346 GEOMETRIES. 



Genus PHIBALAPTERYX. 



Phibalapteryx, Steph. III. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii, p. 255 (1829). 

 Ccenocalpe, Hiibn. Verz. p. 330 (? 1818), non descr. 

 Collix, Guen. Phal. ii, p. 357 (1857). 



Type, P. tersata, Schiff., from Europe. 



Range. Universally distributed. 



Palpi porrect, roughly scaled, and reaching beyond the short 

 frontal tuft ; antennae of male thickened and flattened ; hind tibiae 

 with two pairs of spurs. Fore wing produced at apex, the outer 

 margin oblique ; vein 3 from close to angle of cell ; 6 from upper 

 angle; 10 anastomosing with 11 and then with 8, 9 to form the 

 double areole. Hind wing narrow ; the margin crenulate ; vein 3 

 from before end of cell ; 5 from above middle of discocellulars ; 

 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with 7 to near end of cell. 

 



SECT. I. (Phibalapteryx}. Palpi with the 2nd joint hardly reaching 

 beyond the frons ; mid tibiae of male not dilated ; abdomen 

 not elongate, and with normal anal tuft. 



3622. Phibalapteryx plurilineata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 273 ; C. $ S. 



no. 3901. 

 Phibalapteryx nigripunctata, Warr. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 328; 



C. # S. no. 3900 A. 

 Phibalapteryx nigrovittata, Warr. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 327 ; C. fy S. 



no. 3900 B. 



cJ . Dark red-brown, slightly suffused with fuscous ; prothorax 

 with a black band ; 1st segment of abdomen with a deep black 

 band. Fore wing with very numerous obliquely waved lines ; the 

 veins speckled with black and grey ; a black speck at end of cell 

 and black mark beyond lower angle ; an indistinct irregularly 

 waved grey submarginal line. Hind wing with numerous waved 

 lines, a postmedial line from vein 4 to inner margin being 

 prominent and black ; a speck at end of cell ; an indistinct waved 

 grey submarginal line. 



$ with the disk of fore wing and outer area below apex suffused 

 with fuscous black, except on the veins. 



Hab. N.W. Himalayas; Khasis. Exp., <$ 30-34, $ 30-44 

 millim. 



3623. Phibalapteryx suffusa, Hmpm. HI. Het. viii, p. 122, pi. 153, 



%s. ]5,23. 



Differs from RggMMiZafa in being redder brown ; the cell-spots 

 absent; the waved lines somewhat angled below costa of fore 

 \\ iiiij : hind wing with greyish and black postmedial band on inner 

 area and on anal segment of abdomen. Underside greyish fuscous, 

 with prominent black cell-spots ; indistinct curved postmedial 

 tu-cous line and diffused submarginal band, with a series of grey 

 specks on its outer edge, 



