206 NOCTUID-. 
line joining the black on the outer edge of the antemedial line; 
orbicular a minute rather quadrate white spot defined by brown 
before the medial line; an oblique white patch from costa towards 
apex with some minute blackish spots on the costa, the postmedial 
line arising from it at vein 6, white slightly cefined on inner side 
by brown and brown streaks, minutely waved, incurved below vein 
4, a red-brown shade beyond it, ranuing obliquely to apex towards 
Fig. 62.—Nucteola falsalis, §. 4. 
which it is prominent; a terminal series of black points. Hind 
wing white tinged with reddish brown and with brown terminal 
line; the underside with dark brown discoidal spot and mark at 
extremity of vein 1. 
Hab. 8S. France; Sparx; Corsica; Sarpryia; Irary, Naples, 
Zeller Coll., Capri (C. S. Browne); Siciry ; Ateerta, Hammam-es- 
Salahin ( Walsingham), 1 9; Ausrria, Croatia, Zeller Coll., Istria ; 
Daumatia, Zeller and Fry Colls.; Syria. Hvp. 18-22 millim, 
Genus STENOSTICTA, noy. 
Type, S. grisea. 
Pruboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching 
about to vertex of head and moderately fringed with scales in frent and 
behind, the 8rd short, porrect ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antenna of 
male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the pro- 
thorax with small spreading crest; the metathorax with paired crest; tibie 
slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with crests on basal segments. Fore wing 
narrow, the margins subparallel, the apex somewhat produced and acute, the 
termen obliquely curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of 
cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to fori the areole ; 
11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly stalked ; 5 fully developed 
from just above angle of cell; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the 
cell near base only. 
6458. Stenosticta grisea, n. sp. 
¢@. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey slightly mixed with fuscous ; 
pectus and legs whitish ; abdomen with the crests on 2nd and 3rd 
Fig. 63.—Stenosticta grisea, 5. ¢. 
segments black. Fore wing grey tinged with fuscous; subbasal 
line represented by minute black points below costa and cell; aute- 
