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longish, hindtibia thick, fairly smooth, tarsus about y 2 tibia, with 1st joint twice as long as 2nd. Hindwing 
with termen so weakly bent as to appear almost regular. Somewhat variable in size, ground-colour and 
strength of markings. General in India and Malaysia and perhaps extending as far as Sambawa and Sumba. 
- ab. subcarnea Wcirr., described in 1900 as an aberration of furfurata, apparently belongs here, somewhat subcarnea. 
flesh-coloured and weakly marked, but not needing a separate name. Calcutta, 1 <$. If it has a higher rank 
it will require a new name (compare subcarnea above, which dates from 1896). absconditaria Walk. (22 e) abscondiia- 
probablv represents nesciaria in S. E. China and Formosa, unless its hindtarsus is a trifle longer. On an average 
somewhat larger, the hindwing perhaps still more weakly bent. A few from Kanshirei (one of which is here 
figured) seem to agree very perfectly with Walker's Fu-chow type. I believe the same race is common on 
Hainan, but it has not been tlirougly investigated. 
S. sauteri Prout (22 f). Hindtarsus of $ not quite V 2 tibia, its 1 st joint not more than i 1 ■> times 2 nd sauteri. 
joint. Rather more ochre-brown than nesciaria , median shade thicker, more oblique, postmedian nearer distal 
margin. Formosa. I have recorded it also from Sumatra, but, unless it is much overlooked elsewhere, such 
a distribution seems higtly improbable; I now suspect they are a form of attentata (22 f). 
S. delitata Prout (Vol. 4, pi. 7 b) is fully described in Vol. 4, p. 61 and is distinguishable from nearly delitata. 
all the group b}^ the almost entire absence of any yellow tinge, being pale glossy whitish grey, the markings 
very weak. Hindtarsus of the <§ apparently somewhat longer than in nesciaria. Szechuan: Chow-pin-sa. few 
specimens yet known. 
S. ignobilis Warr. (Vol. 4, pi. 4 m, o b), described from Japan and known from Corea, is perhaps chiefly ignobilis. 
a Palaearctic species but a few examples from Ningpo, Ichang and Szechuan and from Formosa seem to be 
referable to it. Structure of the $ hindleg about as in nesciaria, hindtibial pencil strong. Hindwing perhaps 
more noticeably bent at 3rd radial than in that species. Generally rather large, with little of the ochre or fleshy 
tinge of most of the allies, but not so pale and weakly marked as delitata. Postmedian line as a rule somewhat 
farther from the termen than in nesciaria, on the underside of the forewing commonly followed by better deve¬ 
loped subterminal shading. 
S. humilis Prout (Suppl.-Vol. 4, pi. 6 g). Erected as (doubtfully) a race of ignobilis, a little more slenderly humilis. 
built and more smoothly scaled, with paler and more weakly marked hindwing beneath, etc.; but proved to 
be certainly a good species. Hindtarsus of the $ shorter (scarcely over % tibia), 8 th sternite with the righthand 
ceras longer, the left-hand one wanting. N. W. India: Dharmsala, etc. 
S. hesycha Proud (Suppl.-Vol. 4, pi. 4 i). Antennal joints of <$ scarcely projecting, cilia scarcely longer hesycha. 
than diameter of shaft, shorter than in delitata. Further distinguishable from that species by the shorter hind¬ 
tarsus (well under y 2 tibia), more noticeably bent hindwing, slightly more brownish tone and somewhat less 
weak markings; white subterminal rather conspicuous. Underside more as in humilis, which is differently shaped, 
more buff-coloured, with thick median shade and larger cell-dots. Chang Yang (loc. typ.) and Moupin. 
S. subpartita Prout (22 f). Antennal joints slightly projecting, ciliation almost 2 . Hindtibia with rather subpartita. 
long whitish pencil, tarsus about % tibia or perhaps a little more, its 2 nd joint % of 1 st joint or somewhat less. 
Abdomen with ill-defined dorsal spots. Slightly darker and rougher-looking than most of the nesciaria group, 
on account of the strengthened suffusions and irroration; markings rather strong but with nothing particularly 
distinctive in their form; underside of forewing characterized by strong brownish-smoky suffusions from base 
to median shade, except along hindmargin. Khasis, only definitely known. 
S. inflexibilis Prout (22 f). Apparently very near attentata (22 d), but on an average smaller, the hind- inflexibilis. 
tarsus of the <$ (not “hindtibia”, as unfortunately printed in the original description) not quite so short, the 
forewing shorter and broader, the colouring rather warmer, the irroration sharper but sparser and less evenly 
distributed, the postmedian less incurved between the radials, especially beneath. The $ antennal joints project 
very little, the hindtarsus is 2 / 5 tibia or almost, with the 2 nd joint 2 3 as long as 1 st joint. Andamans. 
S. attentata Walk. (22 f). Puzzlingly similar to nesciaria, but with the hindtarsus only about 1 3 tibia, attentata. 
its 1st joint only about 1% times as long as 2nd joint ; perhaps on the whole smaller (21—24 mm), median shade 
perhaps more oblique, postmedian line typically a little more dentate; underside on the whole better marked, 
the postmedian accentuated with blackish dots on the veins. It must be admitted, however, that the assemblage 
is still in considerable confusion and the fact that the type (from Moulmein) was, like that of nesciaria, a $ adds 
to the difficulty of undertaking a satisfactory revision. By the genitalia it is an “ Ustocidalia ” (Suppl.-Vol. 4, 
p. 34), nesciaria a true Scopula. attentata, as at present understood, extends from Ceylon and India, through 
Tonkin and S. China to Formosa, perhaps also on most of the Sunda Islands; we figure a £ from Hainan. 
