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33. Scop, trapezophora, n. sp. 



Female. — 21 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, mixed with 

 whitish. Palpi 2}, whitish-ochreous mixed with fuscous, basal joint white. 

 Antennas whitish. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish, 

 unicolorous. Forewings elongate, narrow, somewhat triangular, costa 

 hardly arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin very faintly sinuate, oblique ; pale 

 whitish-ochreous ; an oblong very oblique blackish spot from base of costa, 

 reaching more than half across wing ; a large sharply defined quadrilateral 

 blackish blotch, extending along costa from ^ to f, reaching only half across 

 wing, anterior edge parallel to oblique spot, lower edge parallel to inner 

 margin, posterior edge forming a right angle with lower edge ; inner 

 margin broadly suffused with whitish from J to anal angle ; reniform white, 

 anteriorly touching costal blotch, posteriorly ill-defined ; space between 

 costal blotch and second line suffused with whitish ; second line distinct, 

 white, dark-margined, obsolete below costal blotch ; terminal space irrorated 

 with dark fuscous, especially towards costa ; subterminal line cloudy 

 whitish, obscure, not touching second line : cilia whitish, with a dark 

 fuscous line. Hindwings If, grey-whitish ; postmedian line and hind- 

 margin faintly darker ; cilia whitish. 



Allied to S. melanmqis, but much narrower- winged (though the male may 

 probably not differ so much in this respect) ; immediately separated by the 

 very different form of the black costal blotch, which does not pass downwards 

 beyond middle of wing, and therefore appears very much more compressed 

 longitudinally. 



Castle Hill (3,000 feet), in January ; one specimen. 

 34. Scop, philetaera, n. sp. 



Male. — 19 mm. Head white, somewhat mixed with fuscous. Palpi 3, 

 dark fuscous mixed with whitish, basal joint white. Antennas white, 

 annulated with grey ; ciliations |-. Thorax white, mixed with black on 

 back and suffusedly spotted with black on shoulders. Abdomen grey- 

 whitish. Legs whitish, tibiae and tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Fore- 

 wings triangular, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin oblique, 

 slightly sinuate ; white, irregularly mixed with light grey, with a few fine 

 scattered black scales ; a suffused blackish spot on costa at base ; first line 

 strong, white, blackish-margined, somewhat curved, hardly indented, bent 

 more obliquely outwards on inner margin, followed by a cloudy blackish 

 triangular spot on costa ; costa dark fuscous from first line to f , a rather 

 darker grey suffusion extending from this to reniform and claviform ; 

 orbicular small, round, obscure, black-margined ; claviform elongate, 

 cloudy, black, touching first line ; reniform 8-shaped, black-margined, upper 

 half grey, lower clear white ; second Hue strong, whitish, anteriorly dark* 



