430 GEOMETRIES. 



3870. Craspedia albomaculata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 253; C. $ S. 



no. 3917. 



J . Pale ochreous, irrorated with fuscous ; frons black ; vertex 

 of head and first segment of abdomen white ; both wings with 

 black cell-speck ; an oblique fuscous line from beyond cell of fore 

 wing to inner margin of bind wing before middle ; a submarginal 

 series of prominent white spots somewhat curved on hind wing. 



Hal. Sikhim. Evp. 32 millim. 



3871. Craspedia celebraria, Wlk. Cat. xxiii, p. 794; C. # S. no. 3924. 



Silvery white ; the frons fuscous ; abdomen ringed with fus- 

 cous. Both wings with oblique medial band of diffused fuscous 

 scales ; a black cell- speck ; a dentate postmedial line with series 

 of indistinct spots beyond it, and another series just inside the 

 margin; a marginal series of black striae; fore wing with the 

 costa fulvous. 



Hob. Nilgiri plateau. Exp. 30 millim. 



B. Hind wing with the outer margin slightly crenulate, 

 and excised betiveen veins 4 and 6. 



3872. Craspedia deliciosaria, Wlk. Cat. xxiii, p. 791 ; Moore, Lep. 



Ceyl. iii, pi. 201, fig. 7 ; C. $ S. no. 3954. 



Pure white ; the frons and palpi fuscous ; abdomen ringed with 

 fuscous. Fore wing with indistinct waved antemedial line ; an 

 oblique waved medial line which on hind wing becomes antemedial 

 and has a black speck beyond it ; a prominent crenulate postmedial 

 line angled below costa of each wing, and with a series of fuscous 

 spots beyond it developed into fuscous-brown patches above 

 middle of fore wing and towards inner margin of each wing ; a 

 series of submarginal fuscous marks, most developed on hind wing; 

 a crenulate marginal line. 



The European ornata, Scop., has the patches beyond the post- 

 medial line rufous. 



Hob. Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp., 3 22, 26 millim. 



C. Hind iving with the outer margin rounded. 



3873. Craspedia kashmirensis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 253 ; C. $ S. 



no. 3955. 

 Craspedia ornata, C. Sf S. no. 3956 (nee Scop.}. 



Differs from deliciosaria in the medial line being more pro- 

 minent, and on hind wing embracing the discocellular speck ; the 

 markings beyond the postmedial line pale fuscous, the patches 

 rufous or not differentiated from the fuscous markings. 



Hob. Japan ; China ; Kandahar ; N.W. Himalayas ; Sikhiin. 

 Erp. L'6 millim. 



