Pubi . l . XII . 193 S . SCOPULA. By L. B. Prout. 197 
Palnis (loc. typ.) and Nilgiris; type $ in the British Museum. A pair from Travancore, more weakly marked, 
are also provisionally referable here. 
S. opicata F. (= infantularia Guen., vaniaria Walk.) (Vol. 16, pi. 6 m). Absolutely unmistakable. Small, opicata. 
white, with sharply marked fuscous lines, all straightish except the distal subterminal, which is finely denti¬ 
culate; antemedian and median of forewing extremely oblique, the latter making a small crook in front of 
the 5th subcostal and joining the postmedian close to the apex; a few' of the anterior veins very slenderly infus- 
cated. Hindtarsus of scarcely abbreviated. “East Indies” (type) and very generally distributed from Sierra 
Leone across Africa and in the Indo-Australian Region: Malaysia, the Philippines, Celebes, the Lesser Sunda 
Islands and New Guinea, etc. 
S. adeptaria Walk. (= eximia Warr., tainanensis Wileman) (20 h) often accompanies opicata, but I adeptaria. 
have no records south-eastward beyond the Philippines and Sumba, while on the other hand it extends through 
Siam, Hainan, and presumably S. China, to Formosa. On account of its very small size, probably often over¬ 
looked or neglected; generally easy to recognize by the brownish shade on the proximal side of the sinuous 
white subterminal, the other markings slender and rarely strong. The ground-colour varies from white to whitish- 
brown, but never shows the ochreous or stramineous tint which characterizes most of the very small Scopula. 
The types came respectively from Ceylon, Sumba and Formosa, but I doubt whether they show any geographical 
variation. — tenuipes Turn. I gather from the description that this is a race or aberration of adeptaria, perhaps tenuipes. 
eventually a synonym. 14 mm. “Whitish without ochreous tinge”, the lines apparently fairly strong, the median 
on forewing perhaps rather more distally placed than usual, finely dentate, etc. Melville Island, 1 <$. The 
$$ of adeptaria are on average whiter than the 
S. innocens Butl. (20 h). Similar to the whitest forms of adeptaria, with the subterminal band more innccens. 
strongly developed, continued (at least apically) on the hindwing; on an average larger. Queensland, not rare. 
S. segregata ProiU (20 i). Larger than opicata, forewing much more brown, hindwing pale except at segregate. 
termen and fringe. Markings of forewing not quite so oblique, less sharp, those of the hindwing above weak. 
Forewing beneath more suffused as far as the median shade. Kachin Hills, Tipper Burma, and extending across 
the frontier into Yunnan. 
S. dubernardi Oberth. (Siqrpl.-Voh 4, pi. 6 h) must be very close to segregata, possibly a large form of it. dubernardi. 
The structural characters given me by my friend Dr. Wehrli (^ antenna serrate, with the fascicles about as 
long as the width of the shaft; hindtarsus about as long as tibia) are virtually the same, but the “white” vertex 
is probably cleaner, for in segregata it is much suffused with brown. Tse-ku, N. Yunnan; by an oversight the 
locality was omitted from Suppl.-Vol. 4, p. 41. 
S. tersicallis Prout (20 i). The brown colour much less definite than in the two preceding, something tersicallis. 
between the ,,tilleid-buff” and “drab-grey” of Ridgway; cell-dots sharp, though small, postmedian of forewing 
weak, acutely angled outward at 1st radial, marked with prominent dark dots or dashes on the veins. Hindleg 
lost in the only known <$, probably as in menytes. Marquesas Islands: Hivaoa. 
S. menytes Prout. <$, 23 mm. Close to tersicallis, probably a representative species. Antennal filiation menytes. 
of $ the same; hindleg with the tarsus U> as long again as tibia. Forewing less strongly elongate (shaped more 
as in oxystoma, 20 g); median shade almost equally developed throughout — fairly broad but ill-defined — its 
acute angle at 3rd radial instead of 1st. Hindwing with termen gibbous in the middle, very noticeably concave 
between 1st median and 2nd submedian; cell-dot rather large; median shade broad. Marquesas: Uahuko, 
2850 feet, 1 
S. angusticallis Prout. $, 23 mm. Shape of forewing nearly as in menytes ; probably a third representative angusticallis 
of the same group. Median and postmedian lines less extremely oblique, more approximated, the latter scarcely 
dark-marked on the veins; subterminal shades well-defined. Marquesas: Uapou, 3200 feet, only the type $ 
yet known. 
S. usticinctaria Walk. (20 i). Distinguished by the much darkened distal borders, which look as though usticinctaria 
they had been scorched or burnt. Hindtarsus of not much abbreviated. Sarawak (type) and Perak, few 
specimens yet known. 
S. ferrilineata Moore (20 i). Distal borders much as in usticinctaria; the extremely irregular course of ferrilineata. 
the median line of the forewing quite characteristic. Darjiling (type) and the Khasis. There may be separate 
races in Upper Burma and Tonkin, but only single specimens are yet known; my single specimen from Hkam- 
kawn (Upper Burma) is very large, with the median shade on the hindwing and the posterior part of the fore- 
wing broadened and infuscated, but the rest of the forewing is badly rubbed. 
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