352 GEOMETRID.S. 



the inner edge slightly toothed on vein 2, the outer produced 

 beyond lower angle of cell ; a submarginal dentate grey line with 

 black patch inside it at costa, and met by an oblique dentate black 

 mark from apex. Hind wing fuscous, with indistinct sinuous 

 postmedial line and submarginal series of whitish spots. 

 Hab. Sikhim. Krp., 6 46, $ 54 millim. 



3637. Cidaria albapex, n. sp. 



c? . Fuscous black. Fore wing irrorated with whitish scales ; 

 numerous indistinct waved black lines ; an oblique series of large 

 conjoined white dashes from costa beyond middle to beyond lower 

 angle of cell, and with a black striga on one at vein 5 ; the sub- 

 marginal waved line pale at costa. Hind wing with apical white 

 patch. Underside of fore wing with apical white spot. 



$ with the white patches on fore wing almost obsolete on 

 upperside ; the apical patch of hind wing and band and spot of 

 fore wing on underside ochreous. 



llnb. Sikhim (Knyvett). Kvp., 3 40, 46 millim. Type in 

 coll. Elwes. 



3638. Cidaria ochreata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 267 ; C. $ S. no. 3764. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous, with a few grey scales. 

 Tore wing with subbasal and antemedial minutely waved white 

 black-edged lines ; the basal area more or less suffused with grey ; 

 a medial olive-fuscous band, with some dark spots or annuli on it, 

 its outer edge irregularly waved and angled below costa and 

 beyond lower angle of cell, a fine black line beyond it ; the outer 

 area white, with traces of waved dark lines and the margin suffused 

 with fuscous, with traces of a waved white submarginal line and 

 olive patches on costa before apex and on outer margin below 

 apex. Hind wing either wholly suffused with fuscous or whitish 

 with the basal area suffused with fuscous ; traces of waved lines 

 on outer area and a submarginal series of white specks; both 

 wings with marginal series of black specks. Underside pale, 

 suffused with fuscous ; a broad somewhat ill-defined postmedial 

 whitish band. 



Closely allied to picata, Hiibn., from Europe. 



Hob. Afghanistan ; N.W. Himalayas; Sikhim. Exp. 34 millim. 



3639. Cidaria scortea, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 493. 

 Glaucopteryx viridis, Warr. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 368. 



cJ . Grey-brown. Fore wing with darker basal patch, bounded 

 by a waved line ; a broad medial band with waved edges ; the outer 

 area with a slight pinkish tinge, with three waved lines and with 

 slight fuscous submarginal patches on the costa and below apex. 

 Hind wing fuscous ; underside with waved postmedial line. 



The form viridis has the basal patch and medial band much 

 blacker, the antemedial and outer areas dark green. 



/l"l>. Sikhim; Khiisis. Exp. 34-40 millim. 



