44 CEEUEIDA'.— NOTODOINTID^. 



This specieSj according to Mr. Hocking, lies flat on the exposed side of a leaf, a habit 

 rather suggestive of affinity to the group of Geometrites , with which M. Guenee associated 

 the genus ; the genera Auzata and Macrocilix nevertheless seem to link Problepsls to the 

 Drepanulidie, of which it is certainly the most Geometriform genus. 



CERUEID^. 



DICRANURA, Latr. 



Dicranura himalayana. (Plate CXXV. fig. 3.) 

 Cerura himalayana, Moore, Proc. Zool. Sac. 1888, p. 400. 



Nearly allied to D. menciana of China; the black markings even more indistinct, some 



of them almost obsolete ; the ground-colour of the wings scarcely darker than in D. felina of 



Japan ; the prothorax darker, the black spots on the thorax small ; the abdomen black, with 



white edges to the segments, dorsal, lateral, and anal tufts. Expanse of wings, S 58 millim., 



$ 75 millim. 



Dliarmsala. Larvte on willow. 



The pattern of the wings is practicallj' the same in all the species of the D. vinula group ; 

 in the present species the Hues arc formed as in D. menciana, the two deeply zigzag discal 

 lines being much nearer together than in D. vinula; the third imperfect line between the 

 above and the cell is, however, wholly wanting in D. himalayana. 



NOTODONTIDiE. 



STAUROPUS, Germ. 



Stauropus berberisae. (I'late CXXV. fig. 4.) 

 Stauropus bcrberisa;, Moore, Proc. Zuol. Soe. 1888, p. 400. 



Closely allied to -ST. alternus. Tiic primaries darker, with a pale-edged, black, oblique, 

 zigzag, subbasal line ; discoidal spots black-edged ; spots across the disc and marginal spots 

 black, edged with white, instead of brick-red : tliorax darker. Expanse of wings, ^ 1" millini., 

 ? 67 millim. 



Dharmsala. Larva on Berberisa and wild [)c:ir, July and August. 



Mr. Moore records the altitude as 0200 feet. 



