636 MR. F. MOORE ON BENGALESE LEPIDOPTERA. [^faj 23, 



Fatn. Geometrid^. 

 Genus Geometra, Linn. 

 Geometra avictjlaria, Guen. Plial. i. p. 342. 

 Geometra pennisignata. Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxii. Geom. 

 p. .516. 

 Darjeeling. 



G. viRiDiLUTEATA, Walk. lb. p. 515. 

 Darjeeling. 



G. HALiARiA, Walk. ib. p. 518. 



G. decoraria, Walk. ib. xxxv. Suppl. v. p. 1601. 

 Darjeeling. 



G. DENTISIGNATA, n. Sp. 



Female subdued green, witb several delicate reddish fleckles basally 

 and short transverse strigse exteriorly ; a cinereous-outer-bordered 

 white line from the middle of abdominal margin extending across 

 both wings obliquely to within one-third of the costa ; a reddish- 

 bordered black dentate discal spot on the fore wing ; costal margin 

 yellow ; an irregular transverse subbasal narrow indistinct reddish 

 line. Underside pale green. 



Expanse 2g inches. 



Darjeeling. In Coll. W. S. Atkinson ; F. Moore. 



Closely allied to G. haliaria,'Wa\k. 



G. VITTATA, n. sp. 



Male and female greyish green, with darker green, but not very 

 prominent, transverse bands : fore wing with two straight subbasal 

 bands and three oblique bands exterior to a discal spot, the second 

 subbasal band joined posteriorly to the third, which with the outer 

 two cross the hind wing, the three outer bands having a pale or 

 whitish exterior border. Underside greenish yellow, with a darker 

 discal spot and narrow outer band. Legs and antennae yellowish. 



Expanse, c? 1^, $ If inch. 



Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell; F. Moore. 



G. PLAGiATA, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B.M. xxxv. Suppl. v. p. 1602. 

 Darjeeling. In Coll.W. S. Atkinson. 



G. usTA, Walk. ib. p. 1602. 

 Darjeeling. In Coll. W. S. Atkinson. 



G. DENTATA, Walk. ib. xxii. Geom. p. 518. 



" Larva feeds on Zizyphus and Ixora, attaching pieces of leaf to 

 itself apparently for the purpose of hiding its pupa-case ; but it com- 

 mences adorning itself for some days before changing." — A. Grote, 

 Esq. 



