1554 CATALOGUE OF 



Geometra ? Arnea. 



Purpurascens ; abdomen testaceum ; alee aniicce cceruleo-virides, 

 prasino marginatce, macula basi flava, plaga discali purpurea 

 flavo signata ; posticce testaceo-albida. 



Phalaana Arnea, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. 59, pi. 36, f. G. 



Surinam. 



Page bY^. 



Geometra beatificata. 



Mas. L&tissime viridis ; caput rufum, vertice albo ; thorax antice 

 Jiavescens ; alee lineis duabus albidis subundulatis, puncto 

 discali rufo, margine exteriore Jiavescente lituris rufescentibus ; 

 antica cosla Jiavescente. 



Male. Very bright green, pale beneath. Head red ; vertex 

 white. Palpi extending a little beyond the head ; third joint linear, 

 much shorter than the second. Antenna? pectinated, except towards 

 the tips. Thorax yellowish in front. Anterior legs mostly rosy. 

 Wings with two whitish slightly undulating lines ; discal poiut red ; 

 some reddish marks along the exterior border, which is yellowish. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips ; costa yellowish ; exterior border 

 convex, moderately oblique. Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the 

 wings 6 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Geometra leucospilata. 



Mas. Late viridis ; corpus pallide cinereum, subtus album ; ab- 

 domen albo bimaculatum ; alee puncto discali nigro, fimbria 

 alba basifusca ; antica? lineis duabus costaque albis. 



Male. Bright green. Body pale cinereous, white beneath. 

 Palpi much shorter than the breadth of the head; third joint very 

 short. Antennae broadly pectinated, except towards the tips. Ab- 

 domen with two white shining spots. Hind tibiae with four short 

 spurs. Wings with a whitish bloom on the underside; discal point 

 black ; fringe white, brown at the base. Fore wings slightly acute ; 

 interior and exterior lines white, converging hindward ; costa white. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From Mr. Trimen's collection. 



