NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXI. lOlt. 425 



Family GEOMETRIDAE. 



Subfamily OENOCHROMINAE. 



60. Oenochroma cerasiplaga spec. nov. 



Forewing : delicate pale green, densely scaled ; costa yellow, becoming fulvous 

 before apex ; a straight obliqne yellow streak from just before middle of inner 

 margin to vein 5 l)e3-ond discocellnlar ; fringe yellow dappled with fulvous orange 

 beyond veins, most strongly towards tornus. 



Hhvlwimi : pale blue-green, with the yellow streak fainter. 



Underside pale bluish green ; costal streak of forewing broader ; a pale patch 

 before apex dusted with pinkish ; the yellow streak of upperside showing through ; 

 a second very faint fulvous streak from before ajjcx incurved to inner margin near 

 the yellow streak ; hindwing with a large rounded pur]ile-red blotch with fulvous 

 inner edge lying between veins 6 and 2, showing through tfi\ upperside. 



Palpi whitish green, with third segment fulvous; face white; antennae and 

 ridge of hair between them fulvons ; collar, base of tegulae, and a patch below the 

 eyes yellow ; tegulae and ])atagia blue-green ; dorsum whitish green, darker at 

 sides ; pectus and venter whitish green ; legs whitish densely speckled with dnll red. 



Expanse of wings : 36 mm. 



1 S from Perth, West Australia (G. Watson). 



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