272 Prout, Geometridae. 



in hrs (k'sc'i-ipticn (Soc. Ent. XXV, p. 89) has not mentioned the enor- 

 iiu)usly (lilaled Iiindtibia. The tiifts of hair an the coxae are yfllowish 

 l)r()\\ii, not blac'k as in degans, bnt of coiirse then colour ought not to 

 liave l)cen inchided in Hampson's generic diagnosis. 



*\'u. IVrciiia luridaria iiominoiipuni Front, nov. snbspec. — Differs 

 little from the namo-typicai form froni W. China except in venation. 

 hl htridarid luridaria Leech SC^ ariset< from i\ in the new .siibs[)ecies 

 it arises from the cell -Mid is comieeted by a bar with (", in 5 of the 7 

 examples also l)y ;i bar with 8C-. Fnrthor differs in that the hindwing 

 shows a (•()m|)leto submnrginal row of large spots whilc in the name- 

 type they are small, the one between R^ and M^ altogether wtmting. 

 Ahkang, 1 ,S (t.Vl)e), '"> ¥, October and November 1911; Shisha, 1 $, 

 May-June 1912. Leech (Ann. Mag. Nat. Bist, (ü) XIX, p. 451) de- 

 scrib;Hl this species as a Metahraxas. though nolicing the eiliated, not 

 peeliiKited, ; ;mi1 Mina; il fiirther diftVis from tlial-genus in the vciiation, 

 SC- heilig therc sta.lked with >SC^'^ 



*ir)<S. IViTlliil huigitcnnoil Front, nov. .^pee. -- o?. <)4 ()9 mm. 

 Snjierfieialiy very simiiar to the preceding, bnt narrowei -w inged, 

 (>.specially the j: in tbis sex the foiowing is fnlly as long from the apex 

 to the extremity of SM."-^ as the length of SM-, in the $ nearly as long; 

 in the allied s])ecies eonsiderably shorter. Purther differs in having 

 the bliuck costal niargin of the forewing nninterrn})t( d by white spots 

 (only in the V partly stiignlatäd with white) ; the central of the 3 siibbasal 

 spots (boimding the ochreous basal area) small and placed far proximally 

 to tlie otlier 2, fonning almost an eqiiilatend triaiigle with the 2 basal 

 s|)ots; a large blotfh abont the middle of the hindmargin (distally 

 to andconfhient with the ante median row of spots), not (as mliiridaria) 

 miich beyond the middle (distally to and confluent with the post- 

 median row); hindwing marked with bla(-k at extreme base, cell-spot 

 larger, inclining to be ciit with white on the discocelhilar itself, post- 

 median row of spots innch more distally placed. Face black, with a 

 N'cry niMTow ochreous stri))e at npper edge (in Jaridaria ochreons). 

 ,j sliucliire simil;).r. hiit the fovea is not (piite so large, more rounded 

 (in luridaria elongate, oval). Alikang, 2 o (tyi^e and cotype), November 

 1911; Shisha. I ,', May-June 1912. I have also seen 2 9 in the Wileman 

 (•ollec-tion. In the SS SC^ and SC^ arise separate, in the $9 they are 

 shortly slalkcd; in eithci case SC^ is connected by a bar with C. 



*ir)9. IVrcilia fninidaria Leech. — 5 S. ö 9, Alikang, (3ctc)ber and 

 Noveinb(>r 1909; 2 S, ^ 9^ Kosempo. mostly January 1!)10; 1 J, Shisha, 

 May-June 1!)12, Formosan specimens seem in general to differ from 

 those of Central and West China in having the spots rather larger, 



