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S. ambigua Prout (Suppl.-Vol. 4, pi. 5 d). Larger than the two preceding and with the termer) of the iimhu/v/i. 
forewing more oblique. Colour generally about as in defectiscripta, median shade of forewing more oblique. 
Hindtarsus of considerably shorter than in either, only about l / 5 tibia. Szechuan, several localities, the type- 
locality Kwanhsien. 
S. kagiata Bastelb. (22 g). Closely similar to ambigua and with equally short $ hindtarsus. Cenerally Icwpatu. 
less pale; median shade stronger, still more oblique, at least anteriorly. The $ genitalia show it to be a separate 
species; the cerata. which are very unequal in ambigua, are here about equal. Formosa. Two worn 3$ in my 
collection, from Hpimaw Fort, Upper Burma, perhaps represent a subspecies, superficially eve?) nearer to 
ambigua. 
S. detentata Prout (22 g). Smaller than patularia, less ochreous, less robust, the hindwing less bent, ihlenlala. 
Antennal shaft marked with black from near base to beyond middle. Hindtarsus of <3 1 ... tibia, thus relatively 
shorter than in attentata, to which small specimens of the present species show much resemblance, though 
generally a little paler, the underside more strongly marked. Upper Burma (loc. typ.), Assam and Sikkim. 
S. patularia Walk. ( = 1 opsinaria Swinh.) (22 h). One of the largest of the group, though Walker's type patularia. 
unfortunately without exact locality — is less large than most and in some ways not very exact to the ordinary 
opsinaria form of the Khasis. Hindwing more bent (bluntly angled) than in the rest of the group. Hindtarsus 
of the c? scarcely, if at all, longer than in ambigua and kagiata. Ground-colour warm; median line well developed, 
but not broad; terminal line beneath uninterrupted, typically not or scarcely black-dotted between the veins. 
North India. 
S. brachypus Prout (22 h). Very near the preceding, but apparently distinct in that the antennal teeth brachypvs. 
and ciliation of the are slightly longer and its hindtarsus even shorter (about 1 / 6 tibia). Forewing with the 
apex minutely produced, hindwing with the termen more rounded, its cell-dot enlarged. Underside distinguishable 
at a glance from that of patularia, the terminal line being replaced by sharp, isolated, interneural dots; post- 
median line of hindwing obsolete (usually well developed in patularia). Hpimaw Fort. Kachin Hills. Upper 
Burma. 
S. pulverosa Warr. This was very inadequately described by Warren as an aberration of the smaller, pulverosa. 
whiter and in several respects quite dissimilar undulataria Moore. I published a fuller account of it in 1926 
under the name of straminea (which represents a different aberration, see below), overlooking that it was pre¬ 
occupied. Unfortunately pulverosa type is a peculiar, slightly pinkish specimen, which has remained unique. 
The species is best recognized by the extremely short hindtarsus, which is otherwise only found in the larger 
and much less pale brachypus; termen of forewing rather straighter than in that, of hindwing very slightly bent, 
lines straighter (especially the postmedian of the hindwing) terminal dots weak. ab. straminea Warr. (nec straminea. 
Feld.), also described as an aberration of undulataria , is scarcely dark-irrorated and is also a somewhat in¬ 
frequent form, though occurring from Sikkim to Burma. The name is not available in any higher category 
than that of aberration and it might have been better to replace it by another. - ab. occupata nov. (22 h). This occnpata. 
seems to be the commonest form of the species and is distinguished by the stronger irroration. which gives it 
a greyer tone. Type from the Khasis, in the Tring Museum. If the original of pulverosa should prove to be a 
different species, the name of occnpata will have to be employed for the present insect. The Khasis appear to 
be its headquarters. 
36. Genus: Cnlossotropliin Prout. 
(See Vol. 4, p. 82 and Suppl. p. 47; Vol. 16, p. 75.) 
A Palaearctic offshoot of Scopula, with one or two stragglers in India and Africa. Most characters as 
in that genus but the tongue exceptionally (sometimes excessively) long, the hindtibia of the $ with terminal 
spurs only; $ hindtibia with varying armature, as in Scopula. but the hindleg never aborted. 
G. eurata Prout (Suppl.-Vol. 4, pi. 5 e). Hindtibia of the $ with both the terminal spurs present; other- eurata. 
wise similar in structure to the Palaearctic confinaria H.-Sch. (Vol. 4, pi. 4 i), the antennal joints of the <$ perhaps 
slightly more angularly projecting and with stronger ciliation. Variable in colour, though not quite so extremely 
as in confinaria. Described from Transcaspia and recorded also from N. Persia, but it (or an exceedingly similar 
species) occurs about Srinagar, the source of the figure cited above. 
G. rufotinctata Prout (Vol. 4. p. 83). Antennal joints of the $ without the angular projections (the rufotinctatn. 
word “nicht” was unfortunately omitted from the German translation of the differentiation from rufomixtata 
[Rmb.) Stgr.); hindtibia of the $ with only 1 spur. Similarly coloured to the reddish forms of rufomixtata. but 
more uniformly, no part of the wings (unless the extreme base of the hindwing) remaining white, while the 
