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One ? from Perak. 



Distiugnislieil by the bright yellow-green tint and the total absence of black 

 scaling. It is referred to Betnodrs provisionally. 



Steirophora gen. nov. 



Allieil to Sauris Guen. and Remodes Gnen., bnt the hindwings in the J arefnlly 

 developed, as in Phthonoloha Warr. : characterised by a long, horny, scaled, tongne- 

 shaped process from the base of the abdomen in the S, lying beneath, and reaching 

 to the end of, the long second segment. Hind tibiae without spnrs ; fore tibiae with 

 a long tnft of hair from the femoro-tibial joint. Palpi rostriform, twice as long as 

 head ; antennae ligulate, with pointed apex. 



Neuration : as in Sau/is. 



Type : Steirophora punctatissima sp. nov. 



Besides the two species now described, I find that the insect named by me 

 Phthonoloha olivacea, Pr. Z. S. 1893, p. 363, mast also be referred to this genus. 



153. Steirophora auratisquama sp. nov. 



Forewings : pale silvery grey, more or less suffused with blackish scales ; the 

 veins markeil with gilded yellowish green, and often with scales of the same colour 

 suffused over the basal half and along the subcostal region ; a dark line close to 

 base, and two be3'ond representing the basal fascia, starting from a blackish costal 

 blotch; central fascia broader on costa than inner margin, its inner edge consisting 

 of two, and its outer of three, wavy lines, more or less marked with blackish, 

 and forming blackish spots on costa ; submarginal fascia curved, narrower, con- 

 sisting of two lines, also forming a blackish costal blotch, and with a blackish 

 blotch beyond it opposite the cell : subtermiual line consisting of black sagittate 

 marks, often much obscured : a marginal line of black lozenge-shaped spots ; fringe 

 pale grey, with darker grey blotches on basal half intermediate between the black 

 spots of hindmargin. (In one ¥ there is a total absence of the blackish irroration ; 

 the gilded yellow scales are pale olive-green, and all the markings clearer and more 

 distinct.) 



Hindtvings : dull smoky-grey ; the fringe concolorous. 



Face and thorax gre}', mixed with yellowish or olive-green scales ; abdomen 

 grey; antennae anniUated, dark and light ; palpi fuscous and ochreous. Underside 

 dull brownish cinereous, with an olive-j-ellow tinge. 



Expanse of wings : cJ, 30 mm. ; ? , 36 mm. 



Java: one J, three ? ?, from West Java ; one ? from Bandong ; two ? ? 

 from South Java. 



1.54. Steirophoi'a punctatissima sp. nov. 



Foretvings : yellowish green, very finely and thickly powdered with dark scales; 

 the transverse lines all formed of black more or less wedge-shajied spots on the 

 veins; a double series close to base, and a similar one beyond ; central fascia con- 

 sisting of two inner and three outer rows ; snbmarginal fascia also of two rows, with 

 a darker blotch beyond cell ; a marginal line of large black Innules, their convex 

 side outwards ; fringe concolorous ; the pale spaces between the fasciae are also 

 each traversed by a less prominent line of smaller spots or dots. 



