in the Joicey Collection. 279 



browner face ; also (except from semihyalina, which has a 

 white dorsal line and is, especially in Ceylon, much smaller) 

 by the shape. Assuming that the $ has non-dilated hind 

 tibia, the natural position will be next to the last-named 

 species. 



Subfam. Sterrhinjs. 

 3. Scopula linearis, f. alstoni, form. n. 



$ $ . — Differs from name-typical linearis, Hmpsn. (111. 

 Het. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 123), in that the incurved portions of 

 the postmedian line (between the radials and behind M 2 — 

 both here conspicuously blackened) are followed distally by 

 dark patches (ochreous irrorated with black, especially at 

 their distal extremity) about as in stig?nata } Moore, or some 

 forms of walkeri, Butl. 



Ceylon: Uva, 500 feet, May (G. C.Alston), a pair in 

 coll. Joicey ; also a poor <$ from Pundaloya (E. E. Green), 

 in coll. Brit. Mus. 



I have not seen the linearis form from Ceylon, so that this 

 may well prove a constant race, or even representative species, 

 as I at first thought the hind tibia appeared still thicker ; but 

 the known variability of some species of the group in respect 

 of the postmedian blotches makes me hesitate until more 

 material is available. Name-typical linearis is fairly frequent 

 in the Nilgiri and Palni Hills, and occurs also in Sikkim and 

 Bhotan ; from none of these localities have I seen specimens 

 approaching the alstoni form. 



4. Scopula subpartita } sp. n. 



c? . — 26-28 mm. 



Face brown-black, narrowly whitish below. Palpus 

 black above, ochreous whitish beneath. Vertex and antennal 

 shaft light ochreous brown ; collar darker ; antennal joints 

 slightly projecting, ciliation nearly twice as long as diameter 

 of shaft. Thorax and abdomen light ochreous brown, more 

 whitish beneath ; abdomen dorsally with some black irrora- 

 tion and ill-defined medio-dorsal spots. Fore leg and (more 

 slightly) mid leg infuscated on upper and inner side ; hind 

 tibia rather long, dilated, fringed above and with rather long 

 whitish hair-pencil ; hind tarsus nearly one-third as long as 

 tibia. 



Fore icing moderately broad, costa gently arched poste- 

 riorly, termen smooth, little curved ; light ochreous brown, 

 appearing slightly darker and rougher than in most of the 

 nesciaria group, on account of slight greyish suffusions and 



