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SCOPULA. By L. B. Prout. 
minorata. 
personata. 
hypochra. 
lechrioloma. 
q i linquesiria - 
in. 
unisignata. 
campbelli. 
flotinn. 
benyuetensis. 
aspilataria. 
pallidilinea. 
S. minorata Bsd. (= mauritiata Guen.. consentanea Walk. ) (Vol. 16, pi. 7 g). Of this species, to which 
also ochroleucaria H.-Sch. (Suppl.-Vol. 4, pi. 4 h) can now definitely be referred, some examples are known 
from the Punjab and I have a fine series from Pusa. 1 had supposed these to represent remotata Guen., the more 
so as one or two specimens show a similar pose of the markings; but as the hindtarsus is almost as long as 
the tibia and the antenna seems to agree with that of minorata , that determination is debarred. An extremely 
widely distributed species in Africa, the Mediterranean countries and Western Asia. 
S. personata Front (Vol. 4, pi. 7 a). Sometimes extremely like certain forms of actuaria or minorata. 
the postmedian as a rule almost as little bent as in the latter. Antennal ciliation of the q 1 longer, hindtibia not 
very strongly dilated (tarsus not abbreviated), coloration generally paler than in them, underside weakly 
marked. Described from Japan, distributed also in China and Formosa. Perhaps a subspecies of the following. 
S. hypochra Meyr. (22 c). Structure as in personata. unless the antennal ciliation is a little longer still. 
Coloration and strength of markings more as in actuaria and minorata , rather variable. Distributed from North 
Queensland to South Australia, the type from Duaringa; closely similar forms are known from Norfolk Island. 
New Guinea and even the Philippines, Java and the Andamans. 
S. lechrioloma Turn. Narrower winged than hypochra. the termen more strongly oblique; white, with 
very little irroration, the cell-dots and terminal dots black, the antemedian line obsolete, the other lines parallel 
with the termen. ciliation about twice diameter of shaft, hindtarsus % tibia. N. Queensland and perhaps 
St. Aignan, New Guinea and Amboina. Possibly a form of the following, more whitish and perhaps on the 
underside less suffused. 
S. quinquestriata Warr. (22 c). Easily recognized among the Indian Scopula by its narrow wings and 
straightish lines; structure about as given under hypochra. unless the antennal ciliation is shorter (damaged in 
the only <J before me); cell-dots minute in the type, never large. Underside similar to upper, except that the 
forewing is more suffused, at least in the cell. Khasis (type) and Upper Burma, perhaps also on Sumatra. 
S. unisignata Prout (22 c). Systematic position uncertain; the shining white wings, with very little 
black irroration, the weakly marked forewing, with the postmedian line accentuated by blackish vein-dots 
and with an acute angle outward at the 1st radial, and the large, subtriangular black cell-spot of the hindwing' 
are its principal features; underside white. Hpare, Upper Burma, only the type 9 known (misprinted “q 1 " 
in the original description). 
S. campbelli Prout (22 c). An inconspicuous little species, brownish white, with the irroration minute 
and weak, scarcely noticeable, the cell-dots faint, especially on the forewing, the lines of the forewing oblique, 
rather regular, the antemedian almost obsolete anteriorly, the proximal subterminal very near the postmedian; 
terminal black dots minute, fringes rather long, unmarked. Forewing beneath mostly darkened, especially in 
the (J, but variable, showing a whitish subterminal and hindmargin, sometimes also the pale area between 
median and postmedian. Hindtarsus of S a little over U tibia — less short than in aspilataria. Palni Hills. 
S. dotina sp. n. (22 c). Expanse 24—26 mm. Perhaps related to campbelli. less pallid, more glossy¬ 
forewing with costa slightly more arched distally, hindwing with termen not at all sinuous; cell-dots wanting, 
median shade heavy, especially on forewing, where it is noticeably more oblique than the postmedian, the latter 
on both wings almost exactly parallel with termen; terminal line weak but continuous, with scarcely any indi¬ 
cation of defined dots between the veins. E. Java: Tosari. 4 and 6 July 1910 (E. A. Cockayne). 2 $$ in my 
collection. 
S. benguetensis Prout. (22 c). Wings shaped, coloured and marked about as in aspilataria, ciliation 
rather less long, hindtarsus more as in campbelli: from pallidilinea , which also occurs on Luzon, it is distingui¬ 
shable by these structural characters, the sharper (though minute) black cell-dots, postmedian of forewing not 
or scarcely incurved at costa, etc. Luzon, at 6000 —7000 feet. 
S. aspilataria Walk. (22 c). Much more widely distributed than campbelli. Ceylon (type) to Bhutan 
and Assam. Less whitish, the cell-dots obsolete, the median line not snore oblique than the termen, postmedian 
rather less crenulate, on the hindwing more incurved between the radials, proximal subterminal normal. 
S. pallidilinea Warr. (— aspilataria Meyr.) (22 c). 1 have not found any structural distinction from 
aspilataria . of which this may be a subspecies, perhaps susceptible of further subdivision. Typically somewhat 
less weakly marked, the cell-dots generally indicated, though minute (black), the Javan specimens often more- 
whitish. Java (loc. typ.). the Malay Peninsula, the Philippines and Sambawa are the hitherto known localities. 
