Puttpotr.—Tibial Strigil of the Lepidoptera. ` 223 
GEOMETROIDEA. 
Throughout this superfamily the strigil shows little variation. It 
usually occupies from one-half to one-third of the tibia apically. It is 
generally only partially folded, so that the lower fringed part can be seen 
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Fic. 27.— E picoma tristis Lewin. 
Fic. 28.—Cephanodes janus Misken. Portion of tibia with strigil removed. 
Fie. 29.—Venusia undosata Feld. 
Fic. 30.— T'atosoma lestevata Walk. Portion of tibia with strigil removed 
to show dense tuft of hair beneath. 
Fic. 31.— Declana junctilinea Walk. Strigil in male. 
Fig. 32.— Declana junctilinea Walk. Strigil in female. 
Fic. 33.—Papilio macleayanus 
Fie. 34.—Signeta flammeata Butl. 
projecting (fig. 29). The brush on the tibia is long and dense (fig. 30). 
Many of the species provide excellent examples of the correlation between 
antennal armature and strigilar development. In those forms in which 
the antennae of the male are bipectinated while those of the female are 
