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9, 11 anastomosing or connected with 9. Hind wings with 6 and 

 7 stalked (Meyrick). 



Type S. sericeata Hb. 



Having no European types for examination, I cannot be sure 

 that the Australian species are referable to this genus. In them, 

 vein 5 of the hindwings arises from slightly above the middle of 

 the cell, and in validaria at least 6 and 7 of hindwings are separate. 



1 . Forewings crimson 64. rhodoeosmo.. 



Forewings not crimson 2. 



2. Forewings with fuscous transverse lines 65. aglaodesma. 



Forewings green, without fuscous lines 66. validaria. 



64. Sterrha rhodocosma. 



Sterrha rhodocosma Low., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, 1897, p. 14. 

 Type in Coll. Lower. 

 S.A.: Adelaide. 



65. Sterrha aglaodesma. 



■Sterrha aglaodesma Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust. 1893, p. 157. 

 Type in Coll. Lower. 



W.A.: Eucla. 



66. Sterrha validaria. 



Thalassodes validaria Wlk.,Brit.Mus.Cat.xxxv.p. 1 607; Fjjhyra 

 validaria Hmps., Moths Ind. iii. p. 446. 



(J^. 22-24 mm. Head pale yellow or greenish; tillet fuscous; 

 face purple-fuscous. Palpi moderate (1 J); terminal joint minute; 

 purple-fuscous, beneath whitish-ochreous. Antennae whitish- 

 ochreous; in ^ dentate, dentations terminating in tufts of moder- 

 ately long cilia (H). Thorax and abdomen pale green. Legs 

 whitish-ochreous; anterior and middle femora and anterior coxse 

 suffused with purplish; posterior tibiae with one pair of spurs in 

 both sexes; in g with a tuft of hairs on posterior femora near 

 base, and another on posterior tibiae near apex. Forewings 

 triangular, costa nearly straight towards base, towards apex 

 moderately arclied, apex round-pointed, termen bowed, oblique; 

 pale green; costal edge yellow; a darker linear discal dot, ante- 



