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MOTHS OF MESOPOTAMIA AND N. W. PERSIA. 
Parr OT, 
GEOMETRID&. 
By 
Louis B. Prov. 
Subfamily— Hemitheine. 
1. CHLORIsSA PULMENTARIA, Guen. 
Nemorva pulmentaria, Guen, Spec. Gen. Lep., TX., 349 (1858). 
“Mesopotamia”, without more exact data, 192, very rubbed, apparently 
referable to this species (Br.) 
Staudinger records C: pulmentaria from Syria, Asia Minor, Armenia and N. 
Persia, as well as a great part of Europe and Central Asia, but as the closely allied 
Indian species solidaria, Guen., extends to Fao on the Persian Gulf, it is possi- 
ble that some of his records, together with the present one, are really referable 
to solidaria. 
2. MicROLOXIA POLEMIA, Prout. 
Microloxia polemia, Prout, Nov. Zool, XX VII, 300 (1920). 
Kut al Amara, 3 2 9, 7-9th August 1918 (P. A. B.) 
The description of this interesting new species, as also that of Lithostege buatont, 
appeared in 1920. The types are in my collection. No. 1 of the “ Novitates.” 
Rather broader-winged than halimaria, Chret., the markings sometimes 
rather suggestive of Xenochlorodes beryllaria, Mann, the hindwing even more 
fully rounded. : 
Subfamily—Sterrhine. 
3. SCOPULA ORNATA, Scop. 
Phalena ornata, Scop., Ent. Carn., 219 (1763). 
‘Enzeli, N. W. Persia, 2 ¢ ¢, Ist May and 30th June 1919 (P. A. B.) 
The earlier specimen is worn, the later probably represents a second brood. 
The species has not hitherto been recorded from Persia and the form may prove 
racially differentiable. 
4, ScopuLa NiGRoPUNCTATA, Hufn. 
Phalena nigropunctata, Hufn., Berl. Mag., IV., 526 (1767). 
Acidalia strigilaria, Stgr. and Rbl., Cat. Lep. Pal. (i), 275 (1901). 
Enzeli, N. W. Persia, sea level, 2 9 2, 6th and 30th June 1919 (P. A. B.) 
5. ScoPULA OCHROLEUCATA; H.-Sch. 
(Acidalia) ochroleucata, H.-Sch., Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Eur., III. t. 3, f. 21-23 
1844). 
Acidalia ochroleucaria, H.-Sch., tom. cit. p. 24 (1847). 
Baghdad, 2 ¢ 5, 22nd September; 1 ¢, 25th September; 1d, 7th October 
WORT (PAS Bs) 
Amara, 1g, 2nd November 1918; 52 2, 2nd April, 15th June, 22nd June, 
28th October, 19th November 1918 (P. A. B.) 
Qazvin, N. W. Persia, 1d, 17th July 1919 (P. A. B.) 
Variable as usual, the Amara 2, dated 2nd April, much larger than the rest. 
At Baghdad the species was common in melon patches. 
