioribus indistinctis vix undulatis, puncio discali ferrugineo, linea marginali cervina fusco marginata, fimbria alba ; antice acute, costa albida. Mas.— Antenne pectinate ; palpi erecii, articulo 30 breviore. Fom.—Palpi porrecti, articulo 30 longiore ; ale postice litura discalt angulata.
Male and female. Bright green, a little paler beneath. Head with a white band between the antenne. Third joint of the palpi blackish. Wings ample; interior and exterior lines indistinct, deeper green,
LEPLDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 527
hardly undulating, slightly oblique; discal point ferruginous, forming
an angular streak in the hind wings of the female; marginal line fawn-coloured, bordered with dark brown on the outer side; fringe white. Fore wings acute; costa whitish ; exterior border straight. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen ; interior angle promi- nent. Male.—Palpi vertical ; third joint less than half the length of the second. Antenne pectinated to two-thirds of the length.
_ Female.—Palpi porrect; third joint more than half the length of
the second. Length of the body 7—8 lines; of the wings 16—18 lines.
a. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace’s collection.
37. GEOMETRA CONTINUA.
Fem. Subtestacea; palpi breves, subangulati, articulo 30 longi- usculo ; pedes longiusculi, sat graciles ; ale subnitentes strigis nonnullis lineisque transversis obscurioribus vix conspicuis, puncto discalt nigricante, marginali lunulisque marginalibus subius nigris ; antice vie dentate ; postice subdentate.
Female. Dull testaceous, hardly paler beneath. Frontal tuft
‘prominent. Pulpi short, slightly angular; third joint about half
the length of the second. Legs rather long and slender; hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings slightly shining, with transverse
tather darker streaks, and with two or three lines of the same hue, all very indistinct ; marginal line purplish red; fringe whitish ;
discal point blackish. Fore wings elongate, nearly subfalcate; ex- terior border convex. Hind wings with the interior angle rather prominent. Length of the body 5—6 lines ; of the wings 14—16 lines.
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
38. GEOMETRA CINCTA.
Fem. Lete prasina; caput albo fasciatum ; palpi eineret, arti- culo 30 longo nigro ; ale lineis duabus obscurioribus approx- imatis subobliquis fere rectis, linea marginalt cervina, lunulis marginalibus obscure fuscis, fimbria fuscescente-cinerea ; antice vic acute, puncto discalt obscuro, costa fuscescente- cinerea fusco conspersa.
Female. Bright grass-green, hardly paler beneath. Head white between the antenne. Palpi cinereous; third joint black, a
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little shorter than the second. Wings ample, with two darker green |
approximate nearly straight slightly oblique lines, which converge | hindwards ; a fawn-coloured marginal line including the slender | dark brown lunules; fringe brownish cinereous. Fore wings hardly |! acute, with a dark green discal point; costa and exterior border | almost straight, the former brownish cinereous, with dark brown | marks. Hind wings broad, extending beyond the abdomen ; inte-
riot angle somewhat produced. Length of the body 6 lines; of the | wings 16 lines.
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
39. GEOMETRA SEMIHYALINA.
Mas et fem. Glauco-viridis ; caput ferrugineum ; palpi articulo 30 brevissimo ; antenne maris pectinate apice filiformes ; ale — semthyaline, linea albida recta indistincta subobliqua, linea — antervore subobsoleta ; antice acute, costa pallide lutea.
Male and female. Glaucous-green. Head ferruginous. Palpi | extending very little beyond the head; third joint not more than » one-fourth of the length of the second. Antenne of the male pec- tinated to about two-thirds of the length. Wings semihyaline, with a straight indistinct slightly oblique whitish line, and with a still more indistinct nearly upright interior line, which is almost obsolete | in the male. Fore wings acute; costa pale lutsous. Hind wings | broad; interior angle rather prominent. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14—16 lines. ,
a. Sarawak, Borneo From Mr. Wallace’s collection.
Australia.
The species from this region differ somewhat in structure from all the preceding forms.
40. GEOMETRA SEMICROCEA.
Mas. Viridis, lutescente tincta ; vertex albus ; palpi caput super- antes, articulo 30 longiusculo ; antenne pectinate ; abdomen — postice attenuatum; ale ample, linea marginali nigricanie, — fimbria purpurascente ; antice acute, margine exteriore per- | obliquo ; postice margine exteriore subangulato.
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 529
Male. Green, with a pale luteous tinge, which hue is most prevalent on the body and about the borders of the wings. Vertex white. Palpi extending beyond the head; third joint much more slender than the second, and hardly half its length. Antenne pec- tinated. Abdomen attennated hindward. Wings ample; marginal line blackish ; fringe purplish. Fore wings acute; costa and exte- rior border straight, the latter very oblique. Hind wings extending a little beyond the abdomen, with the exterior border slightly angu-
lar in the middle. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
a. Tasmania. From Mr. A. J. Smith’s collection.
41. GEOMETRA ALBICOSTA.
Fem. Glauco-viridis, subtus alba ; vertex albus ; palpi porrectt, caput superantes ; pedes breves; ale lituris plurimis parvis transversis fimbriaque albidis ; antice acute, costa alba.
Female. Sea green. Vertex, abdomen towards the tip and body beneath white. Palpi porrect, extending beyond the head ; third joint full half the length of the second. Legs and spurs short. Wings ample, with very numerous minute transverse whitish marks ; fringe whitish. Fore wings acute; costa and exterior border straight ; the former white. Hind wings with the interior angle prominent. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Jiggles’ collection.
42. GEOMETRA SUBMISSARIA.
Mas et fem. Viridis; caput saturate rufum, vertice albo ; palpi porrecti, articulo 30 marts brevissimo fem. elongato; antenne maris pectinate; ale@ linea exteriore indistincta obligqua denti- culata, fimbria alba ; antice acute, costa albida.
Male and female. Grass-green. Head deep red; vertex white. Palpi porrect, not extending beyond the head in the female; third joint very minute in the male, longer in the female. Antenne of the male moderately pectinated to three-fourths of the length. Wings with an indistinct oblique denticulated exterior line; fringe white. Fore wings acute; costa whitish, hardly convex ; exterior border straight. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 4—6 lines; of the wings 10—14 lines.
a—d. Tasmania. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. é. P From Mr Milne’s collection.
530 CATALOGUE OF
Oceania ? 43. GEOMETRA SUBTINCTARIA.
Fem. Pomacea; frons cervina; ale antice obtuse, linea exte- rioree punctis albis ; postice rotundate, alba, linea arcuata margineque exteriore viridibus.
Geometra subtinctaria, Guen. Phal, i. 345, 532. Oceania?
Country unknown. 44, GEOMETRA LOXIARIA.
Mas. Pallide viridis; frons rufo tincta; ale linea unica tre- mula; antice apice producte, costa albo lineata, margine - exteriore recto; postice margine exteriore vix flexo, angulo intertore producto. |
Geometra loxiaria, Guen. Phal. i. 344, 530.
45, GEOMETRA REMOTABIA.
Mas. Viridis; corpus album; palpi robusti, articulo 30 mi- nimo ; antenne pectinate ; thorax viridis ; ale puncto discalt nigro, linea exteriore alba recta obliqua extus viridi saturato marginata ; antice acute, linea interiore alba; postice mar- gine exteriore valde convexo.
Male. Green. Body white. Palpi stout, extending very little beyond the head; third joint conical, very minute. Antenne moderately pectinated to three-fourths of the length. Thorax green. Hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings with a black dis- cal point, and with a white straight oblique exterior line, which is bordered with deeper green on the inner side, and is nearer than is usual to the exterior border. Fore wings acute, with an interior white line ; costa and exterior border hardly convex. Hind wings with the exterior border very convex. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 11 lines.
&. ———? From Mr, Milne’s collection.
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 531
Genus 4. NEMORIA. '
Corpus gracile. Palpi squamosi, caput vix superantes, arti- culo 30 brevissimo. Antenne maris pectinate aut ciliate. Abdo- men leve, unicolor. Pedesrobusti; tibie postice maris bicalcarate ; tarsi fere glabri. Ale integre, virides, sepe strigate, lineis indis- tinctis, puncto discali nullo.
Nemoria, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 285; Leder.; Guen. Phal. i. 345. Geometra, p., Trett.; Dup.; Boisd.; Steph.
Body slender. Palpi squamous, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint conical, very small. Antenne of the male pecti- nated or ciliated. Abdomen smooth, of one colour, without markings. Legs robust; spurs short ; hind tibie of the male with one pair of spurs ; tarsi almost smooth. Wings entire, green, rather thick, often streaked ; lines indistinct; no discal point.
Europe.
Some of the following nine Nemorie@ are closely allied to each other, and cannot be distinguished in a Synopsis on account of the deficiency of species in the Museum collection.
1. NEMORIA VIRIDATA.
Cinereo-viridis ; caput ferrugineum ; ale linea exteriore subdenti- culata albida ; antice linea interiore indistincta albida.
, Albin, Ins. pl. 48, f. 80.
Phalena-Geometra viridata, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 865, 230; Faun. Suec. 1256. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2454, 230.
Phalena viridata, Scop. Ent. Carn. 215, 530. Fadr. aes Ins. ii, 255, 79; Mant. Ins. ii. 198, 118 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 170, 147.
Geometra viridata, Wien. Verz. 97, 7. che Ins. 175. Bork. Fur. Schm. vy. 48,18. Hubn. Geom. pl 2, ft. 11. Treit. Schm. we U7) 3. Dup. Lep. iv. 246, pl. 151, f. 4. Steph. Ill. Brit. Haust. iii. 316. Boisd. Ind. 180, 1423. Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. iii. 10, 9, f. 567.
_ Geometra vernaria, Haw. Lep. Brit. 300.
Nemoria viridaria, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 285, 2782. Guen. Phal. rn 346, 534.
532 7 CATALOGUE OF
* Geometra porrinaria, Zell. Ent. Zeit. Stett. 1848, 273. Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. Sup. 63, f. 566.
a. England. Presented by S. Stevens, Esq. b—g. England. From Mr. Stephens’ collection. h,z. England.
j, &. Scotland. From Mr. Dove’s collection. ‘—o. Europe. From M. Becker’s collection. p—r. p
2, NEMORIA CLORARIA.
N. viridate stmzllima, paullo major ; abdomen album ; ale pos- tice margine extertore minus flexo.
Geometra cloraria, Hubn. Geom. f. 352.. Nemoria cloraria, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 285, 2784. Guen. Phal. 1. 347, 535.
Germany. 3. NEMORIA MELINARIA.
Late viridis ; ale linea exteriore obliqua denticulata alba ; antice linea interiore alba antice abbreviata.
Geometra cloraria, Hversm. Faun. Volg.-Ural, 347.
Geometra herbaria ? Boisd. Ind. 180, 1425.
Geometra melinaria, Herr.-Sch. Hur. Schm. Sup. 63, pl. 67, f, 413.
Nemoria melinaria, Guen. Phal. 1. 347, 536.
Ural Region. 4, NEMORIA BERYLLARIA.
Geometra beryllaria, Herr.-Sch. Leder. Nemoria beryllaria, Guen. Phal. i. 348, 537.
The description of this airy has not yet been published. Beyrout.
5. NEMORIA ETRUSCARIA.
Viridis ; antenne maris crenate, ciliate ; ale linea 1a obsoletis- sima; antice costa maris concolore, fem. tenuissime pal- lida fusco punctata ; postice linea 2a angulata albida.
Geometra etruscaria, Zell, Ent. Stett. 1849, 203. Nemoria etruscaria, Guen. Phal. i. 349, 540.
Italy.
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 533
6. NEMORIA PULMENTARIA. Pallide viridis; ale lineis plurimis interruptis unaque integra subundulata albis.
Geometra cloraria, Dup. Lep. v. 549, pl. 210, f.1. Trett. Schm. Sup.177. Zell. Isis, 1847, 486; Ent. Zeit. Stett. 1849, 203. Boisd. Ind. 180, 1424. Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. iii. 10, pl. 59, eee)
Nemoria pulmentaria, Guen. Phal. i. 349, 541.
South France. Dalmatia. Italy.
a. England? From Mr. Stephens’ collection.
7. NEMORIA HERBARIA.
Lete viridis ; corpus album; ale linea exteriore obliqua margine- | que albis ; antice costa alba. Geometra herbaria, Hubn. Geom. f. 407. Hversm. Faun. Volg.- Ural. 372? Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. iii. 9, 4, pl. 59, f. 363. Nemoria herbaria, Hudn. Verz. Schm. 285, 2783. Guen. Phal. i. 350, 543.
South France. Spain. South Russia.
8. NEMORIA ADVOLATA.
Pallide viridis ; ale linea exteriore obliqua alba roseo tincta, fim- bria alba ; antice linea interiore obliqua alba roseo tincta. Geometra advolata, Hversm. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mose. 1837, 1, 51; Faun. Volg.-Ural. 365. Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. Sup. 64, . __pl. 67, f..414. Nemoria advolata, Guen. Phal. i. 350, 544.
Sarepta.
9. Nemoria? OLYMPIARIA.
Pallide glauco-viridis ; frons et pedes extus sordide carnet ; tibiae postice bicalcarate ; ale linea viridi-alba subundulata vix conspicua, fimbria albo varia.
Geometra Olympiaria, Herr.-Sch. Hur. Schm. Sup. 63, f. 539. _Nemoria? Olympiaria, Guen, Phal. i. 350, 545.
Brussa.
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North America.
10. NEMORIA? PISTASCIARIA.
Pistacio-viridis ; frons ferruginea; ale linea exteriore obscuriore, fimbria rufescente ; antice linets duabus, 2a flexuosa, costa rufescente ; antice lineis duabus, 2a flexuosa, costa rufescente ; postice linea exteriore angulata.
Nemoria? pistasciaria, Guen. Phal. i. 348, 539. North America.
11. NEMORIA CHLOROLEUCARIA.
Mas et fem. Cyanescente-viridis; frons, palpi et tibiae antice intus rufo-ferruginea ; ale antice costa fimbria lineisque duabus latis parallelis bene determinatis flavo-albis ; postice linea una recta obliqua subtremula. ;
Nemoria chloroleucaria, Guen. Phal. i. 351, 546. North America.
12. NEMORIA FASEOLARIA.
Fem. Lete viridis; frons, palpi pedesque ex parte sordide'rosei ; al@ antice trausverse strigata, linea recta indistincta, costa roseo notata, fimbrsa viridt apice alba ; postice alba, apud | angulum interiorem viridi tincte.
Nemoria faseolaria, Guen. Phal. i. 351, 547. California.
13. NEMORIA TRANSLUCIDARIA.
Viridis ; ale fascia alba; antice fascia valde dilatata lituram — viridem includente, guita subapicali alba. |
Geometra translucidaria, Herr.-Sch. Exot. Schm. pl. 61, f. 348. Brazil.
Hindostan. 14. NEMORIA FLAVIFRONTARIA.
Mas. Subcinereo-viridis ; frons ochracea ; pedes albo et fusces- cente cincti; ale linea exteriore recta obliqua, fimbria alba; antice trigone, acute, linea interiore, margine, exteriore recto obliquo ; postice angulo interiore producto.
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA, 535
Nemoria flavifrontaria, Guen. Phal. i. 346, 533. Hindostan.
15. NEMORIA SOLIDARIA.
Fem. Obscure viridis ; frons pallide fusca ; tibie postice bical- carate ; ale litura discalt lineisque duabus saturatioribus parallelis tremulis approximatis ; antice linea 3a interiore recta non tremula, margine exteriore subrecto; postice an- gulo interiore acuto. 3
Nemoria solidaria, Guen. Phal. i. 348, 548. Ceylon.
16. NEMORIA CAUDULARIA.
Flavescente-viridis ; frons viridis; ale linea alba subtremula ; antice producte, obtuse, bilineate, linea communi. recta ; postice linea communi subarcuata.
Nemoria caudularia, Guen. Phal. i. 349, 541. North Hindostan.
17. NEMoRIA? DIRECTA.
Mas. Albido-viridis; antenne serrate; pedes breviusculi, sat robusti ; tibie postice calcaribus apicalibus brevissimis ; ale lituris nullis ; antice acute, costa margineque exteriore sub- rectis; postice abdomen non superantes, margine exteriore convexo.
Male. Whitish green. Body whitish. Antenne distinctly serrated. Legs rather short and stout; first pair of spurs much longer than the second. Wings without any markings. Fore Wings acute; costa and exterior border almost straight, the latter moderately oblique. Hind wings not extending beyond the abdo- men; exterior border convex; interior angle not prominent. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines.
Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
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Australasia.
18. NemMoria? DAMNATA.
Fem. Pallide cinereo-testacea, sat robusta ; palpi minimi ; an- tenne subpectinate ; abdomen valde acutum, alas posticas paullo superans ; tibie postice bicalcarate ; ale elongate, sat anguste, linea extertore obscuriore subobsoleta; antice acute, puncto discali nigro.
Female. Pale cinereous-testaceous, rather stout. Proboscis short. Palpi very short and slender. Antenne slightly pectinated
nearly to the tips. Abdomen very acute, extending a little heyond
the hind wings. Hind tibie with two long apical spurs. Wings elongate, rather narrow, without markings, with the exception of a slightly darker almost obsolete exterior line. Fore wings acute, with a minute blackish discal point; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings with the interior angle rather prominent. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 7 lines.
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. :
Australia. 19. NEMORIA GRATIOSATA. Mas. Late viridis; abdomen luteum; ale antice costa fulvo
lineolata, lineis duabus, 2a obligua bene determinata costam non attingente ; postice lutea, linea interiore vix conspicua.
Nemoria gratiosata, Guen. Phal. i. 351, 548, pl. 17, f. 1. Tasmania.
Country unknown. 20. NEMORIA? DENTICULARIA.
Fem. Laie viridis; caput albo fasciatum ; palpi graciles, por- rectt, roset, articulo 30 elongato; ale lineis duabus albidis denticulatis remotis ; aniice acute, costa alba recta, margine exteriore convexo.
Female. Vivid green, whitish green beneath. Head with a white band. Palpi slender, porrect, rosy, extending far beyond the head ; third joint much more than half the length of the second. Hind tibia with four short approximate spurs. Wings with the interior and exterior lines whitish, much denticulated, remote from
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each other, the latter bent to the interior border in the hind wings ; fringe not differing from the wings in colour. Fore wings acute ; costa white, straight; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. Length of the body 33 lines; of the wings 9 lines.
a, b. -
P From Mr. Milne’s collection.
Genus 5d. TRIMETOPIA.
Corpus robustum. Frons bicolor, plana, trigona, apice incum- bens. Proboscis nulla. Palpi brevissimi; articulus 3us distinctus, filiformis, subulatus. Antenne maris pectinate. Abdomen cylin- dricum, obtusum, subcarinatum. Pedes breves, graciles; tibie postice breves, bicalcarate, non incrassate. Ale tenues, integra, rotundate.
Trimetopia, Guen. Phal. i. 352.
Body robust. Front flat, triangular, of two colours, with an incumbent point. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi rudimentary ; third joint distinct, filiform, subulate. Antenne of the male pecti- uated. Abdomen cylindrical, obtuse, slightly keeled. Legs short, slender; hind tibie short, not iucrassated, with one pair of spurs. Wings delicate, entire, rounded.
1. TRIMETOPIA EZTHERARIA.
Mas et fem.? Cerulea; frons albo marginata; abdomen albo vittatum ; ale venis albis ; antice lineis duabus albis obliquis rectis parallelis remotis ; postice linea exteriore arcuata.
Trimetopia etheraria, Guen. Phal. i. 352, 549, pl. 5, f. 9. Abyssinia.
Genus 6. IODIS.
Corpus gracile. Frons discolor. Proboscis distincta. Palpi recti, brevissimi, lineares, articulis sat distinctis. Antenne maris pectinate, apice filiformes. Abdomen leve, concolor. Pedes robusti; tibie postice quadricalcarate, maris incrassate; tarsi spinosi. Ale integra, sericee, tenues; antice apice producte ; postice flexe aut angulate.
538 CATALOGUE OF >
Todis, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 285; Guen. Phal. i. 353. Todis et Geometra, Lederer. Geometra, p., Treit.; Dup.; Steph.; Boisd.; Herr.-Sch.
Body slender. Proboscis distinet. Palpi straight, linear, very short and slender, not extending beyond the front; joints mo- derately distinct. Antenne of the male pectinated, filiform at the tips. Abdomen smooth, of one colour with the wings, without markings. Legs robust; hind tibiz with two pairs of spurs, incras- sated in the male; tarsi spinose. Wings entire, silky, delicate. Fore wings elongated at the tips. Hind wings with the exterior border bent or angular.
Europe.
1. JopIs VERNARIA.
Pallide viridis ; caput rubrum ; pedes anteriores roseo-cervini ; ale | linea extertore undulata alba, fimbria alba roseo notata; antice -
linea interiore alba.
Phalena-Geometra vernaria, Linn. Syst. i. 2, 858, 195; Faun. Suec.
1225. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. 1. 5, 2447, 195.
Phalena vernaria, Fabr. Sp. Ins. 241, 3; Mant. Ins. ii. 184,3; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 129, 3. Schr. Faun. Boie. ii. 2,3, 1607. Mull.
Zool. Den. Bron 124, 1432.
Geometra vernaria, Wien. Verz. 97, 3. Bork. Kur. Schm. v. 8.
Panz. Faun. 23. Lil. N. Ausg. dess. i. 367, 3. Hubn. Geom. pl. 2h 7. | Tred. Sckmovi. 1Ot a: Dup. Lep. iv. 248, pl. 152, f.1. Steph. Ill. Brit. Haust. iii. 79. Fisch.-Rosl, Schm. 131. Boisd. Ind. 180, 1422. Herr. “Sch. Eur. Schm. iii. 11, 13.
Geometra ezruginaria, Bork. Eur. Schm. v. 43, 14.
Geometra chrysopasaria, Esp. Schm. v. 37, pl. 5, eee:
Phalena lucidata, Donov. Brit. Ins. iii. pl. 97. Haw. Lep. Brit.
293.
Todis vernaria, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 286, 2786. Guen. Phal. i. 354,
550.
a, b. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. c,d. Ukraine. Presented by Dr. Dowler.
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2. IopDIS IMPARARIA.
Mas. Flavescente-viridis ; frons pedesque antict ex parte rufo- fulva ; antenne flave ; ale antice linea una obliqua recta interrupta, margine exteriore subflexo ; postice pallidissime lituris nullis, margine exteriore flexo antice subinciso.
Todis impararia, Guen. Phal. i. 354. 551. Ural Region.
3. IloDIS LACTEARIA.
Albida ; ale lineis duabus albis cinereo marginatis ; postice linea exteriore flexa.
Réaum. Ins. ii. 386, pl. 29, f. 15—17. Roés. Ins. i. pl. 13, f.1—4. Geoff. Ins. Par. ii. 131, 44.
Phalena-Geometra lactearia, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 194; Faun. Suec. 1226. Clerck, Icon. pl. 3, f.12. Scop. Ent. Carn. 529. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2447, 194.
Geometra lactearia, Wien. Verz. 98,9. Hsp. Schm. v. pl. 1, f. 1—4.
Geometra eruginaria, Wien. Verz. 314,10? Jll. N. Ausg. dess. i. 372, 8,9. Hubn. Geom. pl. 9, f.46. Treit. Schm. vi. 109, 4. Sepp. Schm. vii. pl. 11. Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. iii. 11, 12. Frey. Beitr. pl. 30, f. 2. |
Geometra putataria, Bork. Fur. Schm.v. 44,15. Esp., Schm. v.
——-:25, pl. 2, f.4—6. Haw. Lep. Brit. 300. Steph. Ill. Brit. Haust. iii. 317. Dup. Lep. iv. 242, pl. 151, f.3.
Geometra micantaria, E’sp. Sch. v. pl. 2, f. 78.
Phalena volutata? Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 187, 211.
Iodis vernaria, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 286,278. Guen. Phal. i. 355 555. |
a—d. Europe. From M. Becker's collection.
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4, IopIS PUTATARIA.
I. lactearie simallima ; antenné maris minus p&etinate ; ale lineis dentatis. -
Deg. Ins. ii. 362, pl. 6, f. 8.
Phalena-Geometra putataria, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2,859,196; Faun. Suec. 1225. Clerck, Icon. pl. 3, f.9. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2448, 196.
Phalena putataria, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 242, 5 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 185, 6; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 131, 8.
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540 CATALOGUE OF
Geometra putataria, Wien. Verz. 98,8. Ill. N. Ausg. dess. i. 370, ~t 8. Hubn. Geom. pl. 2, f.10. Treit. Schm. vi. 112,5. Herr.- Sch. Eur. Schm. iii. 11, 11. |
Todis putataria, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 286, 2788. Guen. Phal. i. 357, 556.
a, 6. Europe. From M. Becker's collection.
North America. 5. lopIs EUCHLORARIA.
Pallide pomacea ; ale fimbria subroseo-alba ; antice linea alba recta obliqua abbreviata vix conspicua, margine exteriore sub- flexo ; postice margine exteriore angulato.
Todis euchloraria, Guen. Phal. i. 355, 558. North America.
6. IoDIS TRACTARIA.
Mas et fom. Pallide viridis ; caput album, roseo fasciatum ; palpi porrecti, articulo 30 minimo; antenne maris sub- pectinate ; abdomen album ; tibie postice calcaribus quatuor breviusculis ; ale semihyaline, lineis duabus obliquis albis, la arcuata indistincta, 2a apud alas posticas flexa , antice acute, costa albidu subconvexa ; postice margine exteriore sub-
flexo.
Male and female. Pale green. Head and abdomen white, the former with a rosy band. Palpi porrect, extending very little beyond the head ; third joint very minute, not more than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antenne of the male very slightly pectinated. Hind tibie with four rather short spurs. Wings ample, semihyaline, with two oblique white lines; interior line curved, much less dis- tinct than the exterior line, which is straight in the fore wings, bent to the interior border in the hind wings. Fore wings acute; costa whitish, slightly convex ; exterior border rather oblique, hardly convex. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen ; exterior border very slightly bent. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. i
a—d. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday,
sq. e. Orilla, West Canada. From Mr. Bush’s collection. FS, 9. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman’s collection.
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 541
West Indies. 7. ToDIS DECOLORABRIA.
Mas. Pallide glauco-viridis ; caput rufescens, vertice albo ; palpi porrectt, graciles, articulo 30 lanceolato ; antenne pectinate ; abdomen album, cristis rubris aureo signatis ; tibie postice bicalcarate ; ale semihyaline, fimbria aldida ; antice acute, costa albida.
Male. Pale glaucous-green. Head reddish; vertex white. Palpi porrect, slender, extending beyond the head ; third joint lan- ceolate. Antenne moderately pectinated. Abdomen white, with dark red gold-bespangled crests. Legs slender; hind tibie with long apical spurs. Wings semihyaline, without markings; fringe whitish. Fore wings acute; costa whitish ; exterior border hardly convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings extending beyond the
abdomen ; interior augle prominent. Length of the body 33 lines ;
of the wirgs 10 lines.
a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse’s collection.
8. IopIS INDECLARARIA.
Mas. Pallide viridescente-flava ; vertex albus ; palpi albido-rosei, caput superantes, articulo 30 brevissimo; anienne late pec- tinate, apice simplices ; ale linea marginali rufescente-fusca anterrupta, fimbria alba nitente ; antice acute, puncio discali fusco, costa alba,
Male. Pale greenish yellow, whitish beneath. Vertex white. Palpi whitish rosy, extending beyond the head; third joint hardly one-fourth of the length of the second. Antenne broadly pectinated, except towards the tips. Hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings ample, with a reddish brown marginal line, which is interrupted opposite the veins; fringe white, shining. Fore wings acute, with a brown discal point; costa white; exterior border hardly convex, slightly oblique. Hind wings extending much beyond the abdo- men; interior angle prominent. Length of the body 2} lines; of the wiugs 7 lines.
a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Hearse’s collection.
542 CATALOGUE OF
South America. 9. IoDIS PRODUCTARIA.
Alba ; ale subdentate ; antice subfalcate, fasciis duabus viridibus albo interlineatis, 1a basalt latissima, costa flavescente lunulis marginalibus nigris ; postice dilatate, angulate, margine ex- teriore antico viridt.
Thalera productaria, Herr.-Sch. Schm. Exot. pl. 61, f. 342. Todis productaria, Guen. Phal. i. 357, 557.
Brazil ?
10. Iopis Puy irra.
Glauco-viridis ; ale macula discalt rotunda rufa ; antice acuta, — costa lutea ; postice margine extertore angulato.
Phalena Phylira, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 113, pl. 170, f. D. | | Phalena Phylirata, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 254,72; Mant. Ins. ii. 197, | 111; Ent. Syst. iii. 2,137. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. 1.5, 2463, |
626. | Todis Phylirata, Guen. Phal. i. 358, 560.
Surinam.
South Africa. 11. IopIs DIDITA.
Mas. Lete viridis ; caput cervinum, vertice albo ; palpi graciles, | ascendentes, articulo 30 minimo ; antenne late pectinata, apices versus filiformes ; abdomen apice attenuatum ; ale puncto | discalt nigro ; antice acuta, costa alba ; postice abdomen | paullo superantes. |
Male. Bright green, paler beneath. Head fawn-colour; | vertex white. Palpi slender, ascending, not rising higher than the © vertex ; third joint very minute. Antenne broadly pectinated, | except towards the tips. Abdomen attenuated at thetip. Legs | slender ; hind tibiz with four long spurs. Wings with a black dis- | cal point; fringe of the ground hue. Fore wings acute; costa and | exterior border nearly straight, the former white, the latter rather | oblique. _ Hind wings extending a little beyond the abdomen. | Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. |
a, b. South Africa. Presented by R. Trimen, Esq.
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12. IoDIS DIVINCTA.
Mas. Leite viridis; caput ferrugineum, vertice albo ; palpi por- _ recti, caput non superantes, articulo 30 minimo ; antenne sub- erenulate, subciliate; pedes anteriores rosei; ale fimbria apice rosea; antice apice rotundate, costa rosea; postice viridescente-albe. Var.—Ale fimbria omnino viridi ; antice costa alba.
Male. Vivid pale green, paler beneath. Head deep ferru- ginous ; vertex white. Palpi porrect, not extending beyond the head ; third joint very minute. Antenne minutely crenulated and ciliated. Anterior legs mostly rosy. Hind tibie with four short spurs. Wings with the fringe of the ground hue, rosy towards the tip. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; costa rosy, straight ; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings greenish white, extending a little
_-beyond the abdomen. Var.—Fringe wholly green. Fore wings
with a white costa. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. }
a, 6. South Africa. Presented by R. Trimen, Esq.
Hindostan. 13. Iopis oPALARIA.
Mas. Alba; frons cervina; palpi pedesque antici intus rufes- centes ; ale opaline semihyaline viridescente-cinereo strigate, lineis duabus viridescente-cinereis indeterminatis parallelis sat approximatis ; antice producte, obtuse, costa subtus roseo- fusca, margine exteriore recto. |
Iodis opalaria, Guen. Phal. i. 357, 558. Hindostan ?
14. Iopis THetyparta.
Mas et foem. Alba, magna ; frons olivaceo-fusca ; ale opaline, viridescente strigate, fasciis duabus latis margineque extertore olivaceis, fascia la brevi ; antice acute ; postice angulo inte- riore acuto subcaudiform.
Iotis Thetydaria, Guen. Phal. i. 358, 559. Hindostan.
544 CATALOGUE OF
15. LopiIs DISCESSA.
Fem. Testaceo-viridis, subtus albida nitens ; caput antice cervi- num; palpi graciles, oblique ascendentes, articulo 30 longo lineart ; tibie postice calcaribus quatuor parvis; ale linea extertore obliqua subundulata subdentata valde indistincta, linea interiore fere obsoleta ; antice vix acute.
Female. Testaceous-green, whitish and shining beneath. Head fawn-colour in front. Palpi slender, obliquely ascefding, rising a little higher than the vertex ; third joint linear, more than half the length of the second. Hind tibie with four short spurs. Wings with an exterior very indistinct oblique slightly undulating and dentate line, and with a hardly visible similar interior line. Fore wings hardly acute; costa straight; exterior border hardly convex.
Hind wings with a convex exterior border. Length of the body
33 lines; of the wings 9 lines. a. North Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens’ collection.
16. IopIS LESARIA.
Fem. Pallidissime viridis; palpi graciles, subangulati, articulo 30 brevissimo ; tibie postice subdilatate, quadricalcarate ;
ale semthyaline, tenuissime, macula discalt lineaque exteriore |
tenut exteriore ochraceis ; antice acute.
Female. Very pale green. Palpi slender, slightly iiculage extending a little beyond the head; third joint not more than one- fourth of the length of the second. Hind tibie slightly dilated, with four moderately long spurs. Wings semihyaline, very deli- cate, with an ochraceous spot in the disk, and with an exterior - slight curved ochraceous line; marginal points vchraceous. Fore wings acute; costa and exterior border hardly convex. Hind wings extending rather beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 24 lines; of the wings 54 lines.
a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton.
17. Iopis? VIviILaca.
Mas et fem. Pallide flavescente-viridis, subtus albida; tibie postice quadricalcarate ; ala ample, puncto discali fusco, jimbria albida ; antice acute, costa recta, margine exteriore
aS a mn —— ae ea eel eee eee
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 045
subeconvexo; postice margine exteriore vix fleco. Mas.— Palpi ascendentes, verticem superantes ; antenne subsetulose ; abdomen fasciculo apicali levi lineari elongato. Foem.— Palpi porrecti, subangulatt.
Male and female. Pale yellowish green, whitish beneath. Hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings ample, without any
' markings, except a brown discal point; fringe whitish. Fore
wings acute; costa straight; exterior border slightly convex. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen, with the exterior bor- der hardly bent. Male.—Palpi ascending, rising higher than the
vertex; third joint black-marked, less than half the length of the
second. Antenne stout, minutely setulose.. Abdomen with a
'smooth linear elongate apical tuft. emale.—Palpi porrect, slightly
angular. Abdomen acute at the tip. Length of the body 5—54
lines; of the wings 12—13 lines.
a,b. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton.
Australia. 18. IoDIs FUGITIVARIA.
Fom. Pallide glauco-viridis ; frons pallide cervina ; ale antice acula, linea exteriore recta obliqua, margine exteriore recto ; postice rotundate, alba, margine viridescente suffuso, linea tenut arcuata viridt.
Iodis fugitivaria, Guen. Phal. i. 354, 552.
Tasmania.
19. IopIs MEANDRARIA.
Mas. Pomacea; frons rufo-fulva; ale antice acute, subfal- cate, lineis duabus albis flewis bene determinatis ; postice rotundate, viridescente-alba, linea subobsoleta.
Todis meandraria, Guen. Phal. i. 355, 554. Australia.
20. Iopis INTACTA.
Mas. Viridis; caput rufescente-cervinum, vertice albo ; antenne
pectinate, apice simplices ; pedes breviuscult; tibie postice
calearthus quatuor longis; ale antice apice subrotundate,
costa subconvexa, margine extertore perobliquo ; postice viri- descente-albe.
546 CATALOGUE OF
Male. Delicate green, greenish white beneath. Head red- dish fawn-colour; vertex white. Antenne pectinated, except at the tips. Legs rather short and slender ; hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings without any markings; fringe like the wings in colour. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips; costa and exterior border slightly convex, the latter very oblique. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen, greenish white. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 13 lines.
a. Tasmania. Presented by M. Allport, Esq.
21. IopIs BIPUNCTIFERA.
Mas. Viridis ; caput rufo fasciatum, antice albidum ; palpi por- rectt, brevissimt; antenne subcrenulate, subciliate; tibie postice calcaribus quatuor parvis ; ale lineis duabus sub- rectis subparallelis vix obliquis fimbriaque albidis ; antice . acute, costa alba subconvexa ; postice margine exteriore sub- angultato. |
Male. Grass-green, whitish beneath. Head with a red band, whitish in front. Palpi perrect, very short. Antenne minutely crenulated and ciliated. Hind tibia with four short spurs. Wings with two whitish bardly oblique nearly straight and parallel whitish lines; fringe whitish. Fore wings acute; costa white, slightly convex ; exterior border straight. Hind wings with the exterior border slightly angular. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines.
Australia. From Mr. Lambert’s collection.
22. IopIS OBLIQUISSIMA.
Mas. Viridis, subtus alba; caput rufescens, vertice albo; palpi porrectt, brevissimi ; antenne pectinate, apice simplices; abdomen album; tibia postice calcaribus quutuor parvis; ale antice apice subrotundate, linea alba perobliqua antice obsoleta, margine exteriore perobliquo; postice viridescente-
albe.
Male. Delicate green, white beneath. Head reddish ; vertex white. Palpi porrect, very short; third joint very minute. An- tenne pectinated, except at their tips. Abdomen white. Legs slender ; hind tibie with four short spurs. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips, with a very oblique white line, which is
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. O47
obsolete towards the costa; fringe a little paler than the ground hue; costa hardly convex; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings greenish white, extending beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. | )
a,b. Tasmania. Presented by M. Allport, Esq.
Genus 7. THALASSODES.
Corpus gracile. Abdomen leve, alas posticas non superans, apice compressum acutum. Pedes tenues; tibie postice quadri- calcarate, non incrassate. Ale ample, tenues, semihyaline, pal- lide virides. Mas.—Palpi recti, sinuati, frontem paullo superantes ; articulus 3us distinctus, breviusculus. Antenne longe, late pecti- nate, triente apicali filiformi. am.—Palpi valde longiores, fere glabri; articulus 3us elongatus. Antenne filiformes.
Thalassodes, Guen. Phal. i. 359.
Body slender. Abdomen smooth, hardly extending to the in- terior angle of the hind wings, compressed and acute at the tip: Legs slender; hind tibiz not incrassated, with two pairs of spurs’ Wings ample, delicate, semihyaline, pale green, speckled with paler green or with white. Male—Palpi straight, extending a little beyond the front ; third joint distinct, but rather short. Antenne long, broadly pectinated to two-thirds of the length ; branches slen- der, incumbent. Female.—Pal;i much longer than those of the male, almost bare; third joint filiform, often incumbent. Antenne filiform. » vi aoa'y | ae
South Africa. 1. THALASSODES VERMICULARLIA.
Mas et fem. Subcinerascente glauco-viridis; frons viridis, an- tice ferruginea ; palpi apice pedesque antici tntus obscure rufi; ale albo confertim strigate ; postice margine exteriore subdentato, angulo interiore vix ullo. Js iy 4
Thalassodes vermicularia, Guen. Phal. i. 359, 561. Namaqua Region. | m: Sot a
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548 CATALOGUE OF
2. THALASSODES SIMIARIAc
Mas. T. vermicularie affinis ; frons palpigque apice pallide fusci ; ale strigis paucioribus breviortbus; antice costa ochracec- flavo lineata ; postice angulo interiore magis producto.
Thalassodes simiaria, Guen. Phal. i. 359, 562. Senegal.
3. THALASSODES GERMINARIA.
Mas et fem. T. vermicularie similis, major; ale minus stri- gate, puncto ‘discalt nigro magis conspicuo ; postice angulo intertore paullo longiore.
Thalassodes germinaria, Guen. Phal. i. 360, 563. Abyssinia.
4, THALASSODES HYRARITA.
Fom. T. quadrarie simillima ; frons viridis ; palporum articulus dus longior, albus.
Thalassodes hyraria, Guen. Phal. i. 360, 565. Isle Bourbon.
5. THALASSODES DILUCIDA.
Fem. Alba; caput pallide cervinum, vertice albo; palpi-longi, graciles, oblique ascendentes, articulo 30 elongato; ale pal- lidissime virides, iridescentes, semihyaline, strigis transversis indistinctis plurimis albidis ; antice acute. Mas? — Palpi porrecti, brevissimi, articulo 30 minimo ; antenne pectinate, apice filiformes; ale fere opace, sirigis transversis vix conspicuis.
Female. White. Head pale fawn-colour; vertex white, Palpi long, slender, obliquely ascending ; third joint much shorter than the second. Wings very pale green, iridescent, semibyaline, with transverse indistinct very numerous and minute whitish streaks. Fore wings acute; costa and exterior border slightly convex, the latter moderately oblique. Hind wings extending much beyond the abdomen ; exterior border convex. Length of the body 4—5 lines ; of the wings 12—14 lines.
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Male? Palpi porrect, very short, not extending beyond the head; third joint very minute. Antenne pectinated to three- fourths of the length. Wings nearly opaque; transverse streaks very indistinct.
a, b. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith.
6. THALASSODES DIMENSA.
Mas. Pallide viridis, subtus albida; caput cervinum, vertice albo; palpi porrectt, brevissimi ; antenne late pectinate, apice filiformes ; pedes anteriores pallide cervini; tibie postice quadricalcarate ; ale subopuce ; antice elongate, costa albida, margine exteriore perobliquo.
Male. Bright pale green, whitish beneath. Head fawn- colour; vertex white. Palpi porrect, not extending beyond the head; third joint extremely minute. Antenne broadly pectinated to beyond three-fourths of the length. Abdomen white. Anterior legs pale fawn-colour; hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings nearly opaque. Fore wings elongate; costa whitish ; exterior bor- der nearly straight, very oblique. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen; exterior border convex. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines.
This species may be distinguished from 7. diluctda by its deeper colour, by its shorter antenne, and by the more oblique ex- terior border of the fore wings.
“Cape. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
Hindostan. 7. THALASSODES QUADRARIA.
Mas et fem. Pallide cinereo-viridis ; frons cervina ; palpi fusco - alboque varii ; ale albo consperse, costa fimbriaque flavescen- tibus, lineis duabus albis postice remotis ; antice linea recta ; postice linea tremula subdentata.
Thalassodes quadraria, Guen. Phal. i. 360, 564. Hindostan? Australia?
Var.? Fem. Glauco-viridis; caput supra album, antice cervi- num ; palpi cervini, subtus albt ; ale ampla, strigis plurimis transversis indistinctis albidis, lineis intertore et exterivre albidis indistinctis dentatis, 1a subobsoleta.
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Var.? Female. Glaucous-green, paler beneath. Head. white between the antenne, fawn-colour in front. Palpi fawn-colounr, white beneath ; third joint rather shorter than the second. Hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings ample, with very numerous transverse indistinct whitish streaks; interior and exterior lines whitish, indistinct, dentate, the former almost obsolete. Length of the body 5—6 lines; of the wings 14—16 lines.
Colombo. Behe | : | a—c. Ceylon. From M. Nietner’s collection.
8. THALASSODES SISUNAGA.
Fem. Viridis, capite testaceo antice rubro; palpi brevissimi, articulo 30 minimo; tibie postice calcaribus duobus parvis — apicalibus ; ale ample, macula parva discali nigra, linea ex-- tertore tenut dentata undulata pallide lutea intus diffusa extus albido submarginata, linea marginali ferruginea, fim- bria cinerea ; antice,subfalcate, subdentaig, linea interiore,
__ costa pallide lutea ; postice dentate, margine interiore luteo.
_ Female. Green. Head testaceous, deep red in front. Palpi very short, not extending so far as the head; third joint extremely minute. . Hind tibie with two short apical spurs. Wings ample, with a small black discal spot and with a slight dentate undulating pale luteous exterior line, which is indistinctly whitish-bordered on the outer side, and is diffuse on the inner side; marginal line ferru- ginous; fringe cinereous. Fore wings subfalcate, subdentate, with an interior line; costa pale luteous. Hind wings more dentate, luteous along the interior border, extending much beyond the hind wings. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk’s collection.
| 9. THALASSODES DISSEPTA. Mas. Varidescente-testucea ; caput antice cervinum ; palpi angu- lati, caput paullo superantes, articulo 30 longiusculo ; antenne pectinate ; abdomen apice acutum; ale linea indistincta
obligua alba recta apud alas posticus arcuata ; antice acute ; postice margine eaxteriore angulato.
_ Male. Greenish testaceous, whitish beneath. Head fawn- colour in front. Palpi angular, extending a little beyond the head ;
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third joint much more slender than the second, and less than half its length. Antenne pectinated. Abdomen with an acute apical tuft. Wings ample, with an indistinct oblique white line, which is straight in the fore wings and curved in the hind wings. Fore wings acute; costa straight, except towards the tip ; exterior bor- der hardly convex, rather oblique. Hind wings with a distinct angle in the middle of the exterior border. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines.
a. Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collection.
10. THALASSODES DISSIMULATA.
Mas. Pallide glauco-viridis, subtus alba nitens ; palpi porrectt,
caput paullo superantes, articulo 30 minimo; antenne pectt- nate, triente apicali filiformt ; tibie postice incrassate, cal- caribus quatuor parvis ; ale striga discali lineaque extertore saturatioribus, hac subundulata subdentata albido marginata ; antice subfalcate, linea interiore saturatiore ; postice acute angulate.
Male. Pale sea-green, white and shining beneath. Palpi porrect, extending a little beyond the head; third joint very minute, not more than one-sixth of the length of the second. An- tenne pectinated to two-thirds of the length. Hind tbie slightly incrassated, with four short spurs. Wings ample; discal streak and exterior line deeper green ; the latter whitish-bordered, minutely undulating and dentate. Fore wings subfalcate, with an interior line; costa straight, except towards the tip; exterior border straight, rather oblique. Hind wings extending much beyond the abdomen, with an acute angle in the middle of the exterior border. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines.
This species closely resembles 7’. undifera. a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk’s collectiou.
Ceylon.
Of the following seven species, the four last should, perhaps, be removed from this genus. :
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ty 1]. THatassopEs CaLaTaRiA. — 6 eM Mas. Viridis ; caput cervinum, vertice albo; palpi caput super- antes, articulo 30 brevissimo ; antenne late pectinate, apice filiformes ; abdomen testaceum, lateribus subfasciculatis ; tibte postice quadricalcarate ; ale ample, dentate, spatio apud marginem extertorem posticum testaceo fusco-strigato ; antice
subfalcate, costa testacea fusco conspersa ; postice- sub- . caudate.
+ Male. Green. Head fawn-colour in front; vertex white. Palpi extending beyond the head; third joint not more than one- fourth of the length of the second. Antenne broadly pectinated to three-fourths of the length. Abdomen testaceous, with slight tufts along each side. _ Hind tibie with the first pair of spurs much longer than the second. Wings ample, dentate, with a testaceous
brown-streaked space along the hind part of the exterior border. »
Fore wings subfalcate ; costa irregularly testaceous, brown-speckled. Hind wings subcaudate, extending much beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton.
12, TuHatassopEs Nanpa.
Mas. Pallide testaceo-viridis, subtus alba nitens; caput albo fasciatum ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo 30. minimo ; antenne subpectinate, dimidio apicali filiformi ; tibie@ pos- tice subdilatate, calcaribus quatuor longis ; ale ample, lineis duabus albis .denticulatis marginatis subparallelis ; antice acute ; postice margine exteriore angulato.
-+ Male. Pale testaceous-green, white and shining beneath. Head with a transverse white line between the antenne. Palpi ob- liquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex; third joint very minute, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antenne slightly pectinated to almost half the length. Hind tibie slightly incrassated, with four long spurs. Wings ample, with two white denticulated lines, which are nearly parallel to the exterior border, and are bordered with slightly deeper green than the ground hue. Fore wings acute; costa and exterior border hardly convex. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen; exterior border dis- tinctly angular. Length of the body 3% lines; of the wings 8 lines.
a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton.
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13. THAaLassoDEs DISHRTA.
Fem... Pallide viridescente-testacea, subtus albida ; Aedes brevius- cult; tibie postice calcaribus duobus pricalibas parvis; ale linea marginal rosea, fimbria alba nitente cinereo interlineata ;
antice valde acute, margine exteriore perobliquo ; postice margine extertore angulato. |
Female. Pale greenish testaceous, whitish beneath, probably more greeu in the recent state. Head wanting. Legs rather short; hind tibia with two short apical spurs. Wings without markings, except a rosy red marginal line ; fringe whitish, shining, ‘interlined with cinereous. Fore wings very acute; costa, and exte- rior border almost straight, the latter very oblique. Hind wings extending a little beyond the abdomen ; exterior border distinctly angular. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines.
a, Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton.
14. THALASSODES IMMISSARIA.
Mas. Pallide viridescens, lutescente tincta ; antenne pectinate, apices versus simplices ; ale strigis transversis albidis subobso- letis, punctis marginalibus nigris ; fimbria bast albida ; pos- tice margine extertore angulato.
Male. Pale dull green, suffused with pale luteous. Antenne slightly pectinated to beyond half the length. Wings with almost obsolete transverse whitish streaks, and with minute black marginal points ; fringe whitish at the base; the angles well defined. Hind wings with an obtuse angle behind the middle of the exterior border. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
Ceylon. In Mr. Layard’s collection.
_15. THALASSODES SIMPLICIARIA. | Pallidissime flavescente-viridis ; ale linea marginalt rosea ; antice acute, margine exteriore perobliquo; postice margine exte- riore angulato.
, Very pale yellowish green. Wings with a rosy red marginal line. Fore wings with acute tips; exteriur border very oblique. Hind. wings with the exterior border angular in the middle. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines.
Ceylon. In My. Layard’s collection.
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16. THALASSODES ALBANNULARIA.
Mas. Flava; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo 30 minimo ; an- tenne late pectinate, apice simplices ; ale fuscescente con- sperseé, annulo discali albo fusco-marginato ; antice acute.
Male. Yellow. Palpi short, obliquely ascending ; third joint very minute. Antenne broadly pectinated nearly to the tips. Wings moderately broad, minutely speckled with pale brown; a small white brown-bordered ringlet on each disk. Fore wings acute ; costa very slightly convex ; exterior border moderately oblique. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines.
Ceylon. In Mr. Layard’s collection.
17. THALASSODES CHLOROZONABIA.
Mas. ‘TT. albannularie affinis, rufescente-cervina, subtus rufes- cens ; thorax et abdomen basi viridescentia ; ale fascia lata obliqua viridescente rufescente-marginata ; antice subacute, gutta costali subapicali nigricante, fascia antice extus dilatata costam versus abrupte retracta annulum albidum rufescenie marginatum encludente.
Male. Reddish fawn-colour, reddish beneath. Palpi and | antenne asin 7. albannularia. Thorax and fore part of the abdo- | men greenish. Wings moderately broad; an oblique. greenish © broad reddish-bordered band. Fore wings slightly acute ; a blackish dot near the tip of the costa; the band dilated exteriorly in front, abruptly retracted towards the costa, including a whitish reddish- bordered ringlet; costa hardly convex; exterior border moderately oblique. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 13 lines.
Ceylon. In Mr. Layard’s collection.
Australasia. 18. THALASSODES MARINARIA.
Fem. Pallide cinereo-viridis ; abdomen album, basi viride ; ale strigis plurimis pallidis, lineola marginali nigra, fimbria roseo- alba ; antice costa flavescente-albo noltata; postice margine extertore angulato.
Thalassodes marinaria, Guen. Phal. i. 361, 568.
Borneo.
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fe 19. THALASSODES DEPULSATA. F Mas et fem. Glauco-viridis ; caput fuscum, vertice albo; palpi subangulati, caput superantes, articulo 30 frm. elongato ; an- - tenne maris triente apicali simplici ; tibte postice maris apice producte et lanceolate ; ale semihyaline, lituris plurimis transversis albidis, linea exteriore albida subdentata subundu- lata, punctis marginalibus nigris elongatis, fimbria pallide lutea ; antice acute, costa lutea; postice margine exteriore angulato. Fom.—Ale puncto discali albo.
Male and female. Sea green, paler beneath. Head brown, vertex white. Palpi porrect, very slightly angular, extending beyond the head ; third joint longer in the female than in the male. Antenne of the male pectinated to much beyond half the length. Hind tibie with four short spurs, incrassated, and ending in a lan- ceolate protuberance in the male. Wings ample, semihyaline, with ‘numerous small irregular transverse whitish marks, and with an exterior slightly dentate and undulating whitish line, which is bent to the interior border in the hind wings; a white discal point, obso- lete in the male ; marginal points black, elongated; fringe. pale luteous. Fore wings acute; costa and exterior border straight, the former luteous, the latter rather oblique. Hind wings with the ex- terior border distinctly angular in the middle. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 16—18 lines.
a, 6. Menado, Celebes. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer’s collection.
Australia. 20. THALASSODES VERARIA. | ) 3 Mas. T. quadrarie stmillima, major; frons viridis ; antenne magis plumose ; ale magis flavescentes ; antice non faicate ; postice minus oblonge.
Thalassodes veratia, Guen. Phal. i. 360, 566. Australia ?
21. THALASSODES INSPERATA.
Mas. Leite viridis, subtus alba; caput albo fasciatum; palpi porrecti, articulo 30 longiusculo ; antenne subpectinate, triente apicalt simplici; abdomen album, viridi fasciatum; ale lituris transversis indistinctis lineaque exteriore subangulata
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strigas emittente albas semihyalinas, fimbria viridi-alba ; antice acute, costa alba fusco conspersa ; postice margine exteriore subangulato.
Male. Vivid green, white beneath. Head bordered with white, and having a white band between the antenne. Palpi por- rect, extending rather far beyond the head; third joint about half the length of the second. Antenne slightly pectinated for two- thirds of the length. Abdomen white, with a green band on each segment. Hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings ample, with transverse white semihyaline marks, which are mostly on the hind wings, and with a more distinct exterior white slightly angular line, which emits short streaks outward; fringe white, mingled with green. Fore wings acute; costa and exterior border slightly con- vex; the former white, speckled with brown. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen; exterior border slightly angular. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines.
a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles’ collection.
29, THALASSODES PILARIA.
Mas. T. quadrariz stmillima ; frons cervina ; antenne longiores, ramis valde ciliatis ; ‘bile postice albo pilose 5 ; ale antice — non falcate, angulo interiore quadraio ; postice magis ob- longe, linea undata.
Thalassodes pilaria, Guen. Phal. i. 361, 567, pl. 15, f. 2. Society Islands.
Country unknown. 23. THALASSODES INCONCLUSARIA.
Fem. Pallide glauco-viridis ; caput rufescens, vertice albo ; palpt porrectt, subangutati, articulo 30 elongato ; ale lituris plurimis indistinctis transversis albidis, linea exteriore alba obliqua subrecta postice fiewa ; antice acule ; postice margine exteriore subangulato.
Female. Pale sea-green. Head reddish, vertex white. Palpi porrect, slightly angular, extending somewhat beyond the head ; third joint linear, much shorter than the second.. Hind tibie with four moderately long spurs. Wings ample, with numerous small trausverse indistinct whitish marks, and with a white exterior oblique nearly straight line, which is bent to the interior border in
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the hind wings. Fore wings acute; costa and exterior border
straight. Hind wings extending much beyond the abdomen; ex- terior border slightly angular in the middle. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines.
It has much resemblance to J. dissepta, and may be the female of that species. | :
? From Mr. Milne’s collection.
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Genus 8. DYSPTERIS.
Corpus gracile. Proboscis tenuis. Pedes graciles; tibie pos- tice calcaribus quatuor longis. Ale inequales, fimbria brevi; an- ‘tice ample, trigone, apice acute, margine interiore brevi; postice iminime, oblonge, plica interiore. Mas.—Palpi graciles, sub- sinuati, frontem superantes; articulus 3us brevis, distinctus. An- tenne breves, pectinate, apice crenulate. Haem.—Palpi producti, irostriformes, contigui, incumbentes; articulus 3us elongatus, coni- cus. Antenne robuste, crenulate.
| Dyspteris, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 286. Guen. Phal. i. 361.
) Body slender. Proboscis short, slight. Legs slender, smooth ; ‘hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings very unequal, with a short ‘fringe. Fore wings ample, triangular, with acute tips; interior border short. Hind wings oblong, very small, as if abortive; inte- rior border folded. Male.—Palpi slender, slightly bent, extending ‘beyond the front; third joint short, distinct. Antenne short, pec- tinated to much beyond half the length, with successively decreasing ‘branches, crenulated towards the tips. Female.—Palpi elongated, rostriform, conniving, incumbent; third joint conical, as long as the ‘second. Antenne robust, crenulated.
North America.
1. DyspTERIS ABORTIVARIA.
Glauco-viridis ; ale fimbria alba; antice lineis duabus obliquis subrectis subparallelis gutiaque discali albis ; postice linea exteriore alba.
‘Geometra abortivaria, Herr.-Sch. Exot. Schm. pl. 61, f. 346. Dyspteris abortivaria, Guen. Phal. i. 363, 572. |
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a—c. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, ' Esq. *° d, suas From Mr. Milne’s collection.
South America. 9. DypsTERIS LOBOPHORARIA.
Glauco-viridis, abdomen valde acutum; ale albo mamorate, lineis duabus parallelis, fimbria alba viridi nigro puncetata ; antice subfalcate ; postice anguste, postice subguadrate.
Dyspteris lobophoraria, Guen. Phal. i. 362, 569. Brazil.
3. DYSPTERIS DIMINUTARIA.
Mas. Ceruleo-viridis; ale lineis duabus exterioribus parallelis — subundulatis albidis, fimbria testacea nigro notata. 3
Dyspteris diminutaria, Hiibn. Exot. Schm. Zutr. f. 171, 172; Verz. Schm. 286, 2790. Guen. Phal. i. 362, 570.
Surinam.
Var.P? Male and female. Glaucous-green. Front deep green. Fore tibia and fore tarsi with black bands. Wings with | two deeper green parallel nearly straight whitish-bordered lines, and with a denticulated whitish submarginal line; fringe with | black points. Fore wings with a white discal dot. Length of the | body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. igi
a. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection.
b. Santarem. From Mr. Bates’ collection.
¢. Para. Presented by Gordon Graham, Esq. ad. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson’s collection.
4, DYSPTERIS INEZQUARIA.
Mas et fem. Glauco-viridis; frons et palpi saturatiores; ale linets duabus albis dentatis parallelis, fimbria alba nigro punctata ; antice magna, trigone, margine extertore subrecto, lunula discalt parva alba; postice margine exteriore recto, angulo interiore acuto.
Dyspteris inequaria, Guen. Phal. i. 363, 571. Cayenne.
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Var.? Glaucous-green. Wings with the fringe white, black- pointed. Fore wings subfalcate, with two parallel slightly undu- lating lines, and with a white discal point or lunule; costa with black points towards the tip. Hind wings with the exterior line distinct. Length of the body 3—33 lines; of the wings 8—9 lines.
‘The species here described is smaller than D. abortivaria, but Guenée observes that that species is smaller than D. inequaria.
a. Para. From Mr. Bates’ collection. b—d. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection.
5. Dyspteris NAIADARIA.
Mas et fem. Alba; frons et palpi virides fuseo pallido varii ; ale strigis transversis costa margineque exteriore glauco-virid- ibus, umbris duabus obliquis rectis saturatioribus, linea sub- marginali plus minusve dentata punctoque discali albis, fim- bria subconspurcata fusco punctata.
Dyspteris Naiadaria, Guen. Phal. i. 363, 573. Brazil.
Var.? Male. Glaucous-white. Front and palpi deep green; third joint of the latter brown. Wings transversely green-marked, with two deep green broad straight oblique nearly parallel lines, and with an indistinct white denticulate submarginal line; fringe with black points. Fore wings with a fawn-coloured costa and with a white discal dot. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson’s collection.
6. DysPprERIS LEGITIMARIA.
Mas. Alba; frons viridi fuscoque varia; ale lineis quatuor glauco-viridibus subundulatis ; antice costa glauco -viridi, lineis 2a et 3a antice abbreviatis; postice lineis 3a 4aque apud angulum iniertorem confluentibus.
Dyspteris legitimaria, Guen. Phal, i. 364, 574. Brazil.
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7. Dyspreris AMATA.
Alba, magna; ale lineis quatuor viridibus perobliquis ex parte dilatatis ; antice costa basique viridibus.
Phalena-Geometra Amata, Cram. Pap, Exot. iii. 62, pl. 228, fF. |
Dyspteris breviataria, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 286, 2789.
Dyspteris Amata, Guen. Phal.i. 364, 575.
Surinam. s
8. DyYSPTERIS EGREGIARIA.
Mas et fom. Alba; frons et vertex virides ; antice costa, linea exteriore duplicata extus subdilatata, linea submarginali litu- risque nonnullis transversis viridibus ; postice lineis exteriore et submarginali punctisque duobus intermeditis viridibus.
Dyspteris egregiaria, Guen. Phal. i. 364, 576, pl. 8, f. 6. This species and D. Amata may be identical. Brazil.
Genus 9. CHLOROCHROMA.
Corpus gracile. Proboscis distincta. Palpi robusti, rude squamosi, frontem attingentes; articuli indistincti. Thorax et ab- domen pallido unilineata. Abdomen cylindrico-conicum, apice acutum. Pedes mediocres; tibiz postice quadricalcarate, non in- crassate. Ale integre, velutine, virides, strigis nullis; antice trigone, acute, margine exteriore recto; postice margine exteriore rotundato, angulo interiore acuto. JMas.—Antenne pectinate, sat jonge, apice filiformes. /cem.—Antenne filiformes.
Chlorochroma, Dup.; Guen. Phal. i. 365.
Body slender. Proboscis distinct. Palpi robust, coarsely squamous, extending to the front; joints indistinct. Thorax and abdomen with a pale line; the latter cylindric-conical, with an acute tip. Legs moderately long; hind tibie not incrassated, as long as the femora, with two pairs of robust equal spurs. Wings entire, velvety, green, without streaks. Fore wings triangular, acute at the tips; exterior border straight. Hind wings with the exte- rior border rounded ; interior angle acute. ale.—Antenne pecti- nated, rather long, filiform at the tips. emale.—Antenne filiform.
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Nearly all the following eleven species are very closely allied to each other, and their differences seem to be of recent origin, or to have been effected by local circumstances.
A. Ale postice gutta discali rosea. - = Cadmearia, Guen. B. Ale gutta nulla rosea. A. Ale fimbria nigro notata. - - - externa, Walk.
B. Ale fimbria non notata. A. Alize non lineate. a. Ale fimbria rosea. ; - - congenita, Walk. b. Ale fimbria alba. - - - - inchoata, Walk. s. Alz bilineate. a. Ale margine exteriore luteo. i. Ale linea nulla rubra. - - citrolimbaria, Guen ii. Ale linea marginali rubra. - - decissima, Walz. b. Ale margine exteriore non luteo. i, Aiz fimbria non unicolori.
* Ale fimbria apice rosea. - dichloraria, Guen. ** Ale fimbria basi rubra. - - intermixta, Walk. ii. Ale fimbria unicolori. * Ale fimbria rosea. - - Vertumnaria, Guen. _ ** Ale fimbria lutea. - - - Carenaria, Guen. c. Ale lineis plurimis. - - - plurilineata, Walk.
1. CHLOROCHROMA DICHLORARIA.
Late viridis ; caput roseum, vertice albo ; thorax et abdomen albo lineata ; pedes supra roset ; ale linea exteriore alba valde den- tata, fimbria roseo- -albida ; 3; antice linea interiore dentata,. costa alba basi rosea.
Chlorochroma dichloraria, Guen. Phal. i. 365, 577, pl. 6, f.8. a,b. Australia. Presented by Major-General Hardwicke. ce. Tasmania. From Mr. A. J. Smith’s collection.
2, CHLOROCHROMA VERTUMNABIA.
Carulescente-viridis ; caput reseum, vertice albo; thorax antice pedesque roset; ale linea exteriore dentata alba indistincta aut subobsoleta , fimbria rosea ; antice costa rosea.
Chlorochroma Vertumnaria, Guen. Phal. i. 365, 578.
Tasmania.
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Var.? Maset fom. Pallidissime albido-viridis ; caput roseum, vertice albo ; ale lituris nullis, fimbria pallide rosea ; antice costa albida roseo marginata. |
Male and female. Very pale whitish green. Head and ante- rior legs rosy; vertex white. Wings without any markings; fringe pale rosy, of one colour. Fore wings with a whitish rosy-bordered costa. Length of the body 6—7 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
a. Tasmania. From the collection of the Entomological Society.
3. CHLOROCHROMA CADMARIA.
Late viridis ; caput roseum, vertice albo; thorax antice pedesque rosei ; ale linea exteriore indistincta dentata albida, fimbria . rosea basi alba ; antice costa rosea albo marginata ; postice macula discalt rosea.
Chlorochroma Cadmaria, Guen. Phal. i. 365, 579.
a—c. Australia. From Mr. Damel’s collection. d. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection.
4, CHLOROCHROMA CARENARIA.
Var.? Glauco-viridis ; caput roseum, albo fasciatum; thorax et abdomen albo vittata ; pedes supra roset; ale lineis duabus albidis indistinctis dentatis, fimbria lutea; antice costa lutea.
Chlorochroma Carenaria, Guen. Phal. i. 366, 580.
a, 6. Australia. From Mr. Damel’s collection. c,d. Australia.
e. Sydney. From Mr. Diggles’ collection.
f. Tasmania. Presented by — Walcott, Esq.
5. CHLOROCHROMA CITROLIMBARIA.
Late viridis; caput roseum, vertice albo ; thorax margine antico vittague croceis ; abdomen albo vittatum ; pedes supra roset ; ale linea exteriore punctulart albida, margine fimbriaque tes- tuceis ; antice costa crocea.
Chlorochroma citrolimbaria, Guen. Phal. i. 366, 581. Australia. a. Tasmania. Presented by M. Allport, Esq.
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6. CHLOROCHROMA INTERMIXT&A.
Mas et fem. Saturate glauco-viridis; vertex albus ; abdomen
apice album; ale linea exteriore angulosa indistincta albida,
_ fimbria albida bast purpurascente-rosea ; antice linea interiore angulosa albida, costa alba.
Male and female. Deep sea-green, much paler beneath. Vertex, body beneath and abdomen towards the tip white. Wings with a whitish zigzag indistinct exterior line; fringe whitish, purplish rosy at the base. Fore wings with an interior zigzag whitish line; costa white. Length of the body 5—6 lines; of the wings 14—15 lines.
a. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 6. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert’s collection.
7. CHLOROCHROMA INCHOATA.
Fem. Herbido-viridis; corpus album; caput antice subcervi- num ; ale lituris nullis, fimbria alba ; antice costa alba.
Female Grass-green. Body white. Head dull fawn-colour in front. Wings without any markings; fringe white, of one colour. Fore wings with a white costa. Length of the body 4—5 lines; of the wings 10—12 lines.
a, b. New South Wales. From Mr. Wood’s collection.
8. CHLOROCHROMA PLURILINEATA,
Fem. Pallide glauco-viridis ; caput saturate rufum, vertice albo ; ale gutta discali saturate viridi, linets quinque exterioribus nonnullisque interioribus albidis parallelis subundulatis, fim-
_ bria alba.
Female. Pale sea-green. Head deep red; vertex white. Anterior legs deep red above. Wings with a deep green discal dot, with five exterior whitish parallel slightly undulating lines, and with fewer and less distinct interior lines; fringe white, of one colour. Fore wings with the costa hardly differing from the ground hue of the wings. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. :
a. Tasmania. From Mr. A. J. Smith’s collection.
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9. CHLOROCHROMA DECISISSIMA.
Fom. Saturate glauco-viridis, subtus pallide ochracea; caput viridi-ochraceum, vertice albo ; ale lineis duabus angulosis indistinctis albidis, margine exteriore ochraceo lineam coccineam includente, fimbria rosea basi albida ; anttce costa ochracea.
Female. Deep sea-green. Head ochraceous, tinged with green ; vertex white. Body and wings beneath and legs pale ochraceous. Wings with two indistinct zigzag whitish lines ; exte- rior border ochraceous, with a crimson line between it and the fringe, which is rosy with a whitish base. Fore wings with an ochraceous costa. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
a. Tasmania. Presented by M. Allport, Esq.
10. CHLOROCHROMA CONGENITA.
Fem. Cerulescente glauco-viridis ; caput saturate rufum, vertice — albo ; thorax et abdomen albo lineata ; ale ample, lituris nullis, fimbria pallide rosea basi alba ; antice costa alba bast apiceque rosea.
Female. Bluish sea-green. Head deep red; vertex white. Thorax and abdomen with a white line. Anterior legs rosy. Wings ample, without any markings; fringe pale rosy, white at the base. Fore wings with a white costa, which is rosy beneath at the base - and at the tip. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
a. Tasmania. From Mr. Argent’s collection.
11. CHLOROCHROMA EXTERNA.
Fem. Lete glauco-viridis ; caput roseum, vertice albo ; ale lineis subobsoletis, puncto discali nigricante indistincto, margine extertore albo, fimbria rosea nigro punctata; antice costa vosed,
Female. Bright sea-green, paler beneath. Head, palpi and anterior legs rosy red; vertex white. Wings with the lines nearly obsolete ; a blackish indistinct discal point; exterior border white ; fringe rosy, with black points. Fore wings with a rosy costa. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines.
a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection.
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| Genus 10. EUCROSTIS.
Corpus sat validum. Probuscis nulla. Palpi porrecti, contigui, squamosi, frontem non superantes, articulo 30 minimo. Antenne breves, maris pectinate, apice crenulate, fem. subpectinate. Ab-
-domen maris robustum, conicum. Pedes breves; tibie postice | bicalearate. Ale integre, spisse, velutine, virides, concolores, fimbria rufa; postice rotundate.
‘Eucrostis, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 283 ; Leder.; Guen. Phal. i. 366. | Geometra, p. Treit.; Dup.; Boisd.; Herr.-Sch.
Body rather stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect, con- | tiguous, squamous, not extending beyond the front; third joint | very minute. Antenne short. Legs short; hind tibie with only one pair of spurs. Wings emtire, dense, velvety, green, alike in
colour, with a red fringe. Hind wings rounded. Male.—Antenne | pectinated, crenulated at the tips; branches robust, spatulate. | Abdomen robust, conical. Hemale.—Antenne slightly pectinated ; branches dentiform.
| Europe. / 1. EvcRosTIs INDIGENARIA.
Prasino-viridis ; caput flavum, antice rubrum ; thorax antice fla- vescens ; ale linea exteriore pallidiore undulata indistincta, linea marginali flavo-marginata fimbriaque rubris, puncto’ discali ochraceo ; antice costa flava, puncto discalt minimo.
Villers, Linn, Ent. ii. 383, 632, pl. 6, f. 19.
Geometra indigenaria, Bork. Eur. Schm. y. 485, 238. Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. iii. 9, 6.
Fidonia indigenaria, Trett. Schm. vi. 269, 5.
Hemithea indigenaria, Dup. Lep. iv. 466, pl. 168, f.5. Frey. Beitr. i. pl. 78, f.4. Boisd. Ind. 181, 14380.
Geometra fimbriolaria, Hubn. Geom. pl. 91, f. 468.
Eucrostis fimbriolaria, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 283, 2770.
Eucrostis indigenaria, Guen. Phal. i. 367, 582.
| South France. Dalmatia. Spain.
a, 6. Europe. From M. Becker’s collection. ce. Spain. From Dr. Leach’s collection.
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West Indies. 2. EUCROSTIS DOMINICARIA.
EK. indigenarie simillima; ale linea extertore magis undulata, linea marginali flava latiore ; antice puncto discalt sat magno, costa subtus late et diffuse rufescente.
Eucrostis dominicaria, Guen. Phal. i. 367, 583. a—e. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie’s collection.
The close resemblance between the two preceding species sufficiently indicates that they have a common origin, and that their difference is owing to the regions which they severally inhabit.
South America. 3. KUCROSTIS EXPULSATA.
Fom. Pallide viridis, subtus albida ; caput et abdomen rufescentia ; verte albus ; palpi porrecti, articulo 30 longo ; ale linea mar- ginalt purpurascente-rufa postice dilatata extus albo marginata, punctis marginalibus purpurascente-rufis, fimbria pallide aurata ; antice apice rotundate, puncto discali fusco, costa purpurascente-rufa subaurata.
Female. Pale green, whitish beneath. Head and abdomen reddish ; vertex white. Palpi porrect, extending rather far beyond the head; third joint more than half the length of the second. Wings with a purplish red marginal line, which is dilated by the interior border and is bordered with white on the outer side, this latter with purplish red points opposite the veins; fringe pale gilded. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; discal point brown; costa straight, ' purplish red, slightly gilded. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 23 lines; of the wings 7 lines.
a. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection.
South Africa. 4, EvcrostIs RUFOCILIARIA. Herbido-viridis ; ale rufo-fimbriate ; postice rufa, margine exte- riore viridt. Eucrostis rufociliaria, Herr.-Sch. Exot. Schm. pl. 61, f.345. Guen. Phal. i. 367, 584.
Cape.
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Ceylon. / 5. EuCROSTIS DISPARATA.
Mas. Lete viridis; caput cervinum, albo fasciatum ; palpi
ascendentes, articulo 30 longo ; antenne late pectinate ; ale
_ subrotundate, linea exteriore tenut obliqua albida, linea mar-
ginalt flavescente, lunulis marginalibus cervinis, fimbria cinereo-cervina.
Male. Vivid green, paler beneath. Head fawn-colour, with a transverse white line between the antenne. Palpi ascending, rising /higher than the vertex; third joint nearly as long as the second. , Antenne broadly pectinated. Wings with a slight oblique exterior whitish line ; marginal line yellowish ; marginal lunules and fringe | fawn-colour, the latter with a cinereous tinge. Fore wings some- ‘what rounded at the tips; costa straight; exterior border slightly convex. Hind wings with the exterior border more distinctly convex. | Length of the body 24 lines ; of the wings 7 lines.
»a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton.
Australasia. | 6. Eucrostis DyaKkaRIA.
Mas. Lete viridis ; palpi porrecti, subangulati, articulo 30 longi- usculo ; antenne albe, pectinate, triente apicali filiformi ;
ale ample, puncte discali lineaque marginali nigricantibus,
fimbria testacea ; antice subrotundate, costa testacea.
Male. Vivid green, paler beneath. Head white about the ‘base of the antenne. fPalpi porrect, extending somewhat beyond / the head, slightly angular ; third joint about half the length of the second. Antenne white, pectinated to two-thirds of the length. Wings ample, with a blackish discal point and a blackish marginal line, which is interrupted by a testaceous point in front of each vein ; fringe testaceous. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips; costa testaceous. Length of the body 23 lines; of the wings 7 lines.
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
Genus 11. OMPHAX.
Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Frons plana. Proboscis vix conspicua. Palpi recti, brevissimi, articulis indistinctis. Antenne
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robuste, simplices, intus velutine. Abdomen basi bicristatum. Tibie postice quadricalcarate. Ale integra, spisse, velutine,
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lituris nullis; postice margine exteriore convexo subflexo, angulo |
interiore subproducto. Omphax, Guen. Phal. i. 368.
Male. Body rather stout. Front flat. Proboscis rudimentary. Palpi straight, extremely short; joints indistinct. Antenne robust,
simple, pubescent on the inside. Abdomen with two small crests |
at the base. Hind tibia with two equal and approximate pair of spurs. Wings entire, dense, velvety, without markings. Hind
wings with the exterior border slightly bent,*and with the interior |
slightly elongated.
1. OmpHax PLANTARIA.
Mas. Prasino-viridis; frons rufescens ; abdomen flavescente- album, rufescente cristatum, basi viride ; ale punctis margin-—
alibus fuscis, fimbria violaceo-cinerea “interlineata ; 3 antice costa rufescente et ochraceo notata.
Omphax plantaria, Guen. Phal. i. 368, 584.
Genus 12. COMIBANA.
Corpus gracile, squamosum. Proboscis distincta. Palpi recti, lati, squamoso-hirsuti, frontem superantes ; articulus Sus dis- |
tinctus, filiformis, feem. longior. Abdomen leve, apice quadratum. Pedes breviusculi; tibie squamosa, late; postice quadricalcarate.
Ale obscure, non angulate, fimbria discolori. Mas.—Antenne —
pectinate, apice filiformes. cem.—Antenne subgranulate.
Comibena, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 284. Geometra, p. Trett.; Herr.-Sch. Phorodesma, Boisd. Ind. 179 ; Leder. ; Guen. Phal. i. 368.
Body slender, squamous. Proboscis distinct. Palpi straight,
broad, squamous-hirsute, extending beyond the front ; third joint | distinct, filiform, longest in the female. Abdomen smooth, slightly —
velvety, quadrate at the tip. Legs rather short; tibize squamous, broad ; hind tibiw with four spurs ; first pair very slender. Wings
dull, not angular; interior angle tinged with ochraceous or with ; ferruginous; fringe not of the ground colour. MJale.—Antenne ~
pectinated, filiform at the tips; branches slender, linear. Female. —Antenne slightly granulated.
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Europe. 1. CoMIBZNA BAJULARIA.
Viridis ; caput et abdomen alba; ale plaga apud angulum interio- rem fimbriaque albis fusco notatis; antice costa lineisque duabus dentatis albis; postice lunulis marginalibus albis _ fusco interlineatis.
, Geoff. Ins. Par. ii. 126, 33.
‘Geometra bajularia, Wien. Verz. 97,6. Bork. Eur. Schm. v. 39, | 12. Esp. Schm. v. 244, pl. 46, f.5. Hubn. Geom. pl. 1, f. 3. | Lil. N. Ausg. dess. i. 369, 6. Treit. Schm. vi. 122, 9. Dup. Lep. iv. 265, pl. 151, f. 2. Frey. Betir. pl. 30, f. 1. Herr.- i Sch. Kur. Schin. iii. 9.
(Geometra pustularia, Naturf. xi. 72, 35. Berl. Mag. iv. 5, 520. __ Knoch, Ins. pl. 1, f.2. Panz. Faun. 41, 24.
Phalena ditaria, Pabr. Ent. Syst. ili. 2, 152,82. Haw. Lep. Brit. | 299. Donov. Brit. Ins. iv. 51, pl. 202, f. 2.
\Comibena bajularia, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 284, 2774.
‘Phorodesma bajularia, Boisd. Ind. 179, 1417. Steph. Ll. Brit. | Haust. iti. 181. Guen. Phal. i. 369, 586.
va—d. England. From Mr. Stephens’ collection. ve, f. England. ig. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. h—i.
2. ComMIBANA NERIARIA.
C. bajularie simillima; palpi magis producti ; abdomen fem. macula basali alba rufo marginata ; ale antice puncto discali magis notata, macula apud angulum interiorem parva e punc- tis duobus albis rufo marginatis, linets minus dentatis.
‘Geometra Neriaria, Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. iii. 62, f. 429. Phrodesma Neriaria, Guen. Phal. i. 369, 587.
Brusa. Beyrout.
South America.
Some of the following species differ much from the typical ‘form of Comibena, which is represented by C. Venezuelata.
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3. CGMIBZNA OCELLATA. Viridis ; ale linea marginali albida, plagis duabus marginalibus subannulatis rubris, fimbria rufescente.
Phalena-Geometra ocellata, Stoll, Cram. Pap. Exot. v. 156, pl. 34, f. 9.
Comibena gerularia, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 284, 2775.
Phorodesma Stollaria, Guen. Phal. i. 370, 590.
Surinam.
4, CoMIBZNA? INCLUSARIA.
Alba ; ale disco viridi valde inciso, lunula discali fusca, linea submarginalt indeterminata fuscescente, punctis marginalibus elongatis nigris.
Thalera inclusaria, Herr.-Sch. Exot. Schm. pl. 61, f. 341. Phorodesma ? inclusaria, Guen. Phal. i. 371, 592. Brazil.
5. COMIBENA TRILUNARIA.
Mas. Prasino-viridis, subtus glauco-alba; ale fimbria violaceo- cinerea, puncto discali albo violaceo-marginato ; antice macu- lis duabus magnis marginalibus rotundatis flavescente-fuscis violaceo-roseo cinereo et flavo marginatis, lunula discali e squamis albis ; postice bimaculate.
Phorodesma trilunaria, Guen. Phal. i. 372, 594. Brazil.
6. CoMIBZNA? MARGINARIA. Alba ; ale extus virides, fimbria rosea.
Phalena-Geometra marginaria, Stoll, Cram. Pap. Exot. v. 156, pl. 34, f. 8. Phorodesma semialbaria, Guen. Phal. i. 372, 595.
Brazil.
7. COoMIBEZENA VENEZUELATA.
Mas. Viridis; caput albidum; palpi porrecti, articulo 30 minimo ; antenne late pectinate; abdomen albidum, sub- cristatum ; ale fascia marginali pallide lutea roseo sirigata
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intus undulata alboque marginata, linea marginali nigricante- fusca, fimbria aurata ; antice subfalcate, costa albida fusco conspersa strigam albam arcuatam lanceolatam emittente ; pos- tice dilatate, litura diffusa subapicali nigricante.
Male. Green, whitish beneath. Head whitish. Palpi por- rect, not extending beyond the head ; third joint very minute. An- tenne broadly pectinated to five-sixths of the length. Abdomen whitish, slightly crested. Wings ample, with a pale luteous rosy- streaked marginal band, which widens irregularly from the tips of the fore wings to the interior angle of the hind wings, and is bounded on the inner side by an undulating white line; marginal line blackish brown; fringe gilded. Fore wing's subfalcate ; costa whitish, brown-speckled ; a white curved lanceolate streak extending from the costa to the disk. Hind wings prolonged hindward, extending far beyond the abdomen, with a diffuse subapical blackish mark. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines.
‘a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson’s collection.
South Africa.
The following species agree in structure with the European Comibene.
8. CoMIBENA DIDUCTA.
Mas. Viridis; caput cervinum ; vertex et abdomen alba ; palpi porrecti, caput non superantes, articulo 30 minimo ; antenne triente apicali simplict; ale macula discali alba; antice acute, macula apud angulum interiorem alba rotundata roseo notuta nigro intus marginata ; postice margine extertore an- gulato antice subexcavato postice subtruncato.
Male. Grass-green. Head fawn-colour; vertex, abdomen. and legs white. Palpi porrect, not extending beyond the head; third joint very minute. Antenne pectinated to full two-thirds of the length. Hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings with a white discal spot. Fore wings acute ; costa and exterior border slightly convex, the latter rather oblique; a round white spot with a rosy disk, and bordered with black on the inner side near the inte- rior angle. Hind wings with the exterior border angular in the middle, slightly excavated on the fore part and slightly truncated hindward. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
a. South Africa. From Mr. Argent’s collection. | H
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9. COMIBENA DEVOLUTA.
Mas. Viridis: caput fuscum, vertice albo ; antenneé subpecti- nate, apice filiformes ; thorax antice albus; abdomen album, ' bicristatum, basi viride; ale albe, elongate, iridescentes, fascia latissima viridi, spatio marginals viridescente consperso ; antice subfalcate, fascia antice dilatata et abbreviata, plagis duabus exterioribus viridibus, linea basali annulogue discali albis, margine exteriore angulato ; postice fascia extus exca- vata, margine exteriore emarginato bidentato.
Male. Green, white beneath. Head brown; vertex white. Antenne slightly pectinated, filiform towards the tips, Thorax white in front. Abdomen white, with two crests towards the base, which is green. Hind tibiz with four approximate spurs. Wings ample, elongate, white, iridescent, with a very broad green band, which is indented along the outer side in the hind wings and on the fore wings extends to the base, but not to the costa, and is much dilated exteriorly in front; marginal space and costa with greenish speckles; marginal lunules greenish. Fore wings subfalcate, very acute, with a green patch near the tip of the costa, and another on the angle of the exterior border; a white line near the base and a white discal ringlet which emits au oblique branch hindward. Hind wings with the exterior border emarginate and forming two acute teeth. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines.
West Africa. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
Hindostan.
The species of this region comprise various forms, and may constitute several genera.
10. CoMIBANA CASSIDARIA,
Mas et foem. Pallide pistaceo-viridis ; tibie@ antice fasciculo squanoso ; ale linea marginali fimbriaque purpurascente-rufis, sirigis rahi id ies alhis, puncio diseali nigro ; antice costa alba, lineis duabus ueedis albidis, macula apud angulum intertorem obscure rufa.
Phalena exspectata? Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 2, 191, 225, Phorodesma cassidaria, Guen. Phal. i. 370, 589.
Hindostan.
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ll. CoMIBEZNA PARYITA.
Mas. Alba; palpi porrecti, angulati, articulo 30 longissimo ; an- - tenne pectinate ; thorax antice viridis; ttbie postice bical- carate ; ale virides, margine latissimo albido ex parte cervino, linea interiore indistincta, punctis marginalibus nigris ; an- tice acute, gutta discali nigra aloo marginata ; postice plaga marginalt viridi, margine exteriore subangulato.
Male. White. Palpi porrect, extending far beyond the head, slightly angular; third joint as long as the second. Antenne mo- derately pectinated. Thorax green in front. Hind tibie with two apical spurs. “Wings grass-green, except the very broad whitish border, which is tinged with pale fawn-colour by the interior angle of the fore wings and on the fore part of the hind wings, and on the
hind part of the latter is partly green; this band is limited
by a white line; interior line indistinct; marginal points black. Fore wings acute, with a black white-bordered discal dot; costa and exterior burder straight. Hind wings extending far beyond the ab- domen, with the exterior border slightly angular. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
a. Hindostan. From Mr. Milne’s collection.
12. CoMIBZNA DEVEXATA,
Fem. Lete viridis, sat robusta; corpus pallide testaceum ; caput cervinum, vertice albo ; palpi porrecti, articulo 30 lanccolato longo; ale lineis duabus punctularibus vie conspicuis, linea marginali alba rufo marginata, antice acute, costa albida, plaga postica marginali rufa flavo conspersa et intus margi- nata ; posttce murgine exteriore bidentato,
Female. Bright green, rather stout, paler beneath. Body pale testaceous. Head fawn-colour; vertex white. Palpi porrect, extending somewhat beyond the head; third joint lanceolate, about half the length of the second. Antenne stout. Wings ample, with a few reddish points, which indicate the interior and exterior lines; marginal festoon white, red-bordered ; fringe yellow, inter- sected with red. Fore wings acute; costa whitish, slightly convex ; exterior border convex, having along its hind part a large red yel- low-speckled patch, whose darker outline is diffusedly bordered
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with yellow. Hind wings with the festoon dilated and more
acutely angular by the two slight teeth. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
Hindostan, In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
Mas? Late viridis; caput rufescens, vertice albo ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo 30 brevissimo ; antenne pectinate; ab- domen rufescens ; ale linea exteriore saturatiore indistincta denticulata rufescente punctata, linea marginali plagaque
communi roseis nigro et purpurascente-albo conspersis, gutta discalt fusca. .
Male? Bright green, greenish white beneath. ' Head reddish ; vertex-white. Palpi obliquely ascending ; third joint conical, less than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antenne pectinated.
Abdomen reddish. Wings with an indistinct denticulated deeper
green exterior line, whose angles are marked by reddish points ; in- terior line indicated only by a few reddish points ; marginal festoon rosy red, speckled with black and with purplish white; fringe whitish, intersected with rosy red, shorter than that of the female; discal dot brown; costa of the fore wings white; a large patch by the interior angle of the fore wings, and a small one on the tips of the hind wings, like the festoon in colour; the first containing a white spot. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines.
This may be a distiuct species.
a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk’s collection.
13. CoMIBENA DISPANSA.
Fom. Viridis, subtus alba nitens ; abdomen album, basi viride ; tibie postice calcaribus quatuor longis ; ale linea marginali argentea fusco marginata ; aniice subrotundate, siriga an- tica transversa argentea fusco marginata.
Female. Green, white and shining beneath. Head wanting. Abdomen white, except towards the base. Hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings with a silvery white brown-bordered marginal line, which is dilated by the interior angle. Fore wings somewhat rounded, with a silvery white brown-bordered transverse streak, which extends from the costa to the disk; costa and exterior border slightly convex, the former silvery white. Hind wings extending
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rather beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 3} lines; of the | wings 10 lines. a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton.
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14. ComizzZNa DIVAPALA.
Fem. Lete viridis, subtus alba; caput albo fagciatum ; palpr porrecti, articulo 30 lonyo lineari ; abdomen album, fusco con- spersum ; tibie postice calcaribus quatuor longis ; ale ample, linea exteriore indistineta alba dentata ; antice vix acuta, costa plagaque apud angulum interiorem albis ferrugineo-con- spersis, margine exteriore vie dentato ; postice fasciu mar- ginali lata alba ferrugineo conspersa, margine exteriore sub- dentato subangulato,
| Female. Vivid green, white beneath. Head white between _ the antenne. Palpi porrect, extending beyond the head; third _ joint linear, shorter than the second. Abdomen white, brown- | speckled. Hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings ample, with an exterior white dentate indistinct line. Fore wings hardly acute ; costa and a patch by the interior angle white, ferruginous-speckled ; costa and exterior border hardly convex, the latter hardly dentate. _ Hind wings with a broad marginal white ferruginous-speckled band, __ which is limited by the white line; exterior border slightly dentate _ and angular. Length of the body 44 lines; of the wings 12 lines.
a,b, Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton.
15. CoMIBZENA GAVISSIMA,
Fem.- Flavescente-viridis, subtus alba ; caput album viridi-fasci- atum ; palporum articulus 3us nigricans, longiusculus ; ale pligis quatuor rufescentibus, linets sex guttularibus albis, linea 4u valde dentata; antice plaga costali nigricante-cinereo nolata, costa convexa ; postice abdomen longe superantes.
Female. Yellowish green, white heneath. Head white, with a green band between the eyes. ‘Third joint of the palpi blackish, much shorter than the second. Wings ample, with six white bands, which are mostly composed of dvts; fourth band deeply dentate towards the interior border of the fore wings and on the adjoining part of the hind wings; this line has the dentate part included ina common deep reddish patch, and towards the costa of the fore wings
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it is absorbed by a blackish cinereous-marked patch; under side with a black mark towards the tip of the costa of each wing; this mark is larger in the hind wings than in the fore wings ; exterior border hardly bent. Fore wings with the costa convex. Hind wings extending far beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines.
Borneo. a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton.
China.
16. CoMIBANA DIFFICTA.
Mas. Viridis ; caput et abdomen alba; frons testacea ; palpi . porrecti, brevissimi ; antenne pectinate, apice filiformes ; pedes breviusculi, sat robusti, tibiis posticis incrassatis quadrt- calcaratis apice productis, tibiis tarsisque antertoribus nigro fasciatis ; ale lineis tribus albis dentatis undulatis, 3a bene determinata, spatio marginali ex maxima parte albido nebulis testaceis, linea marginali nigra ; antice ucute.
Male. Green, white beneath. Head white; front mostly testaceous colour. Palpi porrect, extending very little beyond the head; third joint very minute. Antenne pectinated to three-fourths of the length. Abdomen white. Legs rather short and stout; hind tibie incrassated, with a long apical protuberance, and with four approximate spurs; anterior tibia and tarsi with black bands. Wings with white irregularly dentate and undulating lines ; interior and middle lines slight, indistinct ; exterior line well defined ; space between it and the border wholly whitish and testaceous-marked in the hind wings, partly so in the fore wings; marginal line black ; fringe whitish. Fore wings acute; costa straight; exterior border hardly convex. Hind wings with the exterior border very slightly convex. Length of the body 6—7 lines; of the wings 14—16 lines.
a,b. Shanghai. From the collection of the Entomological Society.
17. CoMIBZANA INDUCTARIA.
Fem. Flavescente-viridis ; ale fimbria sordide carnea, punctis marginalibus albis ; anticé guttis quatuor albis rufo margin- atis, costa alba ; postice bimaculate.
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERaA. LY i J
Phorodesma inductaria, Guen. Phal. i. 370, 588. | Sarawak, Borneo.
| te 18. CoMIBZNA MEGASPILARIA.
Fem. Pomacea; frons rufa, vertice albo; ale puncto discali rufo, fimbria sordide rufa; antice costa albo rufogue varia, macula magna saturate violaceo-carnea apud angulum interi- orem; postice macula parva sordide rufa apud angulum interiorem.
_ Phorodesma megaspilaria, Guen. Phal. i. 371, 593.
| Sarawak, Borneo.
| 19. CoMIBZNA CHLORARGYRA.
Mas. Lete viridis ; corpus argenteum ; palpi breves; antenne
latissime pectinate apice filiformes ; ale latiuscule, brevius-
| cule, linea marginalt argentea nigro et rufescente marginata ;
| antice rotundate fascia late interrupia costaque argenteis ; postice valde rotundate.
Male. Bright green. Body silvery whitish. Palpi short. Antenne very broadly pectinated, with the exception of the apical third part. Wings rather short and broad; marginal line silvery white, black-bordered, reddish-tinged on the outer side, accompanied | byareddish line. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with a widely- interrupted silvery band, which is bordered like the marginal line; costa silvery, slightly convex. Hind wings much rounded. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 9 lines.
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
20. CoMIBENA BIPLAGA.
Fem. Viridis; corpus testaceo-viride ; oculi albo marginati ; palpi subangulati, articulo 30 elongato ; ale linea marginale ferruginea, fimbria cinerea, puncto discalt punctisque maryin- alibus nigris, plaga communi maxima albida ferrugineo mar- ginata. Mas?—Palporum articulus 3us brevissimus ; ale plagis ferruginets antice atienuatis. Var.—Ale plagis parvis interruptis.
Femule. Green. Body with a testaceous tinge. Head white on each side behind the eyes. Palpi slightly angular; third joint
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not much shorter than the second. Abdomen not crested. Wings — with a ferruginous marginal line; fringe cinereous; discal point avd marginal points black. Fore wings with a ferruginous patch by the interior angle; this patch has a whitish disk and corresponds to a similar patch by the front of the exterior border of the hind wings. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines.
Male? Third joint of the palpi very short. Antenne broadly pectinated for nearly two-thirds of the length. Patches of the wings. wholly ferruginons; those of the fore wings attenuated in front. Length of the body 33 lines; of the wings 9 lines.
Var. Fore wings with the patches small, interrupted and attenuated in front. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines.
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
21. CoMIBZNA UNIPLAGA.
Fem. Testaceo-viridis, sat valida, subtus albida ; caput rufescens, vertice albo; palpi porrecti, subangulati ; abdomen rufescens, albo plagiatum ; ale ample, linea marginali purpurascente- rufa, fimbria testacea rufescente notata ; antice subfalcate, costa albida testaceo marginata, puncto ‘discali nigro, plaga apud angulum interiorem magna purpurascente-rufa.
Female. Testaceous-green, rather stout, whitish heneats Head reddish; vertex white. Palpi porrect, slightly angular; third joint very much shorter than the second. Abdomen reddish ; second and third segments mostly white. Legs rather short. Wings ample,
+ with a purplish red marginal line; fringe testaceons, with slight
reddish marks. Fore wings subfalcate ; costa whitish, testaceous- bordered ; discal point black; a large purplish red patch by the interior angle. Hind wings with a slight bend on the exterior border; the latter in front with a purplish red streak which corres- ponds to the patch of the fore wings. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines.
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
Australia.
A. Ale linea interiore nigro marginata. - buprestaria, Guen. B. Ale linea nulla interiore.
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 579
A, Ale antice producte. . - - felicitata, Walk. BS. Ale antice non producte. a, Ale non marginate. - - - - metaspila, Walk. b. Ale late marginate. ay oe - pieroides, Walk.
22. CoMIBENA BUPRESTARIA.
Lete viridis ; abdomen albidum; ale linea exteriore alba valde interrupta nigro marginata, lituris marginalibus nigris albis- que ; antice linea interiore integra alba nigro marginata.
Phorodesma buprestaria, Guen. Phal. i. 371, 591, pl. 7, f. 4. _Tasmania.
23. COMIBENA FELICITATA.
Fem. Lete viridis ; corpus album; palpi porrecti, caput longe _ superantes ; antenne triente upicalt simplict ; thorax antice viridis ; abdomen basi viridescens ; tibie anteriores fimbriate, nigro fasciate ; ale lineis exteriore et submarginali albis sub- undulatis subdentatis, spatio intermedio ex parte albido, punctis marginalibus elongatis nigris ; antice plaga apud angulum interiorem alba rufescente et nigro conspersa, costa convexa ; postice striga marginali antica lata rufa albaque, margine ex- teriore angulato, margine interiore albo fimbriato.
Female. Vivid green. Body white. Palpi porrect, extending far beyond the head ; third joint about half the length of the second. Antenne pectinated to two-thirds of the length, with a tuft at the base of each. Thorax green in front. Abdomen greenish at the base. Legs stout; anterior tibie fringed, with black bands. Wings ample, white beneath; exterior and submarginal lines white, slightly undulating and dentate; intermediate space partly over- ‘spread with white, which hue is most prevalent along the hind part of the interior border of the hind wings; marginal line white, con- taining some elongated black points; fringe interlined with cine- reous, white towards the tip. Fore wings with a white reddish and black-speckled patch by the interior angle; costa and exterior border convex, the latter rather oblique ; under side irregularly green along the costa. Hind wings extending much beyond the abdomen, with a broad red and white streak along the fore half of the exterior border, which is distinctly angular in the middle; this streak is represented on the under side by a black apical spot and by a black- ish part of the fringe; interior border white, fringed. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines.
a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles’ collection
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24. CoMIBHZNA METASPILA.
Fem. Lete glauco-viridis ; oculi albo cincti ; palpi subangulati, caput longe superantes ; abdomen rufescens, basi viride ; pedes antict roset, albo fasciati ; ale semihyaline, lituris plurimis transversis lineague exteriore tenui valde deniiculata albidis, punctis marginalibus lutescentibus, fimbria rufescente-viridi notata; antice vie acute, costa convexa rufescente-albido conspersa, guita apud marginem interiorem rufescenie.
Female. Bright sea-green, much paler beneath. Head white about the eyes. Palpi porrect, slightly angular, extending much
beyond the head ; third joint much shorter than the second. Abdo- |
men reddish, green towards the base, white beneath. Fore tibie
and fore tarsi rosy, with white bands; hind tibie with the first pair |
of spurs much longer than the second. Wings ample, semihyaline, with numerous transverse whitish marks, and with a slender much denticulated exterior line; marginal points pale luteous; fringe reddish, interlined with a paler hue and marked at intervals with green. Fore wings hardly acute; costa and exterior border convex ;
the former reddish, whitish-speckled ; a reddish dot on the interior |
border before the middle. Hind wings extending much beyond the abdomen ; interior angle promineut. Length of the.body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
a. Australia. From M. Damel’s collection. 6. Australia. From Mr. Milne’s collection.
25. COMIBENA PIEROIDES,
Fem. Glauco-viridis ; corpus et alarum margo latus rufescentia nigro alboque conspersa ; caput et thorax antice viridia ; palpi subangulati, caput longe superantes, articulo 30 longissimo ; ; abdomen lituris nigris bivittatum; pedes antici nigri, albo fasciatt ; ale apud discum semihyaline, punctis marginalibus nigris, margine extertore dentato, fascia subtus submarginalt nigra; antice acute, macula subapicali viridi, costa convexa albida fusco conspersa.
Female. Sea-green. Body reddish, black and white-speckled, white beneath. Head green in front. Palpi porrect, slightly angu- lar, extending far beyond the head ; third joint as long as the second, Antenne with blackish rings. Fore border and tegulee of the thorax green. Abdomen with two rows of elongated black marks. Hind tibia with four moderately long spurs; fore tibia and fore tarsi
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 581
| black, with white bands. Wings ample, semihyaline, with a very
broad band along the exterior border undulating on the inner side
| and of the same hue as the body; marginal points black, most dis-
tinct on the under side, where there is a black submarginal band ; exterior border dentate. Fore wings acute; costa and exterior bor- der convex, the former whitish, brown-speckled, as is also the base of the wing and the adjoining part of the interior border; a green
subapical spot. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines.
a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles’ collection.
| Genus 13. RACHEOSPTLA.
Corpus sat robustum. Palpi articulo 30 lineari plus minusve _elongato. Autenne maris pectinate, apice filiformes. Abdomen maris ovatum, fem. crassum, cristatum aut maculatum. Pedes graciles, sat longi; tibia postice quadricalcarate. Ale integra, _ fimbria rufo notata; postice margine exteriore subflexo.
| Bacheospila, Guen. Phal. i. 372.
| .
Body rather stout. Third joint of the palpi linear, more or less long. Antenne of the male pectinated, filifurm at the tips. Abdo- men ovate irffthe male, thick in the female, with minute erect crests, or with white red-bordered spots. Legs slender, rather long; hind tibize with two pairs of spurs. Wings entire ; fringe with red marks.
, Hind wings with the exterior border very slightly bent.
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North America. 1, RacHEOSPILA LIXARIA.
Mas. Glauco-viridis ; frons rufa ; abdomen maculis albis rufo- marginatis ; ale linea dentata viridi alba, puncto discali fusco, linea marginali rufa, punctis marginalibus albis ; antice costa albo marginata.
_ Racheospiia lixaria, Guen. Phal. i. 374, 601. North America.
West Indies.
2. RacHEOSPILA SITELLARIA.
Mas et fem. Pallide viridis ; abdomen album basi viride maculis albis rufo-marginatis ; ale puncto discali lineaque marginali
582- CATALOGUE OF
rufis, linea flexuosa ¢ punctis albis ; antice linea 2a punctu- lari, costa albo marginata basi rufo-tincta.
Racheospila sitellaria, Guen. Phal. i. 374, 600.
a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie’s collection.
South America. 3. RACHEOSPILA AGGRAVARIA.
Fem. Pallide viridis ; abdomen roseum, cristis tribus albis ; an- tenne pectinate ; ale albo-viridi strigate, linea marginal rufa, punctis marginalibus fimbriaque albis, puncio discali nigro rufo-marginato ; antice macula rufa, costa flava.
Racheospila aggravaria, Guen. Phal. i. 373, 597. Cayenne ?
4, RACHEOSPILA ALBOCILIARIA.
Pallide glauco-viridis; ale gutta discali fusca, linea exteriore undulata e punctis fuscis albo notatis, margine exteriore albo lunulis nigris incluso.
Geometra albociliaria, Herr.-Sch. Exot. Schm. pl. 61, £344. Racheospila albociliaria, Guen. Phal. i. 373, 598.
Venezuela.
5. RACHEOSPILA MICCULARIA.
Mas. Parva, pallide viridis ; abdomen viride, cristis rufo-fuscis ; ale margine inequali carneo-roseo atomis obscurioribus notato albo-marginato.
Racheospila miccularia, Guen. Phal. i. 374, 599. Cayenne?
6. RACHEOSPILA SIGILLARIA.
Mas. Pallide viridis ; antenne subpectinate ; abdomen maculis tribus albis rufo-marginatis ; frons rufa, albo marginata ; ale linea media tenut alba, puncto discal nigro, linea marginali rufa, fimbria alba.
Racheospila sigillaria, Guen. Phal. i, 375, 602.
Monte Video.
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 583
7. RACHEOSPILA MARGINIPLAGA.
- Fem. Viridis ; caput rufescens, vertice albo ; palpi porrecti,
articulo 30 longissimo ; abdomen rufescens, subcristatum ; ale
— semihyaline, macula discalt magna plagis duabus excavatis lineaque marginali roseo-rufis ; antice apice rotunduate, costa albida basi rosea ; postice striga apud marginem interiorem rosea.
Female. Green, white beneath. Head and abdomen reddish ; the latter slightly crested. Vertex white. Palpi porrect, reddish, extending far beyond the head; third joint as long as the second. Hind tibie with the first pair of spurs much longer than the second pair. Wings semihyaline, each with a large nearly round discal spot; two excavated patches and the marginal line rosy red; first patch by the middle of the exterior border; second on the interior
angle. Fore wings rounded at the tips; costa whitish, rosy red at
the base; exterior border convex. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen, with a rosy red streak along the interior border, which diverges from the body. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines.
Brazil. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
8, RACHEOSPILA SATISFACTA.
Fem. Aurato-viridis, subtus albida ; caput albidum; palpi por- recti, articulo 30 longissimo ; ale fascia basali linea fasciaque submarginali dentatis cinereis fere hyalinis, basi lutescente, fimbria longa aurato-cinerea ; antice apice rotundate, costa pallide lutea ; postice margine exteriore subangulato. Mas? — Palpi articulo 30 sat longo.
Female. Gilded green, whitish beneath. Head whitish. Palpi porrect, extending very far beyond the head; third joint as long as the second. Antenne stout. Hind tibie with four approx- imate spurs. Wings cinereous and nearly hyaline and bare towards the base, and with an exterior line and a submarginal band dentate and of the same hue; base pale luteous; fringe long, gilded cine- reous. Fore wings rounded at the tips; costa pale lutevus, slightly convex ; exterior border slightly convex, very slightly oblique. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen, from which the interior bor- der diverges; exterior border slightly angular at one-third of the
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length from the tip. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. ;
Brazil. In Mr. Saunders collection.
Male? Head pure white, except hindward. Third joint of the palpi much: shorter than the second. Wings apparently much like those of the female, but with the markings nearly effaced.
a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson’s collection.
South Africa.
9. RACHEOSPILA ARARIA.
Fem. Pallide pomacea; frons rufa, vertice albo ; abdomen album basi viride maculis albis rufo marginatis ; ale puncto discalt linea exteriore punctulari lineague marginali ferru- gineis ; antice subfalcate; postice margine exteriore an- gulato. :
Racheospila araria, Guen. Phal. i. 373, 596. Namaqua Region.
Co untry unknown.
10. RACHEOSPILA? EXTREMARIA.
Mas et fem. Late viridis; caput rufum, vertice albo; palpi brevissimi ; antenne maris pectinate ; tibie postice calcari- bus quatuor parvis ; ale puncto discali nigro, lineis duabus albis obliquis vix undulatis; antice vix acute, costa albida ; postice margine exteriore convexo.
Male and female. Bright green. Head red; vertex white. Palpi very short, not extending beyond the head. Antenne of the male moderately pectinated, except towards the tips. Hind tibie with four short spurs. Wings with a black discal point, and with two white oblique hardly undulating lines; fringe reddish. Fore wings hardly acute; costa and exterior border hardly convex, the former whitish. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen; ex- terior border convex. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 8—10 lines. :
i Diliomiectcoen
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 585
Genus 14. SYNCHLORA.
Palpi recti, caput longe superantes; articulus 3us filiformis, spatulatus, 20 non brevior. Antenne maris et feemine antice incisis. Abdomen linea dorsali alba aut cyanea, maculis viridibus.
| Tibie postice quadricalcarate. Ale virides, integra, lineis duabus albis dentatis optime determinatis ; Poona angulo interiore sub-
producto. Synchlora, Guen. Phal. i. 375.
Palpi straight, extending far beyond the head; third joint filiform, spatulate, as long as the second. Antenne in both sexes with the joints notched in front. Abdomen with green spots and with a dorsal white or blue line. Hind tibie with two pairs of spurs. Wings green, entire, with two dentate very distinct white
lines. Hind wings with the interior angle slightly prolonged.
North America.
1. SYNCHLORA LIQUORABRIA. |
Fom. Pomacea ; frons obscure carnea ; palpi roseo-albi ; abdo- men Seen dorso viridi interlineato ; ale lineis duabus albis, la undata, 2a dentata, striga discalt indistincta , fimbria apice albida ; antice costa alba roseo marginata.
Synchlora liquoraria, Guen. Phal. i. 375, 603. California.
South America. 2. SYNCHLORA FRONDARIA,
Mas et fem. Flavescente-pomacea, subtus fere alba ; frons albo et rufescente-viridi varia; palpi albi, articulo 30 carneo; ale linea exteriore undata dentata alba, fimbria apice albida ; antice costa alba.
Synchlora frondaria, Guen. Phal. i. 376, 604. Cayeune.
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Genus 15. APLODES.
. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis, pallida, sat robusta. Palpi breves, subascendentes, articulo 30 brevissimo. Abdomen foeminze basi albo maculatum. Pedes sericei, albi, sat robusti ; tibiz pos- tice subincrassate, quadricalcarate. Ale integre, tenuissime, fimbria alba, lineis distinctis. Mas.—Antenne pectinate, ramis subspatulatis, apice simplices. #em.—Antenne filiformes.
Aplodes, Guen. Phal. i. 376.
Body slender. Proboscis short, pale, somewhat robust. Palpi short, slightly ascending ; third joint extremely short. Abdomen of the female with white spots at the base. Legs sericeous, white, rather stout; hind tibie slightly dilated beneath, with two pairs of spurs. Wings entire, very delicate, with a white fringe and with distinct lines. Antenne pectinated, simple at the tips; branches. slender, subspatulate, successively decreasing in length. emale.— Antenne filiform.
1. APLODES MIMOSARTA.
Mas et fem. Pallide pomacea; frons rosea; abdomen bast viride albo maculatum; tibie antice intus carnee; ale linets duabus remotis tremulis fimbriaque albis ; antice costa alba, linea 2a recta; postice linea 2a arcuata.
Phalena aerata? Fabr. Ent. Syst. Sup. 238, 239. Aplodes mimosaria, Guen. Phal. i. 377, 605.
Georgia. Canada.
2, APLODES GLAUCARIA.
Mas. FPallide viridis ; vertex albus ; abdomen basi viride albo maculatum ; tibte antice intus roseo subtincte ; ale lineis duabus albis remotis subdentatis ; antice costa alba, linea 2a sinuata ; postice linea 2a arcuata flexa.
Aplodes glaucaria, Guen. Phal. i. 377, 606. Georgia.
Var.? Mas, Saturate glauco-viridis, albo vittata; vertex albus ; palpi ascendentes, articulo 30 brevissimo ; antenne late pecti- nate ; pedes breves, robusti ; tibie postice calcaribus quatuor parvis ; ale lineis duabus undulatis denticulatis lineaque mar- ginali albis ; antice acute, costa alba.
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LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 587
Male. Deep sea-green. Body beneath and vertex white. Palpi ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint very short. Antenne broadly pectinated to two-thirds of the length. Legs short, stout; hind tibia with four short spurs. Thorax and abdomen with a white stripe. Wings with two slender undulating and much denticulated white lines; marginal line white. Fore
_ wings acute; costa white, straight; exterior border slightly convex,
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rather oblique. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen; inte- rior angle prominent. Length of the body 23—3 lines; of the wings 6—7 lines. 7
a. East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq.
b—e. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie’s collection,
Genus 16. THETIDEA.
Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi squamosi, recti, frontem superautes, articulis indistinctis. Antenne maris late pectinate apice filiformes, feemine crenulato dentate. Abdo- men {cemine crassum, ovatum. Tibie postice calcaribus quatuur valde approximatis; tarsi Inermes. Ale spisse, integre, retun- date, fimbria longa, lituris distinctis.
Thetidea, Boisd. Ind. 189 ; Dup.; Guen. Phal. i. 377. Geometra, p., Herr.-Sch. Phorodesma, p., Lederer.
Body rather slender. Proboscis very short. Palpi squamous, straight, extending beyond the front, with indistinct joints. Abdo- men thick and ovate in the female. Hiud tibize with two pairs of very approximate spurs; tarsi smucth. Wings dense, dull, entire, rounded ; markings distinct; fringe long. M/ale.—Antenne pecti- nated, with filiform tips; branches long, plumose, with recurved tips. Memale.—Antennz crenulate.
1. THETIDEA PLUSIARIA.
Lete viridis ; ale antice venis strigisque angulatis argenteis ; pos- tice albide. Thetidea plusiaria, Boisd. Ind. 189, 1496. Guen. Phal. i. 378, 607. Geometra plusiaria, Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. iii. 98, pl. 72, f. 441, 442,
Andalusia. Algeria. 13
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Genus 17. CHLORODES.
Corpus gracile. Frons plana. Proboscis distincta. Palpi recti, squamoso-hirsuti, frontem paullo superantes, articulo 30 indis- tincto. Antenne maris pectinate ramis spatulatis, foemine tenues crenulate. Abdomen leve. Pedes glabri; tibie postice quadri- calcarate, non incrassate. Ale dense, leves, integra, veluline, fimbria discolori; antice acute, margine exteriore subflexo ; pos- tice biangulate.
Chlorodes, Guen. Phal. i. 378.
Body slender. Frout flat. Proboscis distinct. Palpi straight, squamous-hirsute, extending a little beyond the front; third joint indistinct. Abdomen and legs smooth. Hind tibie not inecras- sated, with two pairs of spurs. Wings entire, stout, smooth, dull, velvety; fringe not of the ground-colour. Fore wings acute, with the exterior border slightly bent. Hind wings with two angles on the exterior border. Muale.— Antenne moderately pectinated ; branches spatulate, successively decreasing in length. Female.— Antenne slender, crenulate.
1. CHLoRopES MIRANDARIA.
Lete viridis; vertex et abdomen alba; ale antice fasciis duabus strigisque tribus obliquis albis, fascia 2a postice croceo et ru- fescente suffusa, striga apud marginem interiorem rufescente ; postice alba, viridi suffuse lituraapud angulum wteriorem fusco-cervina nigro notata.
Geometra Boisduvalaria?. Le Guillon, Rev. Zool. 1841, 257. Chlorodes Mirandaria, Gruen. Phal. i. 379, 608, pl. 5, f. 7. Tasmania.
a, b, Australia. Presented by the late Earl of Derby.
Genus 18. PHYLE.
Fem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis longa. Palpi com- pressi, squamosi, froutem paullo superantes, articulis indistinctis. Antenne filiformes. Pedes robusti, glabri; tibie postice quadri- calcarate, femoribus multo longiores; tarsi spinosi. Ale late, spisse, integre, concolores, lituris non diversis, fimbria discolori ;
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 589
antice margine eXteriore subconcavo; postice angulo interiore producto obtuso.
Phyle, Herr.-Sch. ; Guen. Phal. i. 379.
Female. Body rather stout. Proboscis long. Palpi com- pressed, squamous, extending a little beyond the front; joints indistinct. Antenne filiform. Legs robust, smooth; tarsi spinose ; hind tibie much longer than the femora; their pairs of spurs remote from each other. Wings entire, thick, dull, broad, alike in colour and with like markings; fringe not of the ground-cvlour. Fore wings with the exterior border slightly concave. Hind wings with the interior angle prolonged, obtuse.
1. PHYLE ARCUOSARIA.
Pistacino-viridis ; ale fimbria flava ; antice acute, lineis duabus rectts ferrugineis subparallelis flavescente marginatis costam non attingentibus, costa carneo-cinerea fusco conspersa ; pos- tice linea extertore subarcuata, macula apud angulum inte-. riorem ferruginea puncta dua nigra albo maryinata includente.
Phyle arcuosaria, Herr.-Sch. Exot. Schm. pl. 60, f. 338. Guen. Phal. i. 386, 609.
Brazil.
Genus 19. AGATHIA.
Corpus gracile, squamosum.. Proboscis brevis, robusta. Palpi tenues, flexi, caput sat superantes. Antenne simplices. Abdomen elongatum, cylindricum, cristatumn, obtusum. Pedes glabri; tibie postice calcaribus quatuor remotis. Ale ample; postice margine exteriore dentato sinuato subcaudato. Mas.—Palporum articulus 3us filiformis, 2i dimidio non longior. /cm.—Palporum articulus dus spatulatus, 2v non brevior,
Agathia, Guen. Phal. i. 380.
Body slender, squamous. Proboscis short, stout. Palpi slen- der, bent, extending sume distance beyond the head; third joint filiform and not more than half the length of the second in the male, spatulate and as long as the second in the female. Antenne simple. Abdomen elongated, cylindrical, with small dorsal crests, obtuse at the tip. Legs smvoth ; pairs of spurs on the hind tibie remote from each other. Wings bruad. Hind wings with the exte- riur border dentate, subcaudate.
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1. AGATHIA LYCZENARIA.
Lete ceruleo-viridis ; caput antice pallide cervinum ; ale lineis duabus margineque extertore pallide cervinis albido inter- lineatis fusco marginatts albo punctatis, linea 1a guttulari, 2a angulosa; antice costa pallide cervina ; postice linea margi- nali apud angulum dilatata.
Geometra lycenaria, Koll, Von Hug. Kasch. 486.
Geometra albiangularia, Herr.-Sch. Exot. Schm. pl. 61, f. 339. Agathia lycwnaria, Guen. Phal. i. 380, 610.
a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk’s collection.
b. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth’s collection. _
ce. Calcutta. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. d. Hindostan. From Mr. Milue’s collection.
2. AGATHIA HEMITHEARIA.
- Fem. A. lycenarie simillima; ale antice fascia 1a non arctata nec interrupta, extus flavescente-carnee nigro consperse, flavo lineolate, macula subapicali viridi guttisque tribus flavis ; postice spatio extertore testaceo maculum viridem suomargina- lem includente.
Phalena letata? Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 164, 125. Agathia hemithearia, Guen. Phal. i. 381, 611.
a,b. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth’s collection.
3. AGATHIA HILARATA.,
Mas. A. lycenarie affinis; ale lituris violaceo-carnets fere nigricantibus; antice linea la integra magis recta, 2a et mar- gine exteriore proprioribus spatium viride ovatum includenti- bus, macula parva ovata apicali ; postice macula viridi ovata submarginalt.
Agathia hilarata, Guen. Phal. i. 381, 612.
Hindostan.
4, AGATHIA CATENARIA.
Late viridis, subtus alba; caput cervinum ; palpi oblique ascend- entes, articulo 30 minimo ; ale fascia marginal cervina cine- reo interlineata nigro strigata; antice subfalcate, fascia
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antice furcata, busi costaque cervinis; postice emarginale angulate, apud angulum fusce albido bilineate, fascia macu- lam viridem marginalem includente.
Vivid green, white beneath. Head fawn-colour. Palpi white, obliquely ascending ; third joint very minute. Wings with a fawn- coloured marginal band, which is interlined with cinereous and streaked with black ; it is forked and includes a large green spot to- wards the costa of the fore wings, and in the hind wings it recedes from the fore part of the exterior border and includes another green spot. Fore wings subfalcate, fawn-coloured at the base and with a fawn-coloured costal stripe, which emits a very short branch towards the disk. Hind wings emarginate, subcaudate, the caudal part - deep brown, traversed by two whitish lines. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines.
a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 6. Canara. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. »
5, AGATHIA DISCRIMINATA.
Fom. Late viridis aut luteo-viridis, subtus albida ; caput antice cervinum; palpi porrectt, articulo 30 cervino longo; tibia postice calcaribus quatuor longis ; ale fuscia rufescente laia aut latissima informi cinereo tincta ex parte excavata aut marginem atlingente ; antice fuscia angusta intertore, fascia maryinali, bast costaque rufescentibus ; postice margine exte- riore subexcavato, striga apud angulum alba submarginalt.
Female. Bright green or luteous-green, whitish beneath. Head fawn-colour in front. Palpi porrect, extending some distance beyond the head ; third joint fawn-coluur, more than half the length of the second. Hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings witha broad or very broad irregular reddish, cinereous-tinged, here and there much excavated band, which in sume parts exteuds to the ex- terior border. Fore wings with a narrower interior band and with a marginal band, both irregular; base and costa also reddish. Hind wings with the exterior border slightly excavated, forming an angle, opposite to which there is a white submarginal streak. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
a,b. Hindostan. From the collection of the Entomological Society- c. Canara. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board.
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6. AGATHIA INTERCISSA.
Fem. Lete viridis; caput thoracisqgue margo anticus cinereo- fusca; abdomen albido vittatum ; ale fascia cinereo-fusca an- gulata interrupta, fimbria albida nigro punctata ; antice basi, fascia intertore maculaque apicali cinereo-fuscis ; postice ma- cula apud angulum rubra extus nigro intus albido marginata.
Female. Bright green, whitish beneath. Head cinereous- brown. Palpi whitish ; third joint as long as the second. Thorax cinereous-brown in front. Abdomen with a whitish stripe. Wings with a cinereous-brown notched and interrupted band; fringe whitish, with black points. Fore wings cinereous-brown at the base, and with au interior band like the exterior one; costa and an apical spot of the same colour. Hind wings adorned on the marginal angle with a deep red spot, which is black-bordered on the outer side and whitish-bordered on the inner side. Length of the . body 5—6 lines ; of the wings 12—14 lines.
a. Colombo. From M. Nietner’s collection. b, Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens’ collection.
Genus 20. THALERA.
Corpus gracile. Proboscis distincta. Palpi varii. Ale ample, non strigate, lineis distinctis, fimbria notata; antice apice acute ; postice margine exteriore angulato. Mas.—Antenne pectinate. Abdomen longum, gracile, fasciculo apicali radiato. Mem.—An- tenne simplices. Abdomen cylindrico-conicum, apice obtusum.
Thalera, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 285. Geometra, p., Trezt. Hemithea, Dup. Lep. iv. 106. Guen. Phal. i, 382.
Body slender. Proboscis distinct. Palpi various. Wings ample, not streaked, with distinct lines ; fringe dotted. Fore wings acute at the tips. Hind wings with the exterior border angular. Male.— Antenne pectinated. Abdomen long, slender; apical tuft fan-shaped. Female.—Antenne simple: Abdomen cylindric- conical, obtuse at the tip.
Europe.
1. THALERA BUPLEURARIA.
Pallide viridis ; caput rubrum ; pedes rosei ; ale linea exteriore undulata alba, fimbria roseo notata ; antice linea interiore alba subarcuata ; postice dentate.
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eS
Frisch. Ins. x. 20, pl. 17, f. 1—3.
Phaleua fimbrialis, Scop. E'nt. Carn. 535.
Geometra bupleuraria, Wien. Verz. 97,4. Bork. Eur. Schm. v. 35, 10. Hubn. Geom. pl. 2, f. 8. Treit. Schm. vi. 114, 6.
Phalena thymiaria, Schwarz. Beytr. 10, pl. 2,f.59. Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 130,5. Hsp. Schm. v. 34, pl. 4, f. 3—9.
| Hemithea bupleuraria, Dup. Lep. iv. 236, pl. 151, f.5. Boisd. Ind.
181, 1429. Herr.-Sch. Hur. Schm. iii. 10,8. Guen. Phal. i. 383, 614. Thalera bupleuraria, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 285, 2781.
Europe.
2, THALERA THYMIARIA.
Glauco-viridis ; ale linets duabus angulatis albidts viridi saturato marginatis, linea marginali nigra, fimbria alba fusco notata ; antice costa alba nigro notata ; postice angulate.
Albin, Ins. pl. 48, f. 81.
Phalena-Geometra thymiaria, Zinn. Syst. Nat. ii. 1, 199.
Geometra fimbriata, Hufn. Berl. Mug. iv. 6, 604, 64.
Phalena vernaria, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 129, 3. Don. Brit. Ins. ix. pl. 310.
Geometra strigata, Naturf. ix. 8:
3
Geometra estivaria, Brahm. Ins “Kal. ii. 1, 251,144. Bork, Eur. Schm. v. 32,9? Sepp. Ins. i. pl.3, f. 8. Hsp. Schm. v. pl. 2, f.1—3. Hiubn. Geom. pl. 2, f.9. Treit. Schm. vi. 117, 7.
Phalena bupleuraria? Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 130, 4.
Hemithea estivaria, Dup. Lep. iv. 239, pl. 151, f.6. Boisd. Ind. 180, 1428. Herr.-Sch. Kur. Schm. iii. 10, 7.
Hemithea thymiaria, Guen. Phal. i. 384, 615.
a—i. England. From Mr. Stephens’ collection.
7. England. From Mr. King’s collection.
k,l. England. m—o. Europe. From M. Becker's collection.
« South America. 3. THALERA DISTRACTA.
Fem. Cinerascente glauco-viridis, subtus roseo-albida ; caput saturate rufum, vertice albido; palpi porrecti, articulo 30 minimo ; tibie postice calcaribus duobus longis apicalibus ; ala lineis media et submarginali saturatioribus, hac angulosa,
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—illa subundulata ; antice subfalcate, basi testacee, linea inte- riore angulosa, gutta discalt nigro-fusca, costa testacea ; pos- tice margine exteriore subangulato.
Female. Cinereous sea-green, whitish and partly with a rosy tinge beneath. Head deep red; vertex whitish. Palpi porrect, extending very little beyond the head; third joint very minute. Hind tibiae with two long apical spurs. Wings with the middle and subinarginal lines deeper green, the former slightly undulating, the latter zigzag. Fore wings subfalcate, testaceous towards the base ; interior line zigzag ; discal dot very dark brown; costa testaceous. Hind wings with the exterior border slightly angular in the middle. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines.
Brazil. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
South Africa. 4, THALERA DILATATA.
Fom. Pallide glauco-viridis ; caput rufescente-fuscum ; palpi porreci2, caput non superantes, articulo 30 minimo ; thorax et abdomen albo vittata ; pedes antici rufescentes ; ale jfimbria albida ; antice acute, costa alba ; postice abdomen super- antes.
Female. Pale sea-green. Head reddish brown. Palpi reddish, porrect, not extending beyond the head; third joint extremely minute. Thorax and abdomen with a white stripe. Fore legs mostly red. Hind tibia with four moderately long spurs. Wings ample, without any markings. Fringe whitish. Fore wings acute ; costa and exterior border straight, the former white. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen, with a convex exterior border; in- terior angle rather prominent. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith.
Hindostan. A. Ale dentate. - - - - - robustaria, Guen. B. Ale non dentate. A. Ale postice non angulate. - - - dirempta, Walk. B. Ale postice subangulatae. A. Ale annulo discali. - - - disjuncta, Walk. b. Ale puncto discali. = - - - - flavifusata, Walk.
C. Ale valde angulate.- - - = acutissima, Walk.
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5. THALERA ROBUSTARIA.
Fem. Viridis; frons saturate fusca; abdomen ferrugineo con-
Fs spersum ; ale dentate, dentibus inequalibus, linea undato-
- dentata saturate fusca, puncto discali lineaque marginali fuscis ; postice linea 2a saturate viridt.
Hemithea robustaria, Guen. Phal. i. 383, 613. Hindostan.
6. THALERA DIREMPTA.
Fem. Pallide testaceo-viridis ; palpi porrecti, caput paullo su- perantes, articulo 80 longiusculo ; tibie postice bicalcarate ; ale ample, elongate, subtus cinereo strigate, linea marginali tenut rufa, fimbria alba ; antice subfalcate, costa recta fusco subnotata ; postice angulo interiore producto.
Female. Pale testaceous-green. Palpi porrect, extending a little beyond the head ; third joint slender, less than half the length of the second. Legs slender; hind tibiz with two apical spurs, of which one is much longer than the other. Wings ample, elongate ; marginal line slender, red; fringe white; under side thickly trans- versely and indistinctly streaked with cinereous. Fore wings sub- faleate ; costa straight, minutely brown-marked ; exterior border slightly convex. Hind wings with the interior angle prominent.
Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines.
a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk’s collection.
7. THALERA DISJUNCTA.
Fem. Glauco-viridis, subtus pallida nitens ; corpus pallide testa- ceum ; caput antice ferrugineum ; palpi porrecti, graciles, sub- angulati, articulo 30 longissimo ; tibie postice subincrassate, ealcaribus duobus apicalibus; ale ample, gutta discali yotunda testaceo-marginata lineague marginali fuscis ; antice subfalcate, costa testacea fusco conspersa ; posttce acute angu- late.
Female. Glaucous-green, shining and much paler beneath. Body pale testaceous, white beneath. Head ferruginous in front. Palpi porrect, slender, slightly angular, extending far beyond the head; third joint a little longer than the second. Hind tibia slightly incrassated, with two apical spurs. Wings ample, with a
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brown round testaceous-bordered discal dot, and with a brown mar- | sinal line, which is interrupted by a white point opposite each vein. Fore wings subfalcate ; costa and exterior border hardly convex, the former testaceous, brown-speckled. Hind wings distinctly and acutely angular, extending beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines.
a, Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton.
8. THALERA FLAVIFUSATA.
Fem. Lutescente-viridis, subtus albida ; vertex albus ; palpi gra- ciles, caput longe superantes, articulo 30 longissimo ; tibie postice calcaribus quatuor longis ; ale linea exteriore rufes- cente obliqua indistincta denticulata, linea interiore fere obsc- leta, lunulis marginalibus elongatis purpurascente-rufis ; antice acute, puncto discali-fusco ; postice subangulate.
Female. Green, tinged with pale luteous, whitish beneath. Head white between the antennew. Palpi slender, extending far beyond the head; third joint a little longer than the second. Hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings with a reddish oblique indistinct denticulated exterior line, and with very slight indications of a similar interior line ; marginal lunules purplish red, elongated. Fore wings acute; costa and exterior border slightly convex; a minute brown discal point. Hind wings slightly angular. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines.
a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton.
9, THALERA ACUTISSIMA.
Fem. Testaceo-viridis ; palpi graciles, subarcuati, caput vix superantes, articulo 30 minimo ; tibie postice quadricalcarate ; ale ample, lineis duabus albidis obliquis valde indistinctis et incompletis ; antice subfalcate, costa vix convexa, margine exteriore recto ; postice abdomen lonye superantes, subcaudate, angulo acutissimo.
Female. Dull testaceous-green, paler beneath. Palpi slender, slightly curved, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint very minute. Hind tibie with four moderately long spurs. Wings ample, with two oblique very indistinct and incomplete whitish lines, Fore wings subfalcate; costa hardly convex ; exterior border straight.
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Hind wings extending very far beyond the abdomen ; exterior border _subcaudate, or forming an elongate and very acute angle. Length _ of the body 5 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 6. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens’ collection.
China. 10. THALERA DIFFUSA.
Fem. Pallide glauco-viridis ; caput rufescente-cervinum, vertice ba albo ; palpt graciles, ascendentes, articulo 30 minimo ; tibie postice bicalcarate ; ale lineis duabus albis undulatis indis- tinctis, linea marginali lateritia; antice subfalcate, margine exteriore viz flexo ; postice margine exteriore angulato emar- ginato.
Female. Pale glaucous green. Head reddish fawn-colour; : vertex, abdomen and legs white. Palpi slender, ascending, not ising higher than the vertex; third joint very minute. Hind tibie with two moderately long apical spurs.. Wings with the inte- rior and exterior lines white, slight, undulating, indistinct; marginal line and intervals on the fringe brick red. Fore wings subfalcate; eosta straight ; exterior border hardly bent. Hind wings extending much beyond the abdomen, with the exterior border emarginate and angular. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
a. China. Presented by G. T. Laye, Esq.
Australasia.
A. Ale postice fusco aut albo non varie. A. Statura mediovcris. A. Ale albo non lineate.
a. Ale nigro marginate. - - - insularia, Guen.
6. Ale nigro non marginate. | i. Ale lineis non remolis. - - - undifera, Walk. ii. Ale lineis remotis, - - - - vaga, Walk, B. Ale albo lineata. - git - albisparsa, Walk.
B. Statura parva.
A. Ale lineate. = - - - - ~ subexpressa, Walk. sp. Ale non lineate. - - > - - innotata, Walk.
B. Ale postice fusco varie.
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A, Ale postice fusco marginate. - discipennata, Walk. B. Ale postice viridi marginate. - + cristifera, Walk. C. Ale postice margine postico albo. - concisiplaga, Walk. C, Ale postice albo varie. = : - semialba, Walk.
11. THALERA INSULARIA.
Olivaceo-viridis, subtus viridi albida ; caput antice rubidum ; pal rubidi, articulo 30 maris brevissimo fam. longissimo ; abdomen segmentis 20 30 4oque rubris fasciculatis ; ale lineis duabus indistinctis saturatioribus dentatis albo punctatis, linea mar- ginalt nigra testaceo punctata, fimbria nigro-cinerea testaceo punctata ; antice costa lutea nigro conspersa.
Hemithea insularia, Guen. Phal. :. 305, 616. a. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace’s collection.
12. THALERA VAGA.
Mas. Albido glauco-viridis, nitens ; caput albidum ; palporum articulus 3us 21 dimidio non brevior ; antenne late pectinate, apice filiformes ; ale semthyalina, linets duabus obscurioribus remotis valde dentatis; linea submarginali tenutore untice
diffusa ; antice vix acute, costa subconvexa albo varia ; postice angulate, subdentate.
Male. Whitish glaucous-green, shining. Head whitish above. Palpi extending a little beyond the head ; third joint about half the length of the second. Antenne broadly pectinated to much beyond half the length. Hind tibie with the first pair of spurs much longer than the second pair. Wings semihyaline; interior and exterior lines dark green, deeply dentate, remote from each other; submar- ginal line more slight, nearly parallel to the border, diffuse in front on the fore wings. Fore wings hardly acute ; costa slightly convex, partly white ; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings slightly dentate, acutely angular. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines.
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
13. THALERA CONCISIPLAGA.
Mas. Luteo-viridis, subtus alba; caput album; palpi caput paullo superantes, articulo 30 brevissimo ; antenne lutissime
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pectinate ; abdomen album ; tibie postice bicalcarate ; ale punctis marginalibus nigris, fimbria alba ; antice falcate, striga postice ferruginea, puncto discali nigro ; postice plaga _antica ferruginea, margine exteriore subangulato.
Male, Luteous-green, white beneath. Head white. Palpi extending a little heyond the head; third joint not more than one- fourth of the length of the second. Antenne very broadly pectinated. Thorax pale luteous in front. Abdomen white, with a pale luteous tinge towards the base. Hind tibie with two long apical spurs. Wings with a common ferruginous patch, which is limited by a white line, and is chiefly on the hind wings, only forming a streak by the inte-
_ ‘ior angle of the fore wings; a few marginal black points; fringe
white. Fore wings falcate, with a black discal point. Hind wings with the exterior border slightly angular. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines.
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
14.°THaLERA SUBEXPRESSA.
Fem. Obscure viridescens, subtus albida nitens ; palpi caput vix superantes, articulo 30 minimo ; antenne sat valide; tibie postice bicalcarate ; ale lineu exteriore obscuriore indistincla obliqua subrecta ; antice vie acute ; postice margine exieriore subungulato.
Female. Dull pale green, whitish and shining beneath. Palpi hardly extending beyond the head; third joint very minute. An- tenne rather stout. Hind tibie with two small apical spurs. Wings with a darker green indistinct oblique nearly straight exterior line ; no other markings; fringe like the rest of the wings in colour. Fore wings hardly acute. _ Hind wings extending a little beyond the abdomen ; exterior border slightly angular. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 7 lines.
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
15. THALERA INNOTATA.
Fem. Albido-testacea, subviridescens ; palpi angulati, caput sat superantes, articulo 30 longiusculo ; antice sat valide ; tibie postice bicalcarate ; ale lituris nullis ; antice acute ; postice margine exteriore angulato, linea marginal purpurascente rufa, fimbria albida ; untice elongate, vir falcate.
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Female. Whitish testaceous, with a slight green tinge, the latter hue probably more prevalent in the recent state of the insect. Palpi angular, extending some distance beyond the head; third joint more than half the length of the second. Antenne rather stout. Hind tibiz with two moderately long apical spurs. Wings without markings. Fore wings acute; costa nearly straight ; exte- rior border slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind wings not ex- tending beyond the abdomen; exterior border distinctly angular. Length of the body 34 lines; of the wings 8 lines. ,
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
16. THALERA DISCIPENNATA,
Fom. Cinereo-fusca, albido conspersa ; palpi breves, articulo 30 minimo; abdomen subcristatum; ale disco herbido-viridi, linea undulata alba, gutta discalt punctisque marginalibus nigris; antice macula apicali viridi, spatio apud angulum tntertorem obscure fusco ; postice margine exteriore vix flexo.
Female. Cinereous-brown, speckled with whitish, whitish be- neath. Palpi short; third joint very minute. Abdomen slightly erested. Wings with the disk irregularly grass-green, which hue is limited by an undulating white line, except in front of the fore wings, where the apical part is also green ; a dark brown hue oc- cupying the interior angle of the fore wings, and extending from thence along half the exterior border of the hind wings ; discal dot and marginal points black. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the lps; costa and exterior border convex, the latter rather oblique. Hind wings with the white line very broad in front; exterior bor- der hardly bent. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines.
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
17. THALERA ALBISPARSA.
Fem. Prasino-viridis ; vertex albus ; palpi minimi ; ale tenues, semihyaline, glauco subtincte, albo conspersa, lineis exterto- ribus undulatis albis; antice acute, margine exteriore sat obliquo ; postice producte, margine exteriore subangulato.
Female. Grass-green. Vertex white. Palpi very short and slender. Wings delicate, semihyaline, with a slight glaucous tinge, thickly speckled with white; exterior part with undulating white lines. Fure wings acute; costa hardly convex ; exterior bor-
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der slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind wings prolonged hind-. ward ; exterior border slightly angular. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 11 lines.
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. ° +
18. THALERA UNDIFERA.
Mas et fom. Pallide glaucescente-viridis, testaceo subtincta ; vertex albus; palpi brevissimi, articulo 30 minimo ; antenne maris pectinate frm. pubescentes; abdomen cristatum; ale lineis duabus parallelis subundulatis saturatioribus albo submarginatis ; antice vix acute, margine exteriore perobliquo ; pustice producte, margine exterivre subungulato.
Female. Dull pale glaucous-green, with a slight testaceous
_ tinge, paler beneath. Vertex white. Palpi very short; third joint _
very minute. Antenne deeply pectinated except towards the tips in the male, pubescent in the female. Abdomen crested. Wings with two deeper green parallel slightly undulating lines, which are slightly and in some parts indistinctly white-bordered. Fore wings hardly acute; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings prolonged hindward; exterior border slightly angular. Length of the body 4—5 lines; of the wings 10—12 lines.
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
19. THALERA SEMIALBA.
Fem. Saturate viridis, subtus alba; caput fuscescens ; palpi breves, articulo 30 minimo ; antenne subserrate ; ale dimidio extertore albo; antice ex parte cinerco-fusce, linea submar- ginali alba dentata, guttis marginalibus viridibus elongatis, margine extertore subangulato ; postice dilatate, punctis mar- ginalibus nigris, maryine exteriore subcaudato.
Female. Deep green, white beneath. Head brownish. Palpi short ; third joint very minute. Antenne minutely serrated. Wings with nearly half the exterior part white, this hue most prevalent in the hind wings. Fore wings partly cinereous-brown; this hue oc- cupying the whole of the base, and nearly half the breadth for three- fourths of the length; submarginal line white, dentated ; marginal dots green, elongated’; exterior border slightly angular. Hind wings prolonged hindward, extending much beyond the abdomen ; exterior border distinctly angular, somewhat subcaudate; marginal
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points black; under side with a black nearly apical spot, not cor- responding with that of the fore wings, which is near the middle of the exterior border. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. « ,
Sarawak, Borneo. Inu Mr. Saunders’ collection.
20. THALERA CRISTIFERA.
Fem. Prasino-viridis, subtus fusca; palpi breves, articulo 30 minimo ; abdomen fuscum, cristatum, lineis duabus maculari- bus viridibus ; ale cinereo fimbriate ; antice fusco subcon- sperse macula subcostalt subapicali guitisque contiguis lituris- que apud marginem intertorem fuscis, linea exteriore dentata cinerea postice furcata, costa cervina; postice producte, cine- reo suffuse, fusco confertissime consperse, margine exterwore _ dentato angulato,
Female. Grass-green, brown beneath. Palpi short; third joint very minute. Abdomen brown, with a row of green spots on each side, and with five high crests, which are more or less retracted towards the base. Wings with a cinereous fringe. Fore wings not broad, slightly and minutely speckled with bruwa, with an irregular brown subcostal and subapical spot, and with brown marks along the interior border; the spot accompanied by dots and including part of a dentate cinereous exterior line, which is forked hindward ; costa fawn-colour; exterior border very oblique, hardly angular. Hind wings prolonged hindward, mostly overspread with cinereous, and with very numerous brown speckles, which are partly con- fluent ; marginal lunules black; exterior border dentate, angular. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines.
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection.
Genus 21. AMAURINIA.
Corpus gracile. Proboscis robusta. Palpi squamosi, sub- ascendentes, frontem paullo superantes. Antenne maris late pecti- nate triente apicali filiformi, foemine pubescentes. Abdomen leve. Pedes longi, graciles, glabri; tibie postice calcaribus quatuor longis. Ale integra, leves, concolores, lituris vix determinatis, fimbria discolori; postice abdomen superautes.
Amaurinia, Guen. Phal. i. 385.
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Body slender. Proboscis robust. Palpi squamous, slightly ascending, extending a little beyond the front. Abdomen smooth. Legs long, slender, smooth; hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings entire, smooth, alike in colour, slightly shining, not speckled ; fringe not of the ground-colour; under side often tinged with red or violet. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen. Male. —Antenne broadly pectinated ; apical third part abruptly filiform. Female. —Antenne pubescent.
South America. 1. AMAURINIA HYPERYTHRARIA.
Mas. Sordide glauco-viridis; frons cervina ; ale lineola margi- nalt fusca, fimbria pallide flava; antice costa flava cinereo notata, linea undulata vix conspicua, puncto discali nigricante.
_ Amaurinia hyperythraria, Guen. Phal. i. 386, 619. Brazil. 2. AMAURINIA NEUTRARIA.
Fem. Sordide viridis; frons cervina ; vertex albus ; ale fimbria ochracea; antice puncto discali nigricante, lineis nonnullis rufescentibus tremulis parallelis vix distinctis ; postice vio- laceo-nigro suffuse, puncto discali lineisque quatuor obscuri- oribus indistinctis.
Amaurinia neutraria, Guen. Phal. i. 386, 620, pl. 19, f. 5. Brazil. 3. AMAURINIA SUBVIOLARIA.
Fem. Pallide cinerascente-viridis ; caput fulvum, vertice albo ; ale nitentes, linea media denticuluta vix conspicua, puncto discali ulbo, lineola marginali fusco-rufa, fimbria alba.
Amaurinia subviolaria, Guen. Phal. i. 386, 621. Cayenne. Asia. 4. AMAURINIA RUBROLIMBRARIA.
Mas. Viridis; frons obscure rufa; ale linecla marginali coe- cinea, fimbria alba ; antice acute, costa flavescente, margine exteriore recto ; postice margine exteriore angulato.
Amaurinia rubrolimbraria, Guen. Phal. i, 386, 618. Ceylon.
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Australasia.
5. AMAURINIA OLERARIA.
Fem. Sericeo-viridis ; abdomen album, basi viride ; ale fimbria pallide flava, litura discali nulla; antice costa flavescente, lineis duabus viridescente-albis dentatis undulatis subparallelis ; postice linea unica.
Amaurinia oleraria, Guen. Phal. i. 385, 617. Borneo,
Uncertain Species.
GEOMETRA? RHANIS.
Viridis; ale disco rufo nigro-marginato lineamque nigram undu- latam includente ; antice macula postica flavescente ; postice linea undulata alba.
Phalena-Geometra Rhanis, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 34, pl. 119, f. B, C.
West Indies.
Phalena-Geometra Rhanisaria? Stoll, Cram. Pap. Exot. y. 152, pl. 34, f. 2.
Surinam, GEOMETRA? VIRIDARIA.
Ceruleo-viridis ; ale subangulate, macula discali rotundata nigri- cante, linea marginali niyra ; antice subfalcate.
Phalena-Geometra viridaria, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 158, pl. 370,
Surinam.
GEOMETRA? MARGINARIA. Glauco-viridis ; ale spatio marginali viridi, fimbria rosea.
Phalena-Geometra marginaria, Stoll, Cram. Pap. Exot. v. 156, pl. 34, f. 8. Brazil. Topis ? IMMACULARIA. Mas. Véiridis, I. putatorie statura, subtus albida; antenne
pectinale, apice setacee; caput supra fuscum ; ale postice valde angulate.
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Phalena immacularia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 131, 7. Tranquebar.
Topis ? HERBARIA.
Mas. Viridis; caput album; abdomen cinereum; ale puncto discali nigro.
Phalena-Geometra herbaria, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 162, 118. West Indies.
CoMIBANA? VIRIDANA.
Viridis ; ale fascta saturatiore exteriore maculari fusco marginata, linea marginali nigra, fimbria cinerea ; antice costa nigro punciata, fascia interiore saturatiore fusco marginata.
Phalena-Geometra viridana, Cram. Pap. Exot, iv. 126, pl. 355, 7 r -G.
Surinam.
CoMIBENA ? VIRIDARIA.
Mas. Viridis ; antenneé usque ad apices pectinate ; ale ample, integre, guttis nonnullis lineisque angulosis interruptis, linea- que submarginali nigris.
Phalena-Geometra viridana, Stoll, Cram. Pap. Exot. v. 146, pl. 52, f. 5.
Cape. Fam. 8. MECOCERIDA.
Corpus gracile. Proboscis longa. Palpi squamosi, caput superantes. Antenne longissime, maris pectinale, femine gra- cillime. Thorax oblongus. Abdomen longum, maris utrinque carinatum, foemine fusiforme. Pedes nudi, longissimi, gracillimi ; tarsi longissimi; tibie postice quadricalcarate. Ale repande, concolores; antice oblonge, apice acute; postice macula aut crista discali. ;
Mecoceride, Guen. Phal. i. 387.
Body slender. Probuscis long. Palpi very squamous, ex- tending beyond the head. Antenne very long, pectinated in the male, very slenderin the female. Thorax somewhat oblong. Ab- domen long, keeled on each side in the male, fusiform in the female. Legs smooth, very long and slender; tarsi very long;
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hind tibie with two pairs of spurs, which are remote from each other. Wings very ample, alike in colour. Fore wings oblong, acute. Hind wings with a discal spot or crest.
The genus Ametris, which is included by Guenée with the two following genera in this family, is described, with the two species of which it is formed, in the fourth series of this Catalogue, page 6. Like the other genera of Mecoceride and like the Palyade, it differs widely from the other Geometriles,and closely approaches some of the Deltoidites and of the Pyralites.
Genus 1. MECOCERAS.
Proboscis longissima. Palpi ascendentes, caput paullo super- antes; articuli lus et 2us recurvi, ensiformes; Sus ovalis, tenuis. Pedes longi, graciles; tibiz antice pilose; tarsi postici tibiis bre- viores. Alz longe, rotundate ; antice apice acute; postice litura _ discali pupillata. Mas.—Oculi maximi. Antenne pectinate, apice filiformes et uniciliate. Sem.—Antenne graciles, uniciliate.
Mecoceras, Guen. Phal. i. 388.
Proboscis very long. Palpi ascending, rising a little above the head ; first and second joints recurved, ensiform; third ovate, small. Antenne a little shorter than the costa of the fore wings. Abdomen very long. Legslong, slender; fore tibiz pilose; hind tarsi shorter than the tibie. Wings long, rounded. Fore wings with acute tips; exterior border hardly convex, rather oblique. Hind wings with an ocellated discal mark. Male.—Eyes very large. An- tenne pectinated, filiform and ciliated on one side at the tips. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Female.— Antenne slender, ciliated on one side.
1. MecocERAS NITOCRIS.
Viridescente-testacea aut cinerascens ; caput rufum, vertice albo ; ale linea media obliqua diffusa fusca, linets interiore et exte- rviore e punctis nigris, lunulis marginalibus nigris albo mar- ginatis ; antice costa chalyba@e conspersa ; postice litura dis- cali alba rufo marginata.
Phalena-Geometra Nitocris, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 148, pl. 275, ae
Ametris Nitocritaria, Hubn. Exot. Schm. ii. Lep. i. Geom. ii. Ten. i.; Verz. Schm, 303, 2922.
Mecoceras Nitocritaria, Guen. Phal. i. 389, 624.
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LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA,. 607
a—c. Para. From Mr. Bates’ collection.
d. Venezuela, From Mr. Dyson’s collection. e. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson’s collection. f. Bogota. Frum Mr. Stevens’ collection.
g.- Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection.
Ah. Santarem. From Mr. Bates’ collection.
4. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates’ collection. p: ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. - Brazil.
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2. MEcOcERAS BITACTARIA.
Mas. Pallide cinereo-flavescens, subviridescens ; caput ferrugineo- rufum, flavo bipunctatum, vertice albo ; abdomen nigro punc- tatum ; ale nigro consperse, fascia media nebulosa incompleta Fusca, linea exteriore punctulari nigra, punctis marginalibus ferrugineo-rufis ; antice linea basali punctulari guttaque discali nigris ; postice dentate, maculis duabus discalibus connexis albis rufo marginatis, macula apicali rufa, punctis marginalibus nonnullis albo marginatis.
Female. Dull pale cinereous-yellow, with a greenish tinge. Head and palpi ferrnginous-red; vertex white; front with two yel- low points; second and third joints with yellow tips. Abdomen with a row of black points. Wings minutely black-speckled, with a middle nebulous incomplete brown band and with an exterior line of black points; marginal points ferruginous-red, much more attenuated in the fore wings than in the hind wings. Fore wings subfalcate, with a line of black points near the base, and with a black discal dot. Hind wings dentate, with two white connected red-bordered discal spots; a red apical spot, towards which the points are larger and more distinctly white-bordered. Length of the body 8—10 lines; of the wings 20—24 lines.
This species seems to connect the genera Ametris and Mecoce- ras, and may be distinguished from M. Nitocris by the markings and by the dentate hind wings.
a, Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse’s collection. b. P Presented by the Entomological Club.
Genus 2. ALMODES.
‘ Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis longa. Palpi porrecti, squa- moso-hirsuti ; caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us parvus, trun-
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catus. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes glabri, longis- simi, gracillimi, Ale ample, elongate ; antice vix acuta, costa recta, margine exteriore convexo perobliquo ; pustice margine exteriore dentato. Mas.—Antenne late pectinate, apice filiformes et crenu- late. Moem.—Antenune simplices, graciles.
Almodes, Guen. Phal. i. 389.
Body moderately stout. Proboscis long. Palpi porrect, squa- mous-hirsute, extending a little beyond the head; third joint minute, truncate. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, very long and slender; spurs not lung. Wings ample, elongated. Fore wings hardly acute ; costa straight ; exterior bor- der convex, very oblique. Hind wings with the exterior border dentate. Male.—Antenne broadly pectinated, filiform and crenu- lated at their tips. Memale.—Antenne bare, slender. ;
1. ALMODES TERRARIA.
Cinerascente-ferruginea ; ale nigro subconspersa, lineis undulatis nigricantibus, linea media triplici, exteriore bene determinata, submarginalt indistincta, lunulis marginalibus nigris albo marginatis, macula discali nigra.
Almodes terraria, Guen. Phal. i. 390, 625.
a,b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie’s collection. ce. St. Domingo. From Mr. Hearse’s collection.
Fam. 9. PALYADA.
Corpus gracile. Proboscis bene determinata. Palpi ascend- entes; articuli lus et 2us lati, compressi, squamosi; 3us sepissime brevis. Antenne sepissime longissime, graciles. Thorax angustus. Abdomen longum, lineare. Pedes longi, graciles ; tarsi longi; tibia postice quadricalcarate. Ale ample, integre, Lares lituris metallicis sepe ornate, fimbria brevi.
Palyade, Guen. Phal. i. 391.
Body slender. Proboscis conspicuous. Palpi ascending ; first and second joints broad, compressed, squamous ; third most often shoit. Antenne slender, generally very long. Thorax narrow. Abdomen long, linear, hardly thicker in the female than in the male. Legs long, slender; tarsi long; hind tibiz with two pairs of spurs. Wings ample, entire, smooth, often adorned with metallic lines ; fringe short.
LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 609
A. Palporum articulus 3us distinctus. _ - 1. EumME.ra, Dune. 5B. Palporum articulus 3us indistinctus. A. Ale postice non angulate.
a. Pedes longi. - - - - - 2. Patyas, Guen. B. Pedes non longi. :
a. Ale annulate. - - 98. OpHTHaLMopHora, Guen.
b. Ale non annulate. - 2 5. Curysocestis, Hubn.
B. Ale postice angulate. - - - 4, Byssopes, Guen.
Genus 1. EUMELEA.
Corpus gracile. Proboscis longa, robusta. Palpi subascend- entes, subangulati; articulus 3us linearis, maris brevis, foem. elon- gatus. Antenne graciles, leves, longissime. Abdomen lineare, longissimum. Pedes longissimi, gracillimi; tibiae antice subfas-
- ciculate ; tibie antice maris intus pilose. Ale ainple, elongate;
antice subfalcate ; postice angulo interiore producto.
Ametris, p. Hubn. Verz. Schm. 303. Eumelea, Duncan, Nat. Hist. Exot. Moths, 215. Guen. Phal. i.
3ogl.
Body slender. Proboscis long, robust. Palpi slightly ascending and angular; third joint linear, much longer in the female than in the male. Antenne smooth, slender and very long in both sexes. Abdomen linear, very long, not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs very long and slender; fore tibie with a small tuft; hind tibie of the male pilose on the inner side; spurs moderately long. Wings ample, elongate. Fore wings subfalcate; costa and exterior border hardly convex, the latter rather oblique. Hind wings with the interior angle prominent.
Eight species have been recorded with this genus, but seven of them are probably all one species, and cannot be divided into local subspecies. . fimbriata differs from the others almost sufficiently to form a new genus.
1. EumMELEA Rosaria.
Lutea aut luteo-flava ; ale strigis confertissimis transversis rufes- centibus, fasctis duabus rufescentibus aut purpurascentibus ; antice linea interiore rufescente, costa nigro strigata ; postice macula apical flava.
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Phalena-Geometra Rosalia, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 152, pl. 368, f. F
Phalena rosata, abr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 175, 164.
Ametris punicearia, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 303, 2924.
Eumelea Rosaliata, Duncan, Nat. Hist. Exot. Moths, 215, pl. 29, f.4. Guen. Phal. i. 392, 626.
Amboina. Celebes.
a, b. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton.
e. Ceylon. From the Rev. J. Wenham’s collection. d, Ceylon.
e. Silhet. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq.
f,q. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth’s collection. h. Ceram, From Madame Ida Pfeiffer’s collection.
i. Celebes. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer’s collection.
yj. North Hindostan. From Mr. James’ collection.
k. Java. From Mr. Henry’s collection.
i—n. Hindostan. Frum the Entomological Society’s collection. o. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk’s collection. p. China. Presented by the Rev. C. Kuper.
In some examples of this species the streaks and bands are diffuse and more or less confluent, and hide the ground-colour of the wings, and the apical spot of the hind wings is obsolete.
2, EuMELEA FERICIATA,
Mas et fem. Minor, flava ; pedes postict non pilost; ale roseo strigate, fascias e strigis confluentibus ; antice breviores, mar- gine exteriore minus obliquo ; postice lunulis marginalibus roses.
Eumelea Feliciata, Guen. Phal. i. 393, 628. Silhet. Manilla.
3. Eumevra Lupovica'ra.
Croceo-flava ; ala rufo conferte strigate, lineis duabus indistinctis purpurascente-roseis ; antice mac ulis duabus flavis inter lineas ; postice macula una ‘flava inter lineas.
Eumelea Ludovicata, Guen. Phal. i. 393, 628. This species appears to be especially identical with E. Rosalia. Ceylon. Hindostan.
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4. EUMELEA VULPENARIA.
Ochracea ; ale fasctis duabus roseis ; antice fascia 2a submargin- ali; postice fascia 2a marginali.
: Phalena-Geometra Vulpenaria, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 245, pl. 400, Eo. F’. Phalena gravidata, Fab. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 175, 163. Ametris Vulpenaria, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 303, 2923. Eumelea Vulpenaria, Guen. Phal. i. 393, 630.
Coromandel.
5. EuMELEA AURELIATA.
Lutea aut luteo-flava ; ale strigis transversis saturattoribus nigro punctatis, fasctis tribus macularibus latissime interruptis pur- purets ; antice costa nigro notata.
Eumelea Aureliata, Guen. Phal. i. 394, 631, pl. 22, f. 6.
a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 5. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. ec. Canara. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board.
6. EuMELEA FLoRINATA.
Vinoso-rosea, flavo subvaria ; antice oblonge, margine exteriore subflexo, litura apicali flava nulla ; postice litura flava roseo strigata apud angulum interiorem.
Eumelea Florinata, Guen. Phal. i. 392, 627. Java. 7. EUMELEA HoRTENSIATA.
Cinerea; ale flavo-varie, nigro strigate, litura discali nigra, mar- gine pallide flavo ; antice costa apiceque flavis fusco strigatis, macula discalt rotundata flava.
Eumelea Hortensiata, Guen. Phal. i. 394, 632.
Borneo.
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8. EUMELEA FIMBRIATA.
Sordide ochracea ; corpus cinereo-fuscum ; ale late, strigis trans- versis confertissimis fuscis ex parte confluentibus, spatio mar- ginali plus minusve flavescente ; antice maculis duabus flaves- centibus, la discali, 2a submarginalt, margine exteriore subangulato ; postice subquadrate, margine extertore angu- lato.
Phalena-Geometra fimbriata, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 236, pl. 398, ON. a
Eumelea Eugeniata, Guen. Phal. i. 394, 633.
Aimboina. Borneo.
a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk’s collection.
Genus 2. PALYAS.
Corpus gracile. Proboscis distincta. Palpi breves, ascend- entes, obtusi; articulus 3us indistinctus. Antenne long, maris pubescentes aut subdentate, foem. setaceee. Abdomen lineare, alas posticas bon superans, maris apice obtusum. Pedes longi, graciles, glabri; tibie postice calcaribus quatuor longis.