268 Prout, Geometridae. 



eiulintf US ;i thick biack eiirve (its coiivexity direeted ba.sewards) 

 ffom I\l- lo himlnuu-gin, at the same dislancc froin' base as tlie cell- 

 si)ot ; subtermiiial liiie rather thick but very indi.stinct and interiupted. 

 aceoin])anied ])r()xiinally by rather strong dark shaifiiig at eosta. be- 

 tween ihc radials and froin M' poster-iorly : somc dark h)ngitiidinal 

 streaks between the veins distally to the subterininal: a terminal black 

 line, abliest iiiterrupted at the vein-ends but strongly thickened niidway 

 between; f ringe dark-chequered at the vein-ends. Hindwing with cell- 

 inaik eonsiderably smaller, an antemediaii line, a sinuous post median 

 and an internipted subtcrminal, the latter on an average less broadly 

 dark-shaded ])i().\iinaiiy find not followed by (hirk internervular marks 

 distally; terminal line and fringe as on forewing. ünderside similarly 

 but rather less definiteiy marked, both wings with broad fuscous marginal 

 band, reaching from the postmedian; on the forewing this band occupies 

 the entire area except a small spot at a2)ex: on the hindwing it is less 

 strongly developed, more variable, commonly leaving the subterminal 

 line and the space between this and the termen pale. Alikang, 4 ^, 3 $, 

 October-November 1909 and May 1911 (the type o^ October 1909); 

 Kosempo, 1 J- October 1911: Sokutsu, Banshoryo district, 1 ?, 7 May 

 1912. C'losely related to bwinuata Ham})son, from North India, perhaps 

 even a local race, differing in the relatively slightiy shorter forewing, 

 darker colouring. postmedian of forewing rather less acutely produced 

 at the radials, that of hindwing with the curves less deep, the dark 

 border of the ünderside broader. Superficially resembles also mceplaria 

 Walk., but lacks the abdominal hair-tufts, has the postmedian line 

 rather more proximally placed, the border beneath broader, darker 

 and more solid, etc. 



133. Eetropis rantaizaiia Wileman. — 1 o, Kosempo, October 1911; 

 1 $, Polisha, April 1910. Described as a Prorhinia, but belongs to the 

 section Psilalcis, structurallj^ indistinguishable from the Indian in- 

 cepfaria Walk., of which it may possibly be a local form; differs in its 

 greyer, less brown colour, less sharp markings, more strongly developed 

 dark border on the ünderside, etc. 



*]34. Ascotis selenaria Schiff. — 1 v, Pilam, Jnly 1912. 



13.'). Alcis acaciaria Bsd. — This extremely m idely distributed 

 species (or group), wliich is greatly in need of revision, is represented 

 by 6 examples, coming from 4 different localities. 3 c? (Shisha and 

 Suisharyo) belong to the handsomc, sharply-marked form fraferna 

 Moore (thongh oneisweakly marked beneath). a ^ from Kosempo issiinilar. 

 but witli the white areas strongly clouded and diisted, so as to a{)p('ar 



