LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1603 



Geometra IMBUTARIA. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca, subtus ochracea ; palpi porrecti, graciles, 

 brevissimi ; antennae pectinatce, apice simplices ; abdomen apice 

 ochraceum ; alee e long a tee, fascia lata saturate viridi cinereo 

 marginata nonnunquam interrupta aut abbreviata ; anticee 

 macula postmedia saturate viridi cinereo marginata ; posticm 

 vitta costali lata ochracea. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, bright ochraceous beneath. Palpi 

 porrect, smooth, slender, not extending beyond the head ; third 

 joint extremely small. Antennas moderately pectinated to four- 

 fifths of the length. Abdomen ochraceous towards the tip, not ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. Wings 

 elongate, with a broad deep green cinereous-bordered band, which 

 is sometimes interrupted or mostly obsolete in the fore wings, and 

 is sometimes wholly obsolete in the hind wings. Fore wings acute, 

 with a transversely elongated deep green cinereous-bordered spot 

 beyond the fore part of the band ; exterior border slightly convex, 

 rather oblique. Hind wings with a broad pale ochraceous costal 

 stripe. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



This species is closely allied to G. saturataria, 



Aru. Mysol. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Geometra basaliata. 



Foem. Saturate viridis ; corpus pallide ochraceum ; palpi porrecti, 

 supra nigricantes, articulo So lanceolato ; alee basi pallide 

 ochraceee, linea antemedia lineaque submarginali indeterminata 

 albis angulosis ; anticce falcatce, peracutce, plaga argenteo- 

 cinerea nigro bipunctata, linea postmedia atbida angulosa, 

 subtus pallidiores linea saturatiore albido marginata venis 

 ochraceis ; posticce subtus pallide ochracece fascia lata saturate 

 ochracea fasciam ferrugineam dentatam includente. 



Female. Deep green. Body pale ochraceous, whitish beneath. 

 Frontal tuft porrect. Palpi porrect, blackish above, extending some- 

 what beyond the head ; third joint lanceolate, about one-fourth of 

 the length of the second. Abdomen much shorter than the interior 

 border of the hind wings. Legs smooth, very pale ochraceous. 

 Wings broad, pale ochraceous at the base, with an antemedial 

 whitish zigzag line and with a whitish zigzag very incomplete sub- 



