in the Joicey Collection. 281 



(broken in both examples). Collar brown. Thorax above 

 pale brown; abdomen whitish. Hind tibia slender, with 

 long thin hair-pencil, spurs wanting-; tarsus as long as tibia. 



Fore wing with costa very gently arched, apex acute, 

 termen oblique, straight anteriorly, very slightly curved 

 posteriorly ; pale brown, with a tinge of fleshy- ochroous and 

 with minute olive-grey irroration ; cell-dot minute, black ; 

 antemedian line obsolete ; median shade rather thick, grey, 

 strongly oblique and straight from just beyond middle of 

 hind margin to R 1 or SO 5 midway between cell-dot and 

 termen, then less oblique and much fainter; postmedian line 

 fine, parallel and approximated to median ; subtcrminal shades 

 rather weaker and rather less oblique ; terminal line very 

 fine, continuous, scarcely thickened between the veins; fringe 

 concolorous or slightly more reddish, unmarked. 



Hind wing not broad, costal margin relatively long ; 

 whiter than fore wing, especially proximally and costally ; 

 irroration strongest in abdominal region; cell-dot minute, 

 black ; median shade faint, only traceable in abdominal 

 region ; postmedian and two subterminals fine, weak, fleshy- 

 greyish, nearly parallel with termen, apparently (at least the 

 postmedian) finely crenulate ; terminal line anil fringe nearly 

 as in fore wing. 



Fore wing beneath with ill-defined smoky suffusions as 

 far as the median shade, hind wing rather more uniformly 

 coloured than above ; both wings with markings nearly as on 

 upper.<ide, hind wing with terminal blackish dots. 



Teng-yueh-ting, W. China; 2 $ $ in coll. Joicey. 



Very distinct from any In do- Australian Scopula known to 

 me; more associated with the African group silonaria, Guen., 

 commaria, Swinh. ,fragilis, Warr., etc. 



6. Scopula pcelula, sp. n. 



<J ? .—31-33 mm. 



Coloration and aspect of napariata, Guen., or slightly 

 warmer in tone. Antenna of £ with the fascicles of °cili<\ 

 considerably longer. Hind tarsus of <J considerably longer 

 (at least f as long as tibia). 



Fore wing with termen more oblique, as long as hind 

 margin ; cell-dot subobsolete or sharply black, but in any 

 case placed on the posterior extremity of DC Z ; postmedian 

 line at its costal extremity rather more displaced proximally, 

 here somewhat thickened but vague ; terminal dots rather 

 large and sharp. 



