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SCOPULA. By L. B. Prout. 
capnosterra. 
destitutei. 
succrassula. 
densicornis. 
fumigrisea. 
sublinearia. 
massimensis. 
oppilata. 
didymosema. 
rubraria. 
hypocallista. 
lydia. 
S. capnosterna sp. n. (22 a). Longer-winged than its neighbours and with a slightly greyer tone. Hind- 
tibia of (J with hair-pencil, tarsus fully as long as tibia. Face and upperside of palpus black. Collar brown. 
Thorax beneath, with parts of legs, darkened. Wings without irroration; cell-dots strong; lines thick, grey, 
with a slight suggestion of olive-grey, postmedian with teeth outward on the veins, the whitish band outside 
it on the forewing broader and more dentate than the subterminal. Underside with cell-dots, terminal line 
and dots; forewing with strong dark suffusion from costa to fold, postmedian and outer markings as above; 
hindwing white, with faint, slender postmedian. Lindoe, W. Celebes, 3700 feet (J. P. A. Kalis), 3 <$<$, 1 $, in 
the Tring Museum. 
S. destituta Walk. ( = cretata Warr.) (22 a). In shape and colour near homaema. Hindtarsus of 3 shorter 
(only about % tibia). Markings much less sharp, the median and postmedian less sinuous, the latter on the 
forewing less dentate. Xulla (= Sula) Islands. 
S. succrassula Prout (= ? densicornis Semp., nec Warr.) (22 a). Similar in shape and structure to destituta, 
the fascicles of cilia of the $ antenna probably longer (I have no undamaged £ of destituta for comparison), here 
nearly twice diameter of shaft. More grey or drab, the postmedian line, at least in the $, thicker and still less 
dentate, the median of the hindwing more as in paradela and homaema. Philippines, the type series from Mindanao. 
S. densicornis Warr. (22 a). Antennal fascicles of $ very long, tarsus quite short, postmedian (especially 
of hindwing) more curved inward between the radials; otherwise closely similar to succrassula. — ab. fumigrisea 
Warr. Strongly suffused with brownish, the pale subterminal broken into spots which stand out distinctly 
between the well-developed subterminal shades. Both forms were collected together on Sumba. Known also 
from Sambawa (1 <$) and possibly Timor (1 anomalous). 
S. sublinearia Walk. (22 a). Generally smaller than the preceding group, forewing less shortened anter¬ 
iorly. More definitely grey (occasionally whitish-grey), the markings w r ell developed, the postmedian sharply 
black-dotted on the veins (the dots much less out of alignment than in the larger, broader delospila). Distri¬ 
buted in Queensland (type from Moreton Bay), West Australia and the Tenimber Islands. —- massimensis form, 
nov. is small and (especially in the GG) almost white and will probably prove a separable race, although at present 
I know only the type pair (Sudest I.) and a $ from St. Aignan, all in the Tring Museum. 
S. oppilata Walk. (= crossophragma Meyr.) (22 a). Moderately variable in the strength of the markings, 
but apparently not geographically; easily known by the strong line which traverses the fringes; cell-dot of 
hindwing generally elongate or rather large. Underside at least as strongly marked as upper. Hindtarsus of 
the $ short. Extremely widely distributed from Bali and Toekan Besi eastward, reaching the Loyalty Islands. 
S. didymosema Lower is unknown to me and its exact systematic position unknown to Turner. “U, 
23 mm. Light fuscous, ochreous-tinged; a well developed, nearly straight denticulate dark-fuscous line from 
beyond % of costa to middle of inner margin; a similar line, more oblique, from costa beyond % to inner margin 
at %, curved inwards on posterior half, a well developed transverse discal spot midway between these two 
lines, a blackish terminal line; somewhat interrupted by veins; fringe dark-fuscous. Hinclwing with termen 
rounded; colour and lines as on forewing.” Glen Osmond, South Australia, 10 October, 1 $. “Could easily 
be mistaken for rubraria, but differs considerably in position of lines and discal dot and especially by the shorter 
antennal filiations” (twice diameter of shaft). 
S. rubraria Dbld. (= figlinaria Guen. , repletaria Walk., attributa Walk., acidaliaria Walk.) (22 a). Var¬ 
iable, but generally easy to recognize by the long antennal ciliations and very short hindtarsus of the $ and 
the strong markings on a rather warm ground. New Zealand, Australia, Norfolk I. and the Kermadacs. If 
the New Zealand should become differentiable from the Australian forms, the former will stand as rubraria, 
the latter as figlinaria (Tasmania). 
S. hypocallista Lower (22 a) evidently belongs also to the rubraria group; antennae of the only known 
G broken, hindleg not mentioned. Distinguished by the rather broad wings, the purple-reddish and somewhat 
diffuse lines of the forewing, the postmedian more or less macular on the veins. Fringes long, the proximal 
half light reddish, the distal half dark, particularly on the forewing. We figure a $ from the Meyrick collection. 
Founded on 6 specimens from Goolwa, South Australia. 
S. lydia Bull. (22 b U $). Forewing somewhat elongate, especially in the $, which slightly recalls the 
Palaearctic Anthometra plumularia (Vol. 4, pi. 7 c), though less glossy. $ rather pale, with the dark markings 
band-like, conspicuous, approximately parallel (excepting the antemedian) with the distal margin; $ much 
darker, often almost unicolorous, though the paler line outside the postmedian is generally discernible. Widely 
distributed in Australia, the type from Peak Downs. — ab. jessica Bull., collected with the type $, is a small 
^ with the subterminal and (especially) the postmedian band narrowed and not very strongly developed placed 
somewhat nearer the termen than usual. 
