SCOPULA. By L. B. Prout. 
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S. albomaculata Moore (21 f). Conspicuously distinct in its warm wood-brown colouring combined with albomacu- 
the development of large white subterminal spots on both wings. Darjiling. 
S. marcidaria Leech (Vol. 4, pi. 3 1) also shows some tendency for the white subterminal to become marcidaria. 
macular, but the white ground-colour, marked with thick ochreous lines or narrow bands, gives it a much more 
normally Scopuline appearance. Hindwing angled, though not acutely. Antennal ciliation in the long, hind- 
tarsus considerably shorter than the tibia. W. China and the Kachin Hills. — ab. intaminata Prout has the intaminata. 
lines finer, brighter yellow, the yellow suffusion at the base of the forewing restricted to a streak along the ante¬ 
rior margin of the cell. Wa-shan, 1 
S. polystigmaria Hmps. (Vol. 4, pi. 5 d). Hindwing somewhat quadrate, the termen being straightish polystigma- 
on each side of the central angle. Tone very pale yellowish, sparsely irrorated, cell-dots rather strong and black, 
especially that of the hindwing; some characteristic blackish spots outside the postmedian, strongest posteriorly. 
Kashmir. — ab. elyra Swinh. is of a much deeper ochreous colour, but otherwise scarcely differs. elyra. 
S. rivularia Leech (Vol. 4, pi. 3 e, 5 e). A large brownish species, with acute apex to the forewing and rivularia. 
moderately angled hindwing; markings thick, rather zigzag, the postmeclian darkest, succeeded distally by 
a band of dark maculation (the proximal subterminal shade). West and Central China, the type from the former- 
district. 
S. annularia Swinh. (= nigropunctata Guen., nec Hufn.) (21 f). Characterized by the blackish cell-ring annularia. 
and median line of the hindwing, markings on the abdomen and (on both wings) at the hindmarginal end of 
the postmedian. Hindtarsus of the nearly as long as the tibia. Guenee's type was of unknown origin, probably 
Indian, Svvinhoe’s from Rangoon; known from Ceylon, Assam to Tonkin, Penang, Borneo, the Philippines, 
Celebes and probably Java. — reducta Rothsch., from W. Sumatra,is “paler, discal spots considerably smaller ". reducta. 
Erected as a subspecies, but I suspect merely a slight aberration. 
S. perlata Walk. (= recessata Walk.) (21 g). Recognizable among the similarly coloured Australian perlata. 
Scapula by the rather sharply angled hindwing. Lines slender, median shade generally thick, cell-dots small, 
but sharply black. Antennal ciliation of the $ not long, hindtarsus not abbreviated. Distributed from Tas¬ 
mania (the type locality) to Queensland. In Tasmania the larva has been reared from the egg by F. Littler 
and found to accord well in build with those of its Palaearctic congeners. 
S. hanna Butl. (Vol. 4, pi. 3 m), described from Japan, belongs chiefly to the Palaearctic Region, but hanna. 
reaches Szechuan. Ciliation of the $ antenna moderate, hindtarsus about % as long as tibia. A small species, 
with bluntly angled hindwing (not shown in our figure), the colour varying from light fleshy ochreous to more 
whitish, the median shade moderate, on the fore wing oblique, the lines rather weak, more punctiform. 
S. nigropunctata Hufn. (Vol. 4, pi. 4 k) subcandidata Walk. (= vagata Leech, nec Walk., ? imbella Warr.) subcandi- 
(21 g). This Chinese race, described from Shanghai, is extremely variable, but the genitalia, with their curiously data. 
asymmetrical valves, remain so constant that it has not been found possible to make any separation of species. 
On the whole smaller than the European nigropunctata, cell-dots relatively smaller, median shade on the whole 
less strong, often less oblique. — f. subalbulata Sternek. More whitish than n. nigropunctata, cell-dots sharper, subalbulaia. 
median shade conspicuous, slender, terminal line more punctiform, underside (especially of hindwing) decidedly 
weaker marked. Omihsien, etc. — f. ochrea Sterneck. Reddish ochre-vellow instead of white-grey, termen of ochrea. 
hindwing somewhat more strongly bent than usual. A $ from Kwanhsien, Szechuan. — f. rubella Sterneck is rubella. 
likewise reddish ochreous, on an average larger than ochrea and subcandidata, the markings more or less weak. 
Frequent at Kwanhsien, also received from Pekin. — f. nigrisignata Prout (= variegata Sterneck, nec Steph.). nigrisignata. 
Size of rubella but very sharply marked, the markings black instead of grey, the median shade and postmedian 
line particularly prominent, the latter with the vein-dots strengthened; cell-dots large and black. Sunpanting 
and Omihsien. 
S. modicaria Leech (Vol. 4, pi. 5 e). Very near subcandidata, <$ hindtarsus less shortened, fully % tibia, modicaria. 
forewing without black cell-dot, a larger but ill-defined brown spot replacing it, postmedian line of forewing 
rather more incurved between the radials, that of the hindwing usually considerably straighter than in nigro¬ 
punctata. China and Japan, the type from W. China. I am not certain that it may not prove a form of apici- 
punctata. 
S. apicipunctata Christ. (= arenaria Leech ) (Vol. 4, pi. 5 b). Rather small and whitish, but somewhat apicipunc- 
variable both in size and tone. Generally easy to recognize by the restriction of the terminal dots to the apex tata - 
of the forewing, but forms occur in which they extend further. Antennal ciliation of the about as long as 
diameter of shaft, hindtarsus about, or almost % tibia. The types came respectively from Ussuri and Japan, 
but the range extends to W. China. 
