118 Mr. E. Doubleday's Description of Geometrida. 



the costa and outer margin. The posterior wings of the males 

 have the inner margin reflexed, forming a semi -oval lobe, the ex- 

 terior surface of which is of a silvery white, the wings beyond 

 this lobe silvery white, with a small cinnabar spot opposite the 

 middle of the fold ; the outer margin broadly cinnabar-coloured, 

 clouded with yellowish, the cilia spotted with white. Legs fuscous, 

 the tibiae and tarsi ringed with white. Abdomen black, with 

 white rings. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIL 



Fig. 1. Erateina Zoraida, $. 



\a. ,, ,, ,, under surface. 



2. Erateina Zoraida, J . 



3. Erateina lanthe. 



4. Erateina lanlhe, Var. ? (^Er. Iphis.) 



5. Erateina Julia. 



5a. „ ,, under surface. 



6. Erateina Neiera, The base of the anterior wings is coloured 



rather too dark. The specimen has been considerably rubbed 

 by the captor, but appears to have had rather more of the 

 fawn colour than the artist has represented. 



7. Erateina Cynthia, ^. 



la. ,, ,, ,, under surface. 



The generic details will be given on a future plate, with the 

 figures of the scales and hair of the posterior wings, of which I 

 hope soon to have a notice before the Society. 



