118 LAEENTIID^. 



Eupithecia fasciata. (Plate CLII. fig. 22.) 



Expanse | inch. 



Female. Pale ochreous grey, with the following inwardly-curved and somewhat diffused 

 dark brown bands : one a fourth from base of costa of fore wing to near base of inner margin 

 of hind win"- ; from costa just before middle to inner margin one third from base ; from costa 

 two thirds from base to almost the same point on inner margin of hind wing ; from near 

 apex to middle of inner margin. Hind wing with submarginal band. Both wings with 

 indistinct spot at end of cell. Underside pale, with markings indistinct. 



Also two specimens from the Solomon Islands in coll. B. M. 



Eupithecia deleta. (Plate CLII. fig. 20.) 



Expanse ^ inch. 



Male. Fore wing whitish, suflFused with fuscous and with pale olive-green towards outer 

 margin ; a curved black medial line obsolescent towards inner margin ; an irregular post- 

 medial one, outwardly-oblique to third median nervule, then inwardly-oblique and obsolescent; 

 a pale submarginal line ; blackish patches towards apex and outer angle, and two streaks in 

 the discoidal interspace. The whole Aving has a blurred appearance as if it had been rubbed 

 longitudinally. Hind wing : basal area ruddy brown, crossed by four or five waved black 

 lines ; outer area pale and tinged with olive-green, a paler patch at centre of outer margin, 

 the apical area dark brown, irrorated with grey scales ; outer area also crossed by three or 

 four dark waved lines. Underside pale grey, suffused with fuscous, and crossed by four or 

 five indistinct fuscous diffused bands ; an indistinct lunule at end of cell of each wing. 



Eupithecia ectochloros. (Plate CLII. fig. 19.) 



Expanse ^ inch. 



Male. Fore wing : bas^.l two thirds smoky brown, dark green below submedian nervnre, 

 with traces of several waved darker transverse lines towards the base, a black lunule at end 

 of cell ; a waved postmedial curved black band ; outer area olive-green ; an indistinct 

 lanulate pale submarginal band; outer margin suffused with fuscous. Hind wing : basal 

 two thirds smoky brown, bounded by a waved black postmedial band ; outer area olive-green ; 

 outer margin fuscous; a dark lunule at end of cell. Underside fuscous; a dark lunule at 

 end of cell and curved postmedial dark band to each wing. 



Eupithecia bifasciata. (Plate CLII. fig. 13.) 

 Expanse f inch. 



Male. Fore wing pale olive-green, irrorated with blafk scales; broad ante- and post- 

 medial darker bands with somewhat irregular edges, the postmedial baud with some black 



