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SCOPULA. By L. B. Prout. 
subdecorata. 
pauperata. 
oedocnemis. 
dimorphata. 
hainanica. 
suffidaria. 
agnes. 
culomaia. 
modesia. 
mecysma. 
brunnescens. 
mesites. 
violacea. 
plumbearia. 
spissitar- 
sata. 
antly blackish hair-pencil, the tarsus exceedingly short. Borneo, not rare, especially in Sarawak; — ab. sub¬ 
decorata Warr. is evidently a large, heavily-marked $ with the cell-ring of the forewing reduced. Mt. Mulu, 
N. Borneo. I have also seen a similar <$, but with the cell-ring normal, from N. Borneo. 
S. pauperata Walk. (= vacuata part. Swinh., nec Walk.). Paler, more weakly marked, the cell-mark 
of the forewing ill-defined, not forming a ring, the postmedian line without the conspicuous black dot at the 
2nd radial. Antennal ciliation still longer than in vacuata; hindfemur smooth, tibia greatly dilated, the pencil 
not dark, the terminal tuft wanting, tarsus about % tibia. Sarawak. I — ab. (?) oedocnemis Prout. Perhaps 
greyer, the subterminal line standing out distinctly on the somewhat darkened distal area. Lio Matu, Sarawak 
(type <$) and Kabayau, near Kinabalu (1 $). Perhaps a synonym; Walker’s poor (and temporarily lost) type 
was overlooked when I described it. 
S. dimorphata Snell. I have not seen the name-type from Celebes and am to that extent handicapped 
in working out the variation. The species, in its whitest forms, recalls the most weakly marked members of the 
ornata group, but has the margin of the hindwing smoother, excepting only the tooth at the 3rd radial. Hind- 
tarsus of the very short, only J / 5 or 1 ■ of the tibia (but this structure is closely approached in delicio-saria) ; 
antennal ciliation moderate. Snellen’s type <$, from Macassar, expanded “22 mm”, was not quite so pure 
white as agnes, the proximal lines almost as faint, the postmedian strong and zigzag, the distal area of the fore¬ 
wing. in addition to the grey subterminals, with two elongate brown marks on the proximal one at radials and 
fold. liainanica subsp. nov. (21 e). Probably very similar; smaller, perhaps purer white; cell-dots minute, 
often almost obsolete, terminal dots also reduced; dark marks outside the postmedian rarely quite so sharply 
defined. Hainan, a good series in the Tring Museum, not very variable. — suffidaria Swinh. is more weakly 
marked distally than the other forms; median shade present; spots on the postmedian represented only by paired 
dots at the radials, the distal area greyish (less strongly coloured than in propinquaria, etc.) with distinct white 
subterminal. Bali (type); known from Java to Flores and perhaps from E. Sumatra. - agnes Bull. (21 f) is 
pure white, the antemedian and median lines obsolete or nearly so; the only conspicuous markings, as a rule, 
are the cell-dots and on the forewing the composite postmedian spots. Described from Queensland; specimen, 
from British New Guinea are similarly pure white but very variable, sometimes almost without markings, as 
is very rarely the case in Queensland. 
S. eulomata Snell. (= compressaria Warr.) (21 f). Antennal ciliation of the <$ moderate or longish; 
hindtarsus rather less than y 3 tibia. In shape and a few other details it rather recalls annularia Swinh., which 
Hampson even sunk to it (!). Apart from the differences which are quite obvious at first sight, the terminal 
line beneath is here continuous, in annularia punctiform. Distributed in Malaysia, chiefly on the islands; the 
respective types came from Java and Bali. 2 pale (in poor condition) from Lindoe, W. Celebes, 3700 feet, 
with larger cell-dot of hindwing, probably represent a separate subspecies. 
S. modesta Moore (= latimarginaria Hmps.) (21 f). Distinct in its pale drab tone and darker, greyer 
distal area, on which the subterminal line only shows as quite disconnected spots. Underside paler, well marked. 
Ciliation of d antenna long, hindtibia long, tarsus extremely short. Ceylon (modesta), the Nilgiris (latimarginaria) 
and the Palnis; I have found no racial difference. 
S. mecysma Swinh. (21 f). Darker, browner grey, somewhat variable in tone, but always pretty uniform, 
except that the costal margin of the forewing is darkened. The type is the darkest known form, perhaps even 
darker than the two following species. Commonest in the Khasis (loc. typ.) but known also from Nepal, S. Tenas- 
serim and Formosa. — ab. brunnescens nov., representing the opposite extreme of colour, is lighter and much 
browner and seems to be the prevailing form in the Khasis, accounting for perhaps two-tliirds of the specimens 
or — including intergrades — at least three-fourths. - mesites Prout. Colour as in name-typical mecysma, 
proximal lines less rigidly straight, postmedian definitely sinuous, some ill-defined pale subterminal maculation 
indicated. Described from E. Java. A single specimen from E. Bali and a few from W. Celebes are nearer 
to this than to m. mecysma, but are smaller. 
S. violacea Warr. Larger than mecysma, and with a tinge of purplish; lines rather thick, antemedian 
of forewing bent on the median vein, median curved anteriorly, postmedian strongly sinuous. Sikkim, rare. 
S. plumbearia Leech (Vol. 4, pi. 5f). Closely like a small violacea; antemedian and cell-marks weak. 
Kiushiu. 
S. spissitarsata Warr. (21 f) should probably be placed near vacuata and pauperata, as the <J hindtibia 
is long and much swollen, the tarsus minute (about x / 6 ); tibial pencil black-grey. Termen of forewing not very 
oblique, 1st subcostal stalked Avell beyond the end of the areole, 2nd radial arising before middle of discocellulars. 
Costal edge darker than in pauperata, postmedian thicker, subterminal shades slighter. Sumatra, a series from 
Loeboe Rajah. 
