38 
SCOPULA. By L. B. Prout. 
presence of some black scales on the transverse bands. Peril aps a separate species, for iJr. St erne ck informs 
me that both cerata are fully developed, Avhereas in adelpharia one is of half-length only. I suspect adelpharia 
is African in origin, as I- have seen scarcely distinguishable Scopula from Gambia and even as far south as 
Angola. 
sy bill aria. S. sybillaria Swinh. (Vol. 4. pi. 7 b) is believed to occur in West, as well as in Central China. It is prob¬ 
ably incorrectly placed here and appears to be closely allied to the species described below as francki (5 e). 
ignobilis. S. ignobilis Warr. (Vol. 4, pi. 4 m, 5 b). There is still some doubt regarding the distribution in China 
(see Vol. 4, p. 61); until more study has been made of the $ genitalia of the entire group, it appears futile to 
study more closely a few isolated examples of that sex. 
humilis. S. liumilis Prout (6 g), as was suspected, is in any case a separate species. In ignobilis both cerata 
are quite short (though not equally so), neither extending beyond the mappa. In humilis the right-hand one 
is decidedly longer than in ignobilis, the left-hand one wanting, its position merely indicated by a minute chiti- 
nous spot. 
liesycha. S. hesycha Prout (4 i). Antennal joints of the <J scarcely projecting, ciliation scarcely longer than 
diameter of shaft. Collar ochreous. Hindtarsus well under y 2 the length of tibia. Nearest to delitata (Vol. 4, 
pi. 7 b), but with shorter ciliation and hindtarsus, slightly more noticeable bend of the hindwing, slightly 
more brownish tone and somewhat less weak markings. Forewing beneath with rather strong reddish-smoky 
suffusions in and beyond the cell, cell-dot, postmedian and terminal lines developed; hindwing whiter, more 
weakly marked. Chang Yang, Central China; probably also in W. China. 
ichinosa- S. ichinosawana Matsumura is said to bear some resemblance to immistaria (Vol. 4, pi. 4h). 24 mm. 
u'ana. |> a | e testaceous grey with fuscous irroration and lines. Forewing with costa somewhat fulvous; ante- and post¬ 
median lines distinct, median somewhat excurved near costa; cell-spot obsolete; hindwing with 2 weak lines, 
the postmedian excurved at vein 2; terminal line slender but conspicuous, fuscous, marked with interneural 
black dots. Hindtibia without spurs, tarsus scarcely abbreviated. S. Saghalien: Ichinosaw r a, 2 dd in July. 
Unknown to me. 
monosema. S. nionosenia Prout (6 g). Similar to the common pulchellata F. of India and Africa (Vol. 16, pi. 7 c, 
rufinubes), antennal ciliation scarcely so long, hindtarsus relatively a little longer, median and postmedian 
lines more weakly curved, subterminal shade without the dark blotches, only the subapical black-grey mark 
well developed. Kashmir, probably at about 1000 feet, only the type known. 
shioyana. S. shioyana Matsumura. Position uncertain. “Grey, with black scales and markings.” Cell-spot of 
forewing elongate, conspicous, of hindwing ohsolete. Lines (on forewing 5, on hindwing 3) mostly broken into 
vein-spots, the most proximal of the postmedian three of the forewing wavy, continuous except at veins 3 and 
4, the outermost continuous in costal region; some black maculation on hindwing. Abdomen with a fuscous 
band at base and one at tip. Mt. Daisetsu, Hokkaido, 1 2 , expanding “20 nnn”. Said to recall Sterrha camparia. 
amataria. S. beckeraria Led. amataria Wehrli. Smaller than the name-type, face dark brown, vertex white, 
collar brown, wings white, marked as distinctly-marked beckeraria ; beneath, in contradistinction to rebeli, all 
the lines and even the subterminal band are well expressed. Tunkinsk, Sajan Mountains. 
aniculosata. S. marginepunctata Goeze ab. aniculosata Rmb. (4 i), founded on a specimen taken at Montpellier in 
September, is an extreme melanic form, like orphnaeata but with the lines suppressed. As the original figure 
and description are scarce, we have copied both in detail. “Wings black-brown above, darker costally on the 
forewing, a central black dot with slight whitish circumscription, a sinuous outer line of a yellowish white; 
termen yellowish, as also the fringe, which is bordered proximally by a series of black dots; underside of a 
brownish white, paler on the hinclwing, where the dot of the upperside is slightly indicated.” The remarkable 
specimen figured in “The Entomologist”, Vol. 40 (not 42, as we quoted in Vol. 4) only differs in the loss of 
britonaria. tbe subterminal line. — ab. britonaria Cut at (4 i), from Cancale, should probably be sunk to orphnaeata, though 
subatrata. the subterminal is unusually broad and the dark lines more distinct. — ab. (loc. ?) subatrata F. Wagn., founded 
on a $ from Udine, N. Italy, is also much darker than the type (about as Sterrha typicata f. hornigaria ), inclu¬ 
ding the fringes and the underside. Unless it proves to have any geological importance (as its author suggests) 
insubrica. it might also be merged in orphnaeata. — ab. (loc.) irisubrica Vorbrodt, also dark, is definitely stated to be the 
local form in Mixos (Italian Switzerland). More sharply marked and altogether more variegated than the other 
margine- dark forms. Inhabits damp mountain meadows. —- ab. marginevirgata Dannehl differs from orphnaeata (or 
virgata. britonaria) in that the pale ground-colour continues from the subterminal to the termen; the black lines dis- 
griseofas- tinct. S. Tyrol. — ab. griseofasciata Trti., from Cogno (Italy) has a grey-blackish median band, on the fore- 
ciata. wing broad (extending from antemedian line to median shade), on the hindwing a little reduced (little thicker 
