92 ]\[r. E. Meyrick on the classification of 



5Q. Rhodostrophia, Hh. 

 Face oblique, with appressed scales. Palpi moderate, snb- 

 ascendiug, sliortly rough-scaled. Antenuse in 3' bipectinated, 

 apex simple. Thorax glabrous beneath. Femora glabrous ; pos- 

 terior tibiie in $ slender, sometimes with long basal tuft, with all 

 spurs present or with outer median spur obsolete, in 2 with all 

 spurs present. Fore wings with 6 sometimes out of 9, 10 anastom- 

 osing with 11 and 9, Hind wings with 6 and 7 stalked. 



Not at present known outside the European region, 

 where it is confined to the warmer districts. This genus 

 must certainly closely approach the primitive type of the 

 family. The species which are known to me as having 

 one tibial spur obsolete are the first four and the last 

 one, but they do not appear to form a single group 

 separable from the rest. 



vibicaria, CI. *cuprinaria, Christ. 



calahraria, Z. Ledereri, Alph. 



auctata, Stgr. jacnlaria, Hb. 



adauctata, Stgr. *Staudinfierl, Alph. 



*perezaria, Oberth. hadiaria, Frr. 



sicaiiaria, Z. *vastaria, Christ. 



dispar, Stgr. acidaria, Stgr. 



terrestraria, Ld. pnecisaria, Stgr. 



5. GEOMETRID/E. 

 Fore wings witli 10 rising oiit of 9 or rarely absent {Aplasta), 

 Hind wings with 5 fully developed, rising much above middle of 

 transverse vein, 8 shortly anastomosing or connected with or 

 appressed to upper margin of cell near base, thence rapidly 

 diverging or sometimes approximated to upper margin of cell to 

 near middle. 



A moderately extensive family, most largely developed 

 in the Indo-Malayan, African, and Australian regions. 

 In all European genera the face is smooth, and the 

 tongue well-developed. The neuration of the fore wings 

 tends to vary markedly within the limits of the same 

 species, and is therefore not always available for generic 

 distinction ; it nearly approaches that of the Sterrhidce, 

 but is less fixed. The peculiar position of vein 5 in the 

 hind wings sufficiently characterises the family, which is 

 otherwise closely allied to and intermediate between the 

 Sterrhidce and JMonoctcniadcc, with the former of which I 



