LEPIDOPTEEA 



Divisiox 2. HETEROCERA. 



Group 4. GEOMETBINA. 



Family 4. LARENTIDiE. 



Geuus 27. MESOTYPE. 



Antenna simple, ciliated ; palpi very short ; head flattened 

 and rough in front ; thorax smooth ; abdomen short, cylind- 

 rical, slender and smooth ; fore wings trigonate, bluntly 

 pointed, the base very narrow ; hind wings long, rounded 

 behind, vein 1 normal ; veins 7 and 8 united more than half 

 way down the~Ml- Female smaller, with more pointed fore 

 wings. -^ 



We have but one species. 



1. M. lineolata, !<ddff. ; virgata, Staud. Cat. — Expanse 

 I to 1 inch. Fore wings narrow, rather pointed, pale grey, 

 or pale grey-brown ; central band very oblique, rather 

 straight, striped. Hind wings pale smoky-grey barred with 

 smoky-brown and white. 



Antennae of the male rather thick, simple, ciliated, light 

 brown, darker at the back; palpi minute, pale chocolate; 

 face prominent, rather rough, pale brown dusted with red- 



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