LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1555 



Geometra SPECULARIA. 

 rf. South Hindostau. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



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Geometra parvulata. 



Mas. Pallide viridis ; caput rufum, vertice albo ; ala? latiuseulce, 

 puncto discali lunulisque marginalibus rufescentibus ; antic<e 

 costa albida ; postica? abdomen superantes. 



Male. Bright pale green, stout, paler beneath. Head red ; 

 vertex white. Palpi porrect, extending very little beyond the head. 

 Antennae broadly pectinated, except towards the tips. Wings rather 

 broad, with a reddish discal point and reddish marginal lunules. 

 Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips ; costa whitish ; exterior 

 border very slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind wings much 

 rounded, extending beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 

 2£ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



Geometra ? indecretata. 



Fcem. Viridis ; palpi rosei ; antennas breviuscula?, sat valida? ; 

 pedes roseo varii ; tibia? postica? bicalcarata? ; aloe linea exte- 

 riore albida subrecta ; anticce linea mteriore albida. 



Female. Green, paler beneath. Palpi porrect, rosy, nearly as 

 long as the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, less than one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Antenna) rather short and stout. 

 Legs partly rosy ; hind tibiae with two short apical spurs. Win^s 

 moderately broad, with an exterior oblique nearly straight whitish 

 line; fringe long, full. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, 

 with an interior whitish line. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



Geometra? inoptaria. 



Mas. Albida, sat robusta ; caput antice fuscescens ; palpi porrecti; 

 antenna? pectinatce ; tibia? postica? caicaribus quatuor approx- 

 imates; alee latiusculce, lituris nullis ; anticce acuta?; posticce 

 margine exteriore subangulato. 



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