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Stenoteras gen. nov. 



Fore/riiii/fi : exceptionally long an<l narrow, pjiycidifonn ; costa nueven, convex 

 at one-thinl and two-thirds, inflexed between, convex before apex ; aj)ex blunt, rect- 

 angular ; hindmargin obli(jnely curved. 



Hindtriiigs : aiuple, twice tiio breadth of forewings; hindmargin pnitubeiant in 

 middle. 



Antennae of c? bipectiuated ; face with appressed scales : j)ulpi porrect, densely 

 scaled, the second joint broad : tongue anil frenulum present : pectus and femora 

 densely haired ; hindtibiae of i with four spurs. Forewings with a hyaline foveal 

 depression, protected above by a hollow sheath of scales extending from median to 

 submedian vein. 



Netiration: forewings; cell three-fifths of wing; discocellular vertical, short, 

 both median and subcostal veins being inclined inwards at end ; first median nervule 

 at seven-eighths, second close before third; radials normal ; 7, 8, 9, stalked ; 10 and 11 

 both free ; hindwings with costal approximated to subcostal for three-fourths of 

 cell ; first subcostal from just before end of cell ; medians as in forewings. 



Type : Stenoteras triyramma Lower {Stiharoma). 



Two SS in the Tring Museum from the Barnard Collection are marked 

 Stibaroma trigramma Lower ; but the distinct ueuration and abnormally protected 

 fovea in the S necessitate its separation. All the allied genera are characterised 

 by the absence of a fovea. 



Sterictopsis gen. nov. 



?. Forctvings: with costa nearly straight, slightly convex before a])ex ; apex 

 rounded, blunt ; hindmargin curved, not very oblique. 



Hindwings : with fully rounded hindmargin. 



Metathorax and abdomen tufted. Antennae of ? simple, filiform : face with 

 appressed scales ; palpi short, thick, upcurved, squamous ; third joint minute ; tongue 

 well developed. 



KewcfMon : forewings, cell half as long as wing ; discocellular concave ; first 

 median at four-fifths, second a little before third; lower radial from considerably 

 above centre of discocellular ; upper radial short-stalked with 7, b, 'J ; 10 free : 11 

 anastomosing with 12. Hindwings with costal approximated to subcostal for half 

 cell ; the two subcostal nervules on a rather long stalk ; radial and medians as in 

 forewhigs. 



Type : Sterictopsis inconseqmns sp. nov. 



Ajjparently allied to Smyriodes, Stiharoma, etc., but with quite abnormal nenra- 

 tion. The tyi)e-species has a considerable superficial resemblance to certain species 

 of Stericta. The only two specimens are unfortunately both ? ? . 



89. Sterictopsis inconsequens sp. nov. 



Forewings : whitish, thickly speckled with blackish atoms and much suffused 

 with rufous grey; an outwardly oblique thick black line close to base ; first line 

 blackish, from one-fourth of costa to near middle of inner margin, sometimes bluntly 

 dentate in cell and on submedian fold ; preceded by an obli(|ue black-s])cckled rufous 

 shade ; cell-spot large, irregular, blackish, surrounded by grey scales ; median shade 

 from a dark spot above cell-spot, outcurved above and round cell, rufous, more or 



