LEPIDOPTERA HETEKOCERA 211 



Geometra pennaria, Wien. Verz. 102, 12. Ill.N.Ausg. dess. 1,396, 



12. Lang. Verz, ii. 172, 1211 . Gotze, Ent. Beytr. iii. 3, 295, 



209. Mull. Faun. Fridr. 48, 420. Zool. Bin. 125, 1441. 



Bork. Eur. Schm. v. 76, 35. Esp. Schm. v. 97, pi. 18, f. 4—6 ; 



pi. 19, f. 1. Donov. Brit. Ins. viii. pi. 287, f. 2. Hubn. Geom. 



pi. 3, f. 14. Haw. Lep. Brit. 290. 

 Colotois pennaria, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 288, 2803. 

 Crocallis pennaria, Treit. Schm. vi. i. 156, 3. 

 Himera pennaria, Dup. Lep. iv. 171, pi. 146, f. 1,2. Steph. III. 



Brit. Haust. iii. 160. Boisd. lnd. 184, 1459. Herr.-Sch. Eur. 



Schm. iii. 46, 119. Guen. Phal. i. 182, 285. 

 Var. Geometra bifidaria, Haw. Lep. Brit. 301. 



i a — n. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 | o — v. England. 



1 u — dd. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 

 €e iff» ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



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Genus 44. HALESA. 



Mas^ Corpus sat robustum. Fasciculus frontalis porrectus, 

 acutus. Palpi porrecti, vix robusti, caput paullo superantes ; ar- 

 ticulus 3us minimus. Antennae pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas 

 non superans. Pedes sat graciles; tibiae posticae subincrassatae. 

 Alae fimbria brevi ; anticae falcatae, incisuris duabus marginalibus 

 latis anguloque intermedio obtuso ; posticae subdentatae. 



Male. Body stout. Frontal tuft prominent, acute. Palpi 

 porrect, hardly stout, extending a little beyond the head ; third ex- 

 tremely minute. Antennae moderately pectinated. Abdomen not 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender; hind tibiae 

 slightly incrassated. Wings moderately broad ; fringe short. Fore 

 wings falcate, like the fore wings of the genus Attacus; exterior 

 border broadly excavated on each side of the middle, where it 

 is slightly angular. Hind wings with the exterior border slightly 

 scolloped and dentated. 



1. Halesa Asychjsaria. 



Mas. Cervina ; alee glauco tincta, nigro subconspersce, tinea an- 

 gulosa obliqua alba, fimbria ferruyinea apice alba; anticce 

 lineis duabus interioribus obliquis vix conspicuis, linea exte- 

 riore apud costam retracta, macula postica fusca nonnunquam 

 obsoleta ; posticce linea incequaliter ferrugineo marginata. 



