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SCOPULA. By L. B. Protjt. 
fuscescens. 
Candida. 
abornata. 
obliviaria. 
ablativa. 
serratilinea. 
conduplica- 
ta. 
eburneata. 
blandula. 
subsignaria. 
chionaeata. 
purior , 
purata. 
lautaria. 
micrata. 
S. fuscescetis Warr. (16 d), described as an aberration of abornata, is generally larger, has the hindwing 
somewhat more strongly angled and is of a purer, more glistening white, with the markings, typically stronger 
grey, though in aberrations they become olive-brownish, more as in strongly marked abornata. Bolivia (type) 
and Peru. 
S. Candida Warr., only known to me in the type <$, from “Costa Rica - ’ (Underwood) and a £ from 
Orosi, 1200 m (A. H. Fassl), may possibly be a rather large, rather weakly marked form of the preceding, with 
which it agrees in its shining white ground-colour and angular hindwing; antemedian line of forewing fairly well 
expressed, median shade less broad than in the allies, of almost even width throughout, sinuous (excurved well 
beyond the cell anteriorly, incurved posteriorly). 
S. abornata Guen. (16 d). Whitish, less pure than in the two preceding, the markings olivaceous, rarely 
very strong; in Guenee 's type (a in very poor condition) the median shade seems weak and slender but usually 
it is broad and diffuse on the forewing. Antenna in $ dentate, with long ciliation; hindtibia dilated and elongate, 
tarsus much abbreviated. Described from Brazil, probably the Rio district; common in S. E. Brazil and Paraguay. 
S. obliviaria Walk. (= chlorochrea Warr.) (16 d) is probably an aberration of the preceding, with the 
ground-colour suffused, so that the markings are not or scarcely differentiable therefrom. S. E. Brazil, with 
abornata. 
S. ablativa Dogn. “19 mm”. Cream-colour, irrorated with black, the markings brownish, analogous to 
those of abornata. lines better developed, the postmedian marked with black vein-dots, the median of the hind¬ 
wing straight, well proximal to the cell-dot. ( Adapted from Dognin.) The white-encircled cell-dot of the 
forewing, standing within the ill-defined median shade is also noted, but applies to some abornata also. Misiones: 
San Ignacio, type $ unique. I have seen it and believe the apex is slightly more acute than in abornata, the 
termen of the hindwing faintly waved, not at all angled. 
S. serratilinea Warr. (16 e). A striking species, with the lines of the outer area strongly serrate and 
parallel, the proximal area strongly irrorated. La Union, Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya (loc. typ.). E. Ecuador 
and S. Peru. 
S. conduplicata Warr. (16 e). Proximal area cleaner white, on the fore wing with a fine, irregular ante- 
median line; distal area with the first 2 lines approximated, except anteriorly, behind the 3rd radial thickened 
or connected by some dark shading. Apex more pointed than in serratilinea. Bolivia (type) and S. E. Brazil. 
S. eburneata Guen. (16 e). A tiny species, of simple shape and pattern, the hindtarsus of the d not greatly 
shortened. Pure white, the costal edge of the forewing above narrowly ochreous, beneath more broadly and 
dully tinted; cell-dots and terminal dots sharply black, the lines more brownish, more or less indefinite, ex¬ 
cepting the punctiform postmedian, which forms a characteristic outward tooth at the 1st radial. Very widely 
distributed from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina, but apparently not in the west of South America; the originals 
from Brazil. — ab. blandula Warr. has all the teeth of the postmedian strong, though that of the 1st radial 
remains the strongest. 1 S' from St. Jean du Maroni. I doubt whether it is worthy of a separate name. — sub¬ 
signaria Walk., from Jamaica, is somewhat shorter-winged and more irrorated, bxrt probably conspecific. 
chionaeata H.-Sch. Status somewhat more doubtful. If I have it correctly determined, it is even smaller than 
typical eburneata and seems to have the hindtarsus relatively somewhat shorter; otherwise closely similar. 
Cuba and perhaps Portorico. — ab. purior nov. (16 cl) is more noteworthy: blackish irroration reduced, median 
shade and those between postmedian and termen almost entirely obsolete, the remaining lines shown chiefly 
by the vein-dots; terminal line reduced to isolated dots. Itatiaya, Brazil (Dr. A. Seitz), a very fresh in the 
Senkenberg Museum. 
S. purata Guen. (= nigrocandida Hulst) (16 d). White, with very little marking in the proximal area, 
the cell-dots and terminal dots black, the postmedian on both wings accompanied by an irregular row of dark 
spots. Antenna “pubescent" (Guenee), hindtibia of the somewhat dilated, tarsus short. Texas and Florida. 
S. lautaria Hbn. ( = laretaria Hulst, myrmidonata Guen., minutularia Hulst) (16 d). Another clean white 
species of very small size, very distinct in the two bright-brown postmedian patches of the forewing, placed 
respectively between the radials and between the 2nd median and the hindmargin. Antennal ciliation of the 
d not long, hindtarsus over V 2 tibia. South-eastern United States; Hubner's type was sent from Pennsylvania. 
S. micrata Guen. (16 d). Of this I only know the type <$, which reminded Guenee of the Noctuid genus 
Micra, hence the name. Ciliation of antenna about as long as diameter of shaft, tarsus about y 2 the tibia, which 
is rather strongly dilated. The band-like antemedian and strong subterminal of the forewing, neither of them 
reaching the costa, are characteristic. Haiti. 
