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Hypulia continua Walker  
   
Geometra continua Walker, 1861, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 22: 527.
   
Nadagara impervisata Walker, 1862, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 24: 1687.


Hypulia continua


Diagnosis.
Both this species and strictiva Prout have the forewing postmedials rather diffuse, and running in a gentle curve, concave distad, from just subdorsally to just subapically. In the other two species these are clearly defined (also the hindwing postmedial), straight and more basally placed. H. continua is larger, with a slight central angle to the margins of both wings. It is these two species that have ridges in the bursa of the female genitalia, two in strictiva and about ten in continua. In the male the pseudouncus is apically broad, spatulate in continua, long, slender, apically bifid/triangular in strictiva.

Taxonomic notes. H. dirempta Walker stat. rev. is removed from synonymy with continua; the male genitalia show it to be distinct.

Geographical range. Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia (Penang), Sumatra, Andamans.

Habitat preference. Very few specimens are known, most from forested, low lying land in Sarawak and Brunei.

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