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  Colonel 
  C. 
  Swinhoe's 
  new 
  sjjecies 
  of 
  

  

  GEOMETEIDiE. 
  

  

  20. 
  Thalassodes 
  melica, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  ^ 
  . 
  Thorax 
  and 
  wings 
  of 
  a 
  uniform 
  sea-green 
  ; 
  both 
  wings 
  

   crossed 
  by 
  ante-medial 
  and 
  discal 
  faint 
  whitish 
  hnes, 
  nearly 
  

   straight 
  on 
  fore 
  wings, 
  shghtly 
  curving 
  outwards, 
  more 
  curved 
  on 
  

   the 
  hind 
  wings, 
  lined 
  inwardly 
  with 
  a 
  shghtly 
  darker 
  shade 
  of 
  

   green, 
  the 
  inner 
  line 
  of 
  hind 
  wings 
  hardly 
  visible 
  ; 
  both 
  wings 
  

   irrorated 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  silvery 
  speckles, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  cilia 
  silvery 
  

   white. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  produced 
  below 
  the 
  middle 
  mto 
  an 
  acute 
  

   angle 
  ; 
  antennae, 
  abdomen, 
  body 
  below, 
  and 
  legs, 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  wings 
  

   below 
  of 
  a 
  uniform 
  greyish 
  white, 
  unmarked. 
  Expanse 
  of 
  wings, 
  

   ^in. 
  

  

  Poona, 
  November, 
  1887. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  T. 
  graminea, 
  Hampson 
  ; 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  

   rounded 
  apex 
  of 
  fore 
  wings, 
  and 
  the 
  straightness 
  of 
  the 
  

   transverse 
  lines 
  on 
  both 
  wings, 
  being 
  in 
  no 
  way 
  sinuous. 
  

  

  FIDONID^. 
  

   21. 
  Zomia 
  miscella, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

   ^ 
  5 
  . 
  Body 
  and 
  fore 
  wings 
  of 
  various 
  shades 
  of 
  colour, 
  from 
  

   brownish 
  green 
  to 
  pale 
  ochreous 
  brown 
  ; 
  markings 
  very 
  much 
  as 
  

   in 
  Z. 
  incitata. 
  Walker 
  ; 
  the 
  outer 
  band 
  more 
  bent 
  and 
  produced 
  

   outwardly 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  nearly 
  touching 
  the 
  margin. 
  Hind 
  

   wings 
  rich 
  ochreous 
  ; 
  the 
  brown 
  mark 
  at 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  in 
  the 
  dark 
  

   specimens 
  continued 
  up 
  the 
  abdominal 
  border 
  in 
  a 
  iiniform 
  shade 
  

   of 
  colour 
  to 
  the 
  base, 
  usually 
  filling 
  up 
  the 
  whole 
  space 
  behind 
  the 
  

   median 
  vein 
  ; 
  a 
  brown 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell. 
  Below 
  : 
  both 
  

   wings 
  coloured 
  like 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  above 
  ; 
  a 
  brown 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  each 
  cell 
  ; 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  outer 
  portion 
  of 
  fore 
  wings, 
  and 
  the 
  

   whole 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wings, 
  spotted 
  with 
  brown 
  dots, 
  suffused 
  

   on 
  the 
  outer 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  ; 
  body 
  

   and 
  legs 
  ochreous 
  ; 
  antennae 
  coloured 
  like 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  and 
  

   bipectinated 
  with 
  very 
  short 
  bristles. 
  Expanse 
  of 
  wings, 
  1-^ 
  — 
  

   l^in. 
  

  

  Khandalla, 
  October, 
  1886; 
  Nilgiri 
  Hills, 
  6000 
  ft. 
  

   {Hampson). 
  

  

  Is 
  evidently 
  the 
  southern 
  form 
  of 
  Z. 
  incitata, 
  Walker, 
  

   from 
  Sikkim 
  ; 
  the 
  short 
  plume 
  of 
  the 
  antennte, 
  however, 
  

   would 
  alone 
  make 
  it 
  quite 
  a 
  distinct 
  species, 
  the 
  plume 
  

   of 
  the 
  male 
  being 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  the 
  Sikkim 
  

   insect, 
  and 
  not 
  so 
  deep 
  as 
  the 
  plume 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  of 
  

  

  