156 STICHOPHTHALMA; AMOENA; FAUNIS. By H. Stichel. 



1. Genus: Stichophthalma Fldr. 



Head rather small, eyes broadly ovate-convex, naked. Palpi densely and smoothly scaled and hairy. 

 Thorax small, abdomen moderately large, about half the length of the hindwing. Forewing broad, forming 

 a right-angled triangle. Subcostal with four branches, the first of which branches off proximally to the apex 

 of the cell. Cell broad and short, the two angles about equallj' distant from the base of the wing. Only 

 the posterior one of the discocellular veins long. Hindwing almost ovate, costal margin straight, apex rounded off. 

 Praecostal simple, curved towards the base. Cell narrow, open. Near the base of the hindwing, close behind the 

 median, there is in cf a small tuft of hairs (scent-tuft), directed forward, which is brush-like and can be erected. 



Large pale-tinted butterflies, with blackish brown, usually ornamental, marginal markings; underside 

 with more or less strongly developed discal eye-spots; in shape and markings of the underside the butter- 

 flies resemble the South American genus Morplio. Chiefly inhabitants of the northern districts of India; 2 forms 

 penetrate northward into the Palaearctic region. 



howqua. S. howqua Westw. (49 a) is of considerable size , upperside of the wings ochre-}^ellow with black 



marginal marking, underside of forewing with 3, of hindwing with 5 reddish eye-spots with white pupils 

 and black border. ? larger and of a more yellowish grey colour. North and Central China, Formosa. — 



suffiisa. suffusa Lerch (= tonkiniana Fruhst.) (49 a) is a form of the preceding with broader and confluent black 

 marking, the basal half of the wing moreover is washed with reddish brown. Western China: Washan, 

 Chiakouhow, Kweichow, Omei-shan. Tonkin. 



neumogeni. S. neumogeni Leech (49b) is similar to the preceding, but smaller; the hindwing beneath bears 



two blackish marks in the cell. In the ? the apex of the forewing is broadly shaded with black, and bears 

 a white spot, which in the <f is sometimes only indicated. — Western China: Omei-shan, Tientsuen. 



2. Genus: Aiuoeua Westw. 



Head small, eyes ovate-convex, naked; frons with short hairs. Palpi small, densely scaled and hairy, 

 not projecting beyond the head. Antennae thin, less than half the length of the wing, at the tip slightly 

 fusiformly thickened. Thorax and abdomen comparatively normal in size. Forewing forming a right-angled 

 triangle, costal margin curved, apex pointed. Costal vein long, subcostal with five branches. 1 Subcostal 

 joining the costal. Cell short and broad , the anterior discocellular vein short . the posterior one much 

 longer. Hindwing nearly ovate, costal margin straightened, apex slightly angulate, distal margin toothed at 

 the anterior median branch. Precostal simple, curved towards the base, cell open. In the anal area of the 

 wing in the a" the submedian vein has a sharp excurvature in which is situated a fold with a longish tuft 

 of scent-iiairs. 



Butterflies of median size and inconspicuous coloration, about the habits and life-history of which 

 nothing definite is known. Inhabit Northern India and China; only one Palaearctic form: 

 obertltueri. A. oberthueri Stick. (49 c, ?) is a subspecies of the Indian A. aiiiat/iusia JJeir. d' above light yellow- 



ochre to pale smoky brown, a little darker towards the base, with dark brown markings, of which a prominent 

 spot in the shape of an acute angle is especialh' characteristic. Underside yellow-ochre, both wings with 

 two brown transverse lines, between which the ground is shaded with a brownish colour, sometimes the 

 shading being so plentiful that it appears bke a broad band. Spots in the distal area of both wings variable 

 in development and number: in the forewing sometimes only a simple small ring in the posterior area or 

 3 or 4 rings or a row of dot-like spots, in the hindwing generally a complete row of 6 spots, which partly 

 have white pupils. ? smoke-brown, otherwise on the whole agreeing with the o''; the arcs at the edge of 

 the hindwing are only distinct anteriorly, and are filled up with greyish yellow-ochre. Western China: 

 Siaolu, Ta-tsien-lu. 



3. Genus: Fatiuis Hhn. 



Head broad, eyes ovate-convex, naked; frons with short hairs. Palpi short, smoothly scaled and 

 hair\', scarcely projecting bej'ond the head. Antennae thin, only verj' shghtly thickened towards the tip. 

 Forewing almost forming a right-angled triangle, distal mai-gin slightly lobed at the base. Subcostal with 

 five branches, the first one branching off near the upper angle of the cell. Cell narrow and long, the two 

 anterior discocellular veins short, the posterior one considerably longer, curved in the shape of an S, 

 posteriorly much produced towards the distal margin. Hindwing almost ovate, costal margin straight, apex 

 rounded. Praecostal simple, curved towards the base. Cell narrow, open. 



Butterflies of medium size and generall}- inconspicuous colouring. Of the two sections Agroeci and 

 ThfiiniKiltd-f/i erected by Stichel according to tertiary sexual characters (scent-patches), only the former is 

 represented in the Palaearctic region and only by a single form: 

 aerope. F. aerope Leccli (49c). In both sexes pale grej' with a slightly silky gloss; underside in the cf pale 



brownish grey with reddish transverse lines, of which the outer ones are undulating and dentate, and with a 

 row of spots in the distal area of both wings. Beyond the cell of the forewing near the base in the d' a shiny 

 friction-patch, and on the upperside of the hindwing at the subcostal a tuft of hair directed forward. In the ? 



