426 GEOMETRIES. 



b 3 . Both wings with vein 5 from above 



middle of discocellulars 13. SOMATIXA, p. 463. 



b 2 . Hind wing with veins 6, 7 stalked . . 9. RHODOSTROPHIA, 

 B. Palpi with the 2nd joint oblique and reaching p. 40- ;. 



beyond the frons ; the 3rd long and porrect. 



a. Fore wing with vein 10 anastomosing with 



11 and then with 8, 9 to form the double 

 areole; antennae of male serrate and 

 fasciculate 7. OiiGANOPODA,p.451. 



b. Fore wing: with veins 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked, 



often with a small areole at their base ; 



antennae of male bipectinate 6. ANISODES, p. 446. 



Genus EUPITHECIDIA, nov. 



Type, E. varieyata, Hmpsn. 



Ranye. Nilgiris. 



Palpi minute, and hardly reaching the frons ; antennae of male 

 with long bristles and fascicles of cilia; hind legs slender, the 

 tibiae short and without spurs. Fore wing with the costa highly 

 arched towards apex ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9, 10 

 stalked, 1 1 anastomosing slightly with them to form the areole. 

 Hind wing with the outer margin very much excurved towards 

 apex ; the inner margin very short ; vein 3 from before angle of 

 cell ; the discocellulars angled, vein 5 being given off below the 

 angle ; veins 6, 7 stalked. 



3856. Eupithecidia variegata, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 117, pi. 152, 

 fig. 24. 



Pale ochreous brown, irrorated with fuscous ; frons black ; 

 abdomen with paired series of dorsal black spots. Fore wing with 

 antemedial, medial, and postrnedial series of black specks, largest at 

 costa, the last with a maculate band beyond it from vein 4 to inner 

 margin ; traces of a submarginal line. Hind wing with medial 

 and curved postmedial series of specks ; both wings with pro- 

 minent series of marginal black spots. The basal half of fore wing 

 and outer area of both wings are often suffused with black. 



Hob. Nilgiri plateau. Exp. 28 millim. 



Genus CRASPEDIA. 



Craspedia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 312 (P1818). 

 Lycauges, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv, p. 373 (1879). 

 Trichoclada, J/r ///., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 208. 

 Runeca, Moore, 'Lep. Atk. p. 252 (1888). 



Type, C. ornata, Scop., from Europe. 



Range. Universally distributed. 



Palpi reaching beyond the frons, the 3rd joint minute ; antennae 

 of male fasciculated ; hind legs of male usually much reduced, the 

 tibiae dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair and without 

 spurs. Fore win.u' \\ it h vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9, 10 



