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LAEENTIID^. 
Eupithecia fasciata. (Plate CLII. fig. 22.) 
Expanse | incli. 
Female. Pale ochreous grey, with the following inwardly-carved and somewhat diffused 
dark brown bands : one a fourth from base of costa of fore wing to near base of inner margin 
of hind wing ; from costa just before middle to inner margin one third from base ; from costa 
two thirds from base to almost the same point on inner margin of hind wing; from near 
apex to middle of inner margin. Hind wing with submarginal band. Both wings with 
indistinct spot at end of cell. Underside pale, with markings indistinct. 
Also two sj)ecimens from the Solomon Islands in coll. B. M. 
Eupithecia deleta. (Plate CLII. fig. 20.) 
Expanse | inch. 
Male. Fore wing whitish, suffused with fuscous and with pale olive-green towards outer 
margin ; a curved black medial line obsolescent towards inner margin ; an irregular post- 
medial one, outAvardly-oblique to third median nervule, then inwardly-oblique and obsolescent; 
a pale submarginal line ; blackish patches towards apex and outer angle, and two streaks in 
the discoidal interspace. The whole wing has a blurred appearance as if it had been rubbed 
longitudinally. Hind wing : basal area ruddy brown, crossed by four or five waved black 
lines ; outer area pale and tinged with olive-green, a paler patch at centre of outer margin, 
the apical area dark brown, irrorated with grey scales ; outer area also crossed by three or 
four dark waved lines. Underside pale grey, suffused with fuscous, and crossed by four or 
five indistinct fuscous diffused bands ; an indistinct lunule at end of cell of each wing. 
Eupithecia ectochloros. (Plate CLII. fig. 19.) 
Expanse ^ inch. 
Male. Fore wing : basal two thirds smoky brown, dark green below submedian nervure, 
Avith traces of several waved darker transverse lines towards the base, a black lunule at end 
of cell ; a waved postmedial curved black band ; outer area olive-green ; an indistinct 
limulate pale submarginal band; outer margin suffused with fuscous. Hind wing : basal 
two thirds smoky brown, bounded by a waved black postmedial band ; outer area olive-green ; 
outer margin fuscous; a dark lunule at end of cell. Underside fuscous; a dark lunule at 
end of cell and curved postmedial dark band to each wing. 
Eupithecia hifasciata. (Plate CLII. fig. 13.) 
Expanse | inch. 
Male. Fore wing pale olive-green, irrorated with black scales; broad ante- and post- 
medial darker bands with somewhat irregular edges, the postmedial band with some black 
