186 GEOMETHID MOTHS 



Very similar to that of rubroviridis Warr. but less bright, 

 Rubbasal line of fore wirifr more curved, median area shaped as 

 in the cT, with more black proximally than in rubroviridis , the 

 hind wing rather paler than in that species, with the markings 

 perhaps rather more proximal. 



Mt. Murud, 600()-6oOO feet. October, tvpe cf ; November— 



39. , 



Appears intermediate towards "ChJoropUntha'' velntina 

 Warr. 



56. ZiRTPAVA XYTJNAKIA Walk. 



Ziridava o'tjlinaria Walk., List Lep. Ins., xxvi, p. IS.TO, 1862, Sarawak. 



Mt. Murud. November — 1 cf. 



Widely distributed from Ceylon and India to New Guinea 

 and (^)ueensland and not very variable. 



57. GONU)PTRnOT,OBA BTCON.TTNrTA Sp. 11. 



cf 18 mm. 



riosely akin tf) ronjinirfa Warr.. Nov. Zool.. iv, p. 230, 

 pi. V, fig. 2, Mindoro. Rather smaller and paler. Antennal 

 pectination apparently rather less long. Abdomen with large 

 black doi'sal spots. 



Fo)'e Aving with rather more black marking, in particular 

 with the two bars which form the median band conjoined not 

 only at fold but again at hind margin. Hind v\ ing with the 

 terminal excision between the radials apy)reciably deeper. 



Mt. Murud. 6500 feet, November. 



58. riYMNOscELis FASCTATA Hmpsn. 



EupHhecia faaciata Hmpsn. Til. Het., viii, p. lift. pi. clii, f. 22, 

 1891, Nilglris. 



Mt. Poi, 5200 feet— 1 cf, 19 • 



Unless there are two close allies with similar q* leg-structure 

 Yfore-tibia with a large triangular hairy swelling) the post- 

 median line in this species must be usually variable in degree 

 of angulation. Known to me fi'oTn the Khasias and the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



59. Triptertdia subcomosa Warr. 



Tripteridae suhromona Warr., Nov. Zool., xiv, p. 161, 1907, Brit. 

 New Guinea. 



Mt. Poi, 5200 feet— 1 cf- 



Rather darker than the New Guinea form (probably racial). 



