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SCOPULA. By L. B. Prout. 
'pulchellata. 
grandicu- 
laria. 
idearia. 
eleina. 
misera. 
subiincta. 
dcnubilata. 
subpulchel- 
laia. 
pilodorsata. 
cosmeta. 
perlineata. 
maculata. 
discata. 
S. pulchellata F. (= addictaria Walk., metaspilaria Walk.) (20 k). Another easily distinguishable species. 
The slender white line at the proximal edge of the terminal line, the continuation of the latter round the apex, 
the presence of the subapical spot, the shape of the postmedian and its dark maculation are all characteristic. 
The size and coloration vary. The African forms, which have been called rufimobes Warr. (see Vol. 16, p. 69), 
perhaps yield a higher pencentage of reddish forms but are nearly synonymous. “India” (type), with Ceylon 
Malaya, Siam, Hainan and Bali. Also on Minikoi atoll, Laccadive Islands. — ab. grandicularia Swinh. is a large 
whitish, rather strongly grey-clouded form with the cell-spots large, the subterminal brown spots not so con¬ 
spicuous as in the cleaner, more typical forms. Described from Poona. 
S. idearia Swinh. (20 1), also described from Poona, is smaller than 'pulchellata (forewing slightly nar¬ 
rower), glossy, slenderly marked, the distal area more recalling monosema than pulchellata; so similar, however, 
that it might have been treated as a further aberration of pulchellata if the genitalia had not indicated a separate 
species. Central and N. India, rather rare except at Deesa. 
S. eleina sp. n. (20 1). Both sexes small. In a measure intermediate between pulchellata and misera, 
having the clean appearance of the former but the subordinate markings reduced, though the blackish marks 
(dashes or pairs of dots) at each inward curve of the postmedian of the forewing remain strong; cell-dot of fore¬ 
wing usually concise, punctiform, occasionally somewhat more diffuse. with the band-like grey shading 
between postmedian and subterminal stronger and more continuous. Paloe, W. Celebes (J. P. A. Kalis) : Gunong 
Rangkoenau, 900—18C0 feet, abundant; Tompoe, 2700 feet, 2 only taken. Collected for the Tring Museum. 
S. misera Walk. (20 1) represents pulchellata on the Lesser Sunda Islands from Sumba and Sumbawa 
to Alor, the type from Flores. The grey shading between the postmedian and the subterminal is complete and 
strong in the $ (obliterating the separate grey subapical and brown postmedian spots of pulchellata , except 
that the latter are suggested by slight thickenings of the postmedian itself), but is generally quite slight in the 
£; subterminal with the macular expansions at both folds strong. The Timor specimens are sometimes browner, 
resembling the following .- - subtincta Warr., from the Tenimber Islands is browner, with the sexual dimorphism 
generally less pronounced, though similar in its nature. — ab. (?) denubilata Warr. has the same brownish tone 
but almost entirely lacks the dark subterminal shades. A pair from Larat. 
S. subpulchellata Prout (20 1). Rather larger and paler than most pulchellata, the $ hindtibia less strongly 
fringed above, its hair-pencil whitish (in pulchellata ochreous), the tarsus a trifle longer. Genitalia very dif¬ 
ferent, the valves far less asymmetrical, the socii long (in pulchellata short, horny processes), etc., altogether 
nearer those of misera. Markings closely as in pulchellata but with those of the distal area weaker and less 
variegated. Hainan, often occurring together with pulchellata. 
S. spilodorsata Warr. (20 1). Somewhat broader-winged than pulchellata and its nearest allies, terminal 
line less continuous (more broken into lunules or subtriangxdar spots), not conti n u i n g r o u n d the 
apex, subapical spot wanting, posterior subterminal spot less near tornus, fringe with distinct, though minute, 
dots at the vein-ends. Abdomen in the typical race (from Timor) with more conspicuous black spots (large 
dots), which, however, are discernible in many of the group. In the type, the spots outside the postmedian are 
inconspicuous and a tendency to a reduction of these, together with a whitening of the gi'ound-colour, is perhaps 
characteristic of the Timor forms, especially the rj'A; but there is a good deal of variation. The Sumba specimens 
before me agree with this name-type. - cosmeta subsp. nov. (20 1). In a long series from Hainan, besides the 
few specimens before me from Malaya and the Ivhasis (where spilodorsata seems much scarcer). I do not find 
a single example in which the markings, or at least the two outer spots of the forewing, are not well developed; 
the postmedian line of the hindwing also is darkened (commonly thickened) at both folds, thus showing distinct 
traces of a corresponding maculation to that of the hindwing. Abdominal spots often weakened or reduced 
in size. Type a $ in the Tring Museum, from Mt. Wuchi, Hainan. —Borneo, Banka, Java, Kangean, Bali and 
Celebes probably call for some further subspecies, but seem to produce mainly intermediates between the tw*o 
extremes. The genitalia show close affinity to those of nictata. 
S. perlineata Walk. (= spatiosaria Walk.) (20 1). Cell-dots nearly always larger or more intensely black 
than in spilodorsata, terminal line more punctiform and not accompanied proximally by any definite white 
line, spots outside the postmedian scarcely ever developed, their position indicated by punctiform thickenings 
of the line itself; the however, generally and the J occasionally with greyish subterminal shades (f. spatiosaria). 
Abdomen very rarely with any trace of dorsal spots. Represents the preceding in the Moluccas, New Guinea 
and its islands as far as the Louisiades. The respective types came from Ceram and New Guinea. — ab. maculata 
nov. may denote the rare aberration which has developed spots outside the postmedian similar to those of spilo¬ 
dorsata. Type a good £ from Batjan; occasional examples from New Guinea and its islands have been noticed 
and there are, naturally, some intermediates. — ab. loc. (? subsp.) discata Warr., from the TrobriandIslands, 
