HORISME. By L. B. Prout. 
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link. — goliathi subsp. nov. is larger than typical semirufata (length of a forewing 15—17 ram), with the green 
markings and white subterminal dots more pronounced, the pale line which bounds the postmedian of the fore¬ 
wing forming deep indentations inward on the veins from the 3rd radial hindward; post- 
median of both wings slightly more direct, on the hindwing slightly more proximal than in the name-type. 
Mount Goliath, 1 2 in the Tring Museum. 
H. steretica sp. n. (37 i), collected with goliathi , can scarcely be a remarkable form of the same, although 
it agrees somewhat better with s. semirufata in the subterminal dots and lacks the deep postmedian teeth of golia¬ 
thi. Forewing without the blackish suffusion, median area less constricted in the middle, the antemedian line 
strongly excurved before and behind the median vein, distinct throughout, a fine parallel line just proximal 
to it, the two separated by a pale greenish line. — ab. (?) restituta nov. is a puzzling specimen agreeing 
essentially with the 5 typical (and very constant ) steretica except that the posterior part of the median band is 
darkened, nearly as in semirufata though less strongly and without dark definition anteriorly, and the postme¬ 
dian is rather more incurved in its posterior part. 
H. subrubescens Warr. (Suppl.-Vol. 4. pi. 17 e). Somewhat Eupithecia- like except in its larger hindwing. 
Palpus with 2nd joint triangularly scaled above. Abdominal crests weak. Forewing with cell-mark elongate, 
median area darkened, ante- and postmedian lines black, the latter rather distinctly white-edged distally. 
Distributed in N. W. India, the type from Berham Gully. Also known from British Bhotan. — ab. despicienda 
Butl. (37 i), described from Dharmsala, is the commoner form, the median band scarcely darkened, though its 
boundary-lines remain sharply black. 
H. eurytera Prout (Suppl.-Vol. 4, pi. 17 e). Closely related to subrubescens but mostly larger (26 to 
28 mm), the apical part of the forewing a little more rounded, much darker and greyer, the forewing with the 
cell-mark less thick, the subterminal showing chiefly as two whitish dots. Hindwing not lighter costally. W. 
China, the type from Pehlinting, N. N. W. of Cheng-tu. 
H. cristata Walk. ( = decreta Walk., peplodes Turn.) (37 i). Size of subrubescens or still smaller, agreeing 
in several characters, including the nearly smooth margin of the hindwing and a plate or flap which covers 
the cJ genitalia dorsally. Abdominal crests well developed. Queensland, all the types (“Swan River ’, given 
for decreta, is doubtless erroneous); no further range is yet recorded. 
H. brevifasciaria Leech (Vol. 4, pi. 13 i. as Eupithecia). On account of the relatively large hindwing 
and the absence of the plate on the 8th sternite of the <$, my suggestion (Vol. 4, p. 289) that, this should be 
removed to Horisme proved to be justified and was acted upon in Suppl. Vol. 4, p. 213). Hindwing with the 
termen waved, both wings sharply marked, the dentate line outside the pale band characteristic. W. China, 
the type from Chow-pin-sa. 
H. sternecki Prout (Suppl.-Vol. 4, pi. 18 g). Not unlike brevifasciaria, the forewing relatively shorter 
and less pointed, the hindwing slightly more ample still, its termen more rounded, the colouring of the forewing 
continued more fully; median area less band-like, the pale band outside it less strong, the distal area without 
the conspicuous cloudings. Pekin district (abundant) and one specimen from Tientsin, perhaps purely Palae- 
arctic, but may be looked for in other parts of eastern China. 
H. scotodes Turn. (= mortuata Meyr., nec Guen.) (37 i). This and the next three Australian Horisme 
have the termen of the forewing rather strongly oblique and wavy, the markings at. least as oblique as the 
termen. scotodes is an obscure species, with shortish-moderate palpus. Postmedian of forewing with a short 
acute angle in the middle. Queensland (type), N. Queensland and Sydney. 
H. mortuata Guen. (= clandestinata Walk.) (37 i). Somewhat larger than scotodes , palpus considerably 
longer, the projection of the postmedian double, obtuse, the proximal lines more evenly curved. New South 
Wales. Both the types represent the darkest form. — ab. suppressaria Walk, has the central part of the median 
band whitish. The given locality, “New' Zealand ’, was obviously erroneous. 
H. leucophanes Meyr. (37 i). Lighter, browner and more variegated, a large anterior part of the hind¬ 
wing white. The oblique blackish apical line of the forewing, with white maculation in front, of it, is also char¬ 
acteristic. Moderately variable. Distributed in Tasmania, the type from Deloraine; also recorded from Sale, 
Victoria. 
H. plagiographa Turn. 25 or 26 mm. “Palpus 3" (Turner gives this length also for the $ of leuco¬ 
phanes , where, however, it seems a slight exaggeration). Forewing with costa straight, slightly sinuate before 
the apex, termen slightly crenulate, that of the hindwing very little rounded, dentate. Forewing whitish, suf¬ 
fused with fuscous, markings very oblique, apical dark streak much as in leucophanes-, hindwing whitish grey, 
the lines becoming indistinct towards costa. New South Wales: Sydney and Jervis Bay; founded on 3 
I have not seen it. 
goliath i. 
steretica. 
rest 'd a la. 
subrubescens. 
despicienda. 
eurytera. 
cristata. 
brevifascia¬ 
ria. 
sternecki. 
scotodes. 
mortuata. 
suppressa¬ 
ria. 
leucophanes. 
plagiogra¬ 
pha. 
