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M! connate or short-stalked; hindwing with termen rounded, tornus moderate, cell somewhat less than 
one-half, DC little curved, C anastomosing with cell at a point near base, then diverging, SC? stalked, 
R? scarcely above middle, M! stalked. c genitalia : uncus pointed, with socii of equal length, gnathos 
atrophied, harpe fused, rounded, with extended sacculus, penis pestillate. Nearer to Culftnta and TAalera 
than to the Hemithea-group. 
Lanva. — Rather slender, head bifid, prothorax (and metathorax *) with two small prominences, 
body somewhat wrinkled transversely, carinated, attenuated anteriorly, surface shagreened with white 
granules; on Teucrium, Mentha, etc. (Goossens, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1871, p. 291, t. 4, f. 5; Milliere, 
Lépidoptérologie, Fasc. 1, p. 7, t. 2, f. 1). 
A small genus, to which has been referred a good deal of heterogenous material. Even as it is 
here restricted, the species show some variation of facies, and a little in structure; safurata, with shorter 
gf palpus and weak tongue (perhaps even wanting), may probably require generic separation, but 
its Q is at present unknown ; menadiara, of which the tvpe is lost, may be allied thereto, but we are not 
certain whether the specimen we have seen is conspecific with Thierry-Mieg's. The typical species 
of Microloxia are of quite small size, but relatively fairly robust, and have a good many characters in 
common with the large African Paraprasina., 
Type of the genus : Microloxia herbaria (Hübner) — Geometra herbaria, Hübner (1893). 
Geographical distribution of species. — Palarctic (except N. and E.), India, S. Africa. 
1. M. herbaria (Hübner). S. Europe to Central Asia. 
Geometra herbaria, Hübner, Samml. Eur. Schmett., Geom. t. 79. f. 407 
(1818 ?). 
Nemoria herbaria, Hübner, Verz. bek, Schmett, p. 255 (18267). 
Ellopia advolata, Eversmann, Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, 1837, n? 2, p. 51 
(1837) (var.?). 
[Geometra] graminaria (Kollar, MS.), Zeller, Stett. Ent. Zeit. Vol. ro, 
P. 204 (1849) (nec PAorodesma graminaria, Kollar, 1850). 
Eucrostis herbaria, Lederer. Verh. Zool.-bot. Ver. Wien, Vol. 3, p. 172 (1853). 
Nemoria herbaria, Guenée, Spec. Gén. Lép. Vol. 9, p. 350 (1855). 
Nemoria advolata, Guenée, ibidem, p. 350 (1858). 
Nemoria bruandaria, Milliére, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon (n. s.), Vol. 7, p. 243. 
t. 8, f. 10-12 (1861). 
Microloxia herbaria, Warren, Proc. Zool, Soc. Lond. p. 354 (1893). 
Synchlora bruandaria, Gumppenberg, Nova Act. Acad. Leop. d. Naturt. 
Halle, Vol. 64, p. 496 (1895). 
2. M. indecretata (Walker). Bombay to Ceylon. 
Geometra (?) indecretata, Walker, List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. Vol. 26, p. 1555 
(1862). 
Jodis indecretata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. Vol. 3, p. 430, t. 194, f. 5 (1887). 
Nemoria pruinosa, Butler, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5), Vol. 5, p. 224 (18580). 
Geometra aperta, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 855, t. 56, f. 7 (1885). 
Nemoria directa, Hampson, Fauna Ind. Moths, Vol. 3, p. 503 (1895) (nec 
Walker). 
Microloxia parvulata, Warren, in coll. Brit. Mus. (nec Walker). 
3. M. leprosa (Hampson). Ceylon. 
Eucrostis leprosa, Hampson, Ill. Het. Coll. Brit. Mus. Vol. 9, p. 146, t. 170, 
f. 15 (1893). 
Nemoria leprosa, Hampson, Fauna Ind. Moths, Vol. 3, p. 503 (1895). 
4. M. menadiara (Thierry-Mieg) (huj. gen.?). Algeria. 
Phorodesma menadiara, Thierry-Mieg, Le Naturaliste, Vol. 15, p. 40 (1893). 
Eucrostes (?) menadaria, Staudinger, Cat. (ed. 3), p. 263 (1901. 
5. M. ruficornis, Warren. S. Africa, ? Sudan. 
Microloxia ruficornis, Warren, Novit. Zool. Vol. 4, p. 42 (1897). 
6. M. saturata ( Bang-Haas) (huj. gen. ?). Algeria, S. Spain. 
Eucrostes saturata, Bang-Haas, Iris, Vol. 19, p. 137, t. 5, f. 18 (1906). 
