426 GEOMETRID A. 
6°. Both wings with vein 5 from above 
middle of discocellulars........ 13. SomaTINa, p. 463. 
6?, Hind wing with veins 6, 7 stalked... 9, RHoDOSTROPHIA, 
B. Palpi with the 2nd joint oblique and reaching [p. 455. 
beyond the frons; the 5rd long and porrect. 
a. Fore wing with vein 10 anastomosing with 
11 and then with 8,9 to form the double 
areole; antennz of male serrate and 
fascicullate iii. 5.4.1. Wnken ne cee ee 7. OnGANOPODA, p.451. 
6. Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked, 
often with a small areole at their base ; 
antennee of male bipectinate .......... 6. ANISODES, p. 446. 
Genus EUPITHECIDIA, nov. 
Type, #. variegata, Hinpsn. 
Range. Nilgiris. 
Palpi minute, and hardly reaching the frons; antenne of male 
with long bristles and fascicles of cilia; hind legs slender, the 
tibiz short and without spurs. Fore wing with the costa highly 
arched towards apex ; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 7, 8,9, 10 
stalked, 11 anastomosing slightly with them to form the areole. 
Hind wing with the outer margin very much excurved towards 
apex ; the inner margin very short; vein 3 from before angle of 
cell; the discocellulars angled, vein 5 being given off below the 
angle; veins 6, 7 stalked. 
3856. Rupnecitte variegata, Himpsn. Ill. Het. viii, p. 117, pl. 152, 
o, 24, 
Pale ochreous brown, irrorated with fuscous; frons black; 
abdomen with paired series of dorsal black spots. Fore wing with 
antemedial, medial,and postmedial series of black specks, largest at 
costa, the last with a maculate band beyond it from vein 4 to inner 
margin; traces of a submarginal line. Hind wing with medial 
and curved postmedial series of specks; both wings with pro- 
minent series of marginal black spots. ‘The basal half of fore wing 
and outer area of both wings are often suffused with black. 
Hab. Nilgiri plateau. vp. 28 millim. 
Genus CRASPEDIA. 
Craspedia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 312 (? 1818). 
Lycauges, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv, p. 373 (1879). 
Trichoclada, Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 208. 
Runeca, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 252 (1888). 
Type, C. ornata, Scop., from Europe. 
ftange. Universally distributed. 
Palpi reaching beyond the frons, the 3rd joint minute ; antennez 
of male fasciculated ; hind legs of male usually much reduced, the 
tibie dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair and without 
spurs. ore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 7, 8, 9, 10 
