GENUS. GEOMETRA, _Auct._ Subgenus. ----?
GEOMETRA ARGENTATA. Alis pallidè griseis, anticis fasciis duabus,
posticis unicâ flavis, utrinque argenteo-marginatis his ocello marginali
obscuro. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Geometra) Argentata, _Drury, App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ filiform. Body grey. Wings pale yellowish grey. A
narrow yellow bar rises near the middle of the anterior wings, which,
crossing them and the posterior, ends a little below the body on the
abdominal edges; another small bar crosses the anterior wings near the
shoulders, both of them being verged with silver. A small dark spot,
surrounded with silver, is also placed close to the external edges of the
posterior wings; and above it is a yellowish patch reaching to the upper
corners.
_Under Side._ Wings pale light-coloured, almost white, immaculate.
Margins of the wings entire.