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SCOPULA. By L. B. Prout. 
rantaizanen- 
s is. 
periaturga. 
caesar ia. 
defect a. 
kashmiren- 
sis. 
gooraisensis. 
queitensis. 
deliciosaria. 
pedilata. 
insolata. 
satsumaria. 
ferruginea. 
pithogona. 
propinqua- 
ria. 
S. rantaizanensis Wileman, erroneously published as a Ptychopoda, is closely related to jerrilineata, but 
lias the termen of the hindwing somewhat more rounded, the median line of the fore wing less extremely out- 
bent and the postmedian line of both wings rather deeply incurved at the radials. Rantaizan, Formosa, only 
the type $ known. 
S. perialurga Turn. $, 29 mm. “Forewing triangular, costa gently arched, termen bowed, oblique; 
grey, some purplish suffusion towards base; a minute discal dot; a band of pale purplish suffusion, its proximal 
edge from 4 / 5 costa to % hindmargin, slightly curved inward before hindmargin, outer edge formed by a fine 
crenulata fuscous line at about 7 / 8 thickened to form minute dots on veins; a terminal series of dark-interneural 
dots; fringe pale purple with a few fuscous scales, apices grey-whitish. Hindwing slightly angled at vein 4; 
as forewing but discal spot at % and larger". New South Wales: Port Macquarie, 1 $. 
S. caesaria Walk. (= obturbata Walk., perfectaria Walk., faeculentaria Mab., rufimixtaria Warr., 
caesarea A. Fuchs) (20 i). This very widely distributed Scopula has already been noticed and figured in Vol. 16 
p. 68, pi. 7 b. Variable, but generally very easy to recognize by the purplish or purple-grey distal borders; that 
of the forewing is the stronger and sharply bounded anteriorly by an oblique line from the apex. Hindtibia of 
(J dilated, the tarsus not quite as long as the tibia. General in Africa, the islands of the Indian Ocean, India 
to Formosa, the Sunda Islands, Queensland and New Guinea. — ab. defecta Prout lacks the purplish borders 
but retains that colour on the fringes. 
S. kashmirensis Moore (Vol. 4, p. 79; Suppl.-Vol. 4, pi. 5 e). Glossy white with the cell-dots small and 
not intense, the median shade moderate or rather weak, on the forewing excurved or bent well beyond the cell- 
dot; postmedian line conspicuous, finely denticulate but (after the sharp bend near the costa of the forewing) 
much less sinuous than in the Palaearctic ornata Scop., generally, however, blackened at the places where that 
of ornata bends proximad; a narrow brownish band on the distal side of the postmedian, at least on the forewing 
Kashmir to Bhotan. kashmirensis is the most sharply marked form, on an average rather small. — gooraisensis 
Prout (Suppl.-Vol. 4, pi. 5 e) is larger, less pure white, the markings much weakened, the lack of the sharply 
expressed postmedian line and shading beyond giving it a very distinctive appearance. Goorais Valley, Kashmir, 
a good series. - quettensis Prout (Suppl.-Vol. 4, p. 46). Variable in size, otherwise pretty constant, intermediate 
between the other forms; clean white, the median line weak or obsolescent, the postmedian very slender, the 
shade outside it generally lighter brown. Quetta. 
S. deliciosaria Walk. (20 i). Similar to sharply marked ornata (Vol. 4, pi. 4 1), the hindtibia long, the 
tarsus very short, the hindwing with the angle at the 3rd radial more acute. ? N. India; Central India to Ceylon. 
Walker’s type from S. India. 
S. pedilata Feld. (20 i). A somewhat rare species, differing from the following (which has sometimes 
been confused with it) in having a slight greenish tone, the blotches larger, etc. Figured by Felder from Ceylon; 
also known from Assam, E. Java and Bali. 
S. insolata Bull. (= butleri Prout) (Vol. 4, pi. 7 c, as butleri). A small but attractive species; clean 
white, with minute cell-dots and grey-brown lines, the forewing with an incomplete, bright brown band outside 
the postmedian and a black posterior spot close to the tornus. N. India, the type from Dharmsala; also on 
Sumatra and, according to J. Joannis, in Tonkin. — satsumaria Leech (Vol. 4, pi. 5e). On an average less jmre 
white, postmedian line of forewing reaching hindmargin farther from the tornus, that of the hindwing farther 
from the termen, etc. Sometimes the differences between the two forms seem very slight. Japan (the type) 
and N. and W. China. 
S. ferruginea Pimps. (20 i). Very distinct in the extensive bright-brown markings of the forewing, the 
outer ones bandlike, the postmedian line with a black dot on its angle at the 1st radial, the median shade not 
defined, but represented by the extremely outbent edge of the variegated area which, except along the costa, 
occupies all the proximal part of the wing. Ceylon; also 1 from near Castle Rock. 
S. pithogona sp. n. (20 k) agrees well with ferruginea in shape and structure (^ ciliation moderate, hind- 
tarsus very little shortened) and in the excessively angled median shade, etc., but presents a quite different 
appearance on account of its light colouring — white with pale buff markings and scarcely any black irroration; 
subterminal band more slender than in ferruginea. Underside almost unmarked, the cell-dots very minute. 
E. Java (J. P. A. Kalis): Singolangoe 5000 feet, type <$; Nongkodjadjar, 4000 feet, 1 9; both in the Tring 
Museum. 
S. propinquaria Leech (Vol. 4, pi. 3 1, 5 f). Although not so white nor so conspicuously bordered as most 
of the ornata-kashmirensis group, this is also an easily recognizable species, the distal area of both wings being 
darkened and bearing a conspicuous pale subterminal line which expands greatly at both folds, especially the 
