186 GEOMETRIDvE. 



more irrorated with rufous; a well-marked medial rufous band 

 with waved edges and angled below costa of fore wing. Hind 

 wing with prominent marginal band with waved edges. 

 Hub. Sikhim ; Khasis ; Travancore. Exp. 26 millim. 



3195. Corymica specularia, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 649, pi. 33, 



tig. 11 ; C. 8f S. no. 3684. 



Thiopsvche pryeri, Butt. A. M. N. H. (5) i, p. 393. 

 Corymica vitrigera, Butl III. Het. vii, p. 101, pi. 135, fig. 14. 

 Corymica exiguinota, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 114, pi. 151. fig. 12. 



Differs from arnearia in being less irrorated with rufous. Fore 

 wing with the apical patch large and obsolescent on upperside ; in 

 exiguinota from the Nilgiris small and prominent on both sides. 



The forms pryeri from Japan and vitrigera from Dharmsala are 

 paler, with the two spots on inner margin of fore wing large and 

 conjoined, in the latter enclosing a yellow spot. 



Hob. Japan ; Dharmsala ; Sikhim ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp., <$ 

 30-34, $ 38 millim. 



Genus ILICBINIA. 



Eilicrinia, Hufm. Verz. p. 287 (P 1818). 

 Pareilicrinia, Warr. Nov. Zool. p. 462 (1894). 



Type, /. cordiaria, Hiibn. 



Range. S. Europe; Syria; N. Asia; China; Japan; N.W. 

 Himalayas ; Sikhim ; Assam. 



Palpi hairy and not reaching beyo*nd the frons ; antennae almost 

 simple ; hind tibiae not dilated. Fore wing with the costa arched 

 towards apex; vein 3 from just before angle of cell; 7, 8, 9 

 stalked, from just before upper angle ; 10 and 11 stalked. Hind 

 wing with vein 3 from angle of cell. 



SECT. I. (Ilicrinia). Fore wing with the outer margin 

 excised below apex. 



3196. Ilicrinia cordiaria, Hiibn. Beitr. ii, p. 31. 

 Ennomos animata, Fisch. v. JRosl. Schmett. p. 45. 

 Eilicrinia animaria, Herr.-Schaffer, Schmett. Eur. iii, fig. 364. 

 Elicrinia nuptaria, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 80, pi. vii, tig. 5. 

 Eilicrinia signigera, Bull. III. Het. vii, p. 112, pi. 137, tig. 3. 



Brood I. Pale grey, slightly irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing 

 with traces of a curved antemedial line ; a large red-brown patch 

 on discocellulars with darker outline and centre ; an indistinct 

 oblique, slightly sinuous postmedial line arising from a brown spot 

 on costa ; the costa brown at middle ; a brown patch on margin 

 and cilia at the excision. Hind wing with indistinct speck at end 

 of cell and waved postmedial line. 



Brood II. Ochreous yellow, with the postmedial line of hind 

 wing very indistinct. 



The form nuptaria from the Amur and Japan is pale lemon- 



