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SCOPULA. By L. B. Prout. 
szechuanen- 
sis. 
costala. 
cpigypsa. 
celebraria. 
aleuritis. 
pallida. 
nitidisshna. 
luteicollis. 
lensipallida. 
sedataria. 
leuraria. 
superior. 
sancta. 
albilarvata. 
S. szechuanensis Prout (= szetchuanensis Sterneck ) (Suppl.-Vol. 4, pi. 5 c). Similar to the Palaearctic 
umbelaria Hbn. but smaller, especially in the $, the hindwing with the termen only very slightly bent, the 
ciliation of the antenna a little stronger, the hindtarsus perhaps relatively somewhat longer, the cell-dots 
extremely minute or wanting, the terminal dots also almost or altogether wanting except on the hindwing 
beneath. Szechuan. 
S. costata Moore (21 g). Very glossy white, with the costal edge of the forewing grey, the cell-dots 
minute, the lines rather straight, not strong. Hindtarsus of S' somewhat over % tibia. Ceylon. 
S. epigypsa Meyr. (= nivipennis But!., cernea Druce) (21 g). Not quite so glossy, the costal edge yellow, 
the lines very fine, wavy, the subterminals more or less broken into irroration. Antenna in the $ with fascicles 
of very long cilia, hindtibia long, tarsus about % tibia or scarcely more. Fiji. 
S. celebraria Walk. (21 g) is another glossy white Scopula, but quite different in shape (especially in 
the angled hindwing) and with moderately strong grey shades, the median oblique, the subterminals somewhat 
macular. The type came from “South Hindostan”, probably the Nilgiris; I know it also from the Palnis. 
S. aleuritis Turn. (21 g). Smaller, with small black cell-dots and fine ochreous-grey lines, the sub- 
terminals sometimes obsolete. Whiter than the other Australian Scopula of similar size and shape. Antenna 
of the with ciliation about as long as diameter of shaft; hindtarsus less than 14 tibia. N. Queensland to Port 
Darwin. 
S. pallida Moore (= peralba Swinh.) (21 g). Variable in size, but probably never so small as aleuritis-, 
termen of forewing slightly straighter and more oblique; lines distinct; underside of forewing strongly suffused 
with brown. Ciliation of $ antenna rather long, tarsus scarcely shortened. N. W. India to the Shan States, 
the type from Thundiani. 
S. nitidissima Prout. Larger than pallida, purer white and even more glossy. Lines almost entirely 
obsolete; terminal dots not, or scarcely indicated. Kashmir, occurring with pallida. Structure similar, but I 
have not seen intermediates. 
S. luteicollis sp. n. (21 g). Head (including the face) and body white, the palpus partly black, the tegulae 
in front ochreous. Antenna with very short pectinations, which bear fascicles of long cilia. Hindtarsus about 
as long as tibia. Wings above shining white, the forewing anteriorly and the hindwing in the greater part with 
slight and very inconspicuous grey irroration; no markings except the minute cell-dots. Underside also with 
the cell-dots; forewing costally and in the cell with red-grey suffusion, which fades out beyond the cell but 
continues to tinge the veins. Tibet: Rongshar Valley, 9500 feet, 25 June 1924 (Major R. W. G. Hixoston, 
Everest Expedition), 2 BS in the British Museum. 
S. tensipallida sp. n. Expanse 24 mm. Closely similar to small pallida, including the structure, though 
the 4 hindtibia may be less heavily fringed; tarsus fully as long as tibia. Forewing with apex somewhat less 
acute, anterior part of termen less oblique; hindwing with termen straight (or extremely weakly concave) be¬ 
tween 2nd subcostal and 3rd radial, here with a very definite, though obtuse angle, thence again straight to 
tornus. Lines slightly browner-tinged than in pallida, the postmedian, even on the hindwing, not appreciably 
incurved between the radials. Forewing beneath with the dark suffusion more partial, the median line, as well 
as the dentate postmedian and the somewhat macular proximal-subterminal shade distinct. Type $ in the 
British Museum, merely labelled “Burma”, but I learned from Mr. G. Talbot that the collection was made 
on the Yunnan frontier, near Teng-yueh-ting. A second example from the same source, though much damaged, 
confirms the general constancy. 
S. sedataria Leech (Vol. 4, pi. 7 c) has also the angled hindwing and similar structure but is considerably 
larger, more glossy white, the lines much less straight, generally more slender or weaker; cell-dots wanting. 
W. China. 
S. leuraria Prout, (Vol. 4, pi. 3 m, as sedataria). Hindwing not angled, cell-dots often indicated; extra¬ 
ordinarily like a large, very white superior Bull, but with the face black. Chiefly Palaearctic, the type from 
Corea; I have recorded it from Ichang, but it is just conceivable that the specimen from thence (a $) is a large 
klaphecki (Suppl.-Vol. 4, pi. 5 b). 
S. superior Butl. (Vol. 4, pi. 4 m) differs from all the similar Scopula in its white face; cell-dots usually 
sharply black. Antennal ciliation not long, hindtarsus of the $ quite short. Described from Japan, but occurs 
right across China. — ab. sancta Butl. is very weakly marked, cell-dots slight, terminal dots wanting. 
S. albilarvata Warr. founded on a B from Keelung, Formosa, taken in August, has not been matched 
from that country, but may be a weakly marked nupta in poor condition. Expanse 26 mm. White, almost 
