1602 CATALOGUE OF 



obscure viridem includente, puncto costali albo ; posticce fusco 

 subconspersce, lineis duabus obliquis obscure viridibus, \a recta 

 duplicata, 2a arcuata. 



Female. Vivid green, stout, yellowish green and more vivid 

 beneath. Palpi stout, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as 

 the vertex; third joint extremely small. Antennae tawny. Fore I 

 wings acute, with an interrupted oblique dentate brown line near 

 the base ; a large purplish patch along the hind part of the exterior 

 border, traversed by a double undulating dark green line, which 

 extends to the costa, where it is connected with a white point ; hind- 

 most part of the exterior border excavated. Hind ^ wings thinly 

 speckled with brown, traversed by two oblique dark green lines ; 

 first line straight, double, slightly purplish-shaded along its hind 

 side; second exterior, much curved outward. Length of the body 

 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



This species and G. usta are nearly allied to G. saturataria, and 

 form with it a distinct group in the genus. 



Hindustan. In Mr. Atkinsons collection. 



Geometra usta. 



Foem. Jtufescente-fusca, subtus flava rufo conspersa ; ala fascia 

 lata obliqua undulata obscure viridi cinereo submarginata ; 

 anticce strigis duabus costalibus cinereis. 



Female. Beddish brown, bright yellow beneath, in structure 

 like G. plagiata. Abdomen and hind wings suffused with shining 

 purplish cinereous. Legs yellow, speckled with red; tarsi red. 

 Wings with a broad oblique undulating dark green band, which is 

 slightly bordered with cinereous on the outer side and is broadest 

 in the fore wings ; under side transversely streaked with dark red. 

 Fore wings with two cinereous costal streaks, one in the middle, the 

 other apical ; exterior half of the under side dark green, mostly 

 suffused with cinereous. Hind wings with most of the exterior half 

 beneath dark red. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 

 20 lines. 



Hindostan. In Mr. Atkinson's collection. 



