New Geometridae from Central Ceram 287 



STERBHINAE. 



14. Anisodes pauper Butl. egens subsp. nov. 

 ? . 34—36 mm. 



Smaller than pauper pauper (New Guinea and eastwards to the 

 Solomons), slightly narrower-winged, of a more fleshy tone, the cell- 

 mark of the hind wing reduced to a dot, the terminal dots of both wings 

 beneath not connected by dark shading. 



Central Ceram : Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, 

 type and paratype. 



Possibly a separate species. 



15. Anisodes acrobeles sp. nov. 

 $ . 41 mm. 



Face rosy. Palpus rather over 2, third joint as long as second ; 

 pale, the upper and outer side rosy, slightly mixed with black, beneath 

 white. Head whitish brown. Thorax and abdomen concolorous with 

 wings, the abdomen above more vinaceous. Hind leg glabrous, tibia 

 rather short, with three crowded spurs, tarsus long. 



Fore wing rather elongate, apex pointed, termen very faintly crenu- 

 late ; areole present ; pale fleshy-brown, with very slight dull-red 

 irroration ; rather paler costally and between median and postmedian 

 lines ; a black celldot ; lines represented by red, black-mixed veindots 

 or short dashes ; antemedian with that on SM' 2 much more proximal ; 

 postmedian rather distally placed, curving slightly proximal from M 1 

 inwards ; the spot on R 2 considerably more proximal, slightly elongate ; 

 a rather weak grey median shade, rather more incurved posteriorly than 

 the post-median ; faint grey shades defining the subterminal ; termen 

 with dots at and between the veins. Hind wing correspondingly 

 marked ; in addition, a dark mark on base of SC. 



Under side paler, especially on fore wing posteriorly and on hind 

 wing, the fore wing anteriorly with a vinaceous tinge ; fore wing with 

 a small celldot and a median shade ; both wings with postmedian dots ; 

 terminal dots connected by a line. 



? similar, palpus slightly longer. Sometimes (ab. argyrostigma 

 ab. nov.) with cellspots white, black-ringed, that of the hind wing larger, 

 more elongate. 



Central Ceram : Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, 

 four S 3 , four ? ? . 



Nearest penumbrata Warr., rather narrower, dots more elongate, 

 proximal markings of fore wing beneath more obsolete, &c. 



