124 



AKCTIAl)^. 



Fore wing narrow ; the ci-ll sliorf, tlie median and subc'f;stal iiervnrcs closolv 

 approxiiiiaud towards base ; a lliick jialt-li ul' andr.icoiiia in and bcluw end of 

 eell, and a large j)alcli of blaekitili i-eales on di^k on iiiider»iile ; vein 2 from 

 towards end of cell ; li, 4 coincident ; 5 absent ; 0, 7, 8, and lU stalked, 

 •J absent ; 11 oblique. Hind wing with t lie w bole underside except the base, 

 iinier and terniii.al areas, covered by blackish androconia ; the cell open 

 Aciiis li, 4 coincident; 5 absent; (>, 7 coincident; 8 curved; the cos:al art 

 greatlj expanded ; the apex somewhat excised to vein (5. 



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*239. Meteura cervina. 



Scoliacma cervina, lAicas, V. Linn. Soc. K. 

 Kirbj, Cat. llet. p. 288. 



S. W. (2) iv. p. lOGS (1890): 



Fig. 68. 

 Neteura cervina, (^ . 



(S . Ochreous brown, of a 

 rather silky texture. Hiud 

 Aviiif; ])aler, rather yellower ; 

 the bli'ckish ])atches of andro- 

 conia on underside somewhat 

 showing through on upper- 

 side. 



J/ab. Queensland, Bris- 

 bane, (5 in C^oll. Turner. 

 {h\v2>. 24 millim.) 



Genus STENAULIS, nov. 



Type, S. discalis. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, not extending beyond frons ; 

 antennte of male with bristles and cilia ; tibia' with the spurs moderate ; 

 abdomen clothed with rough hair, the terminal segments dilated. Fore wing 

 long and narrow, the costa slightly arched ; male with the cell yery uarrovv 

 and the discocellulars very short ; a groove below the cell, with some long 

 decumbent hair on each side of it towan's extremity, and at its extremity near 

 lower end of cell meeting from several directions in a tuft; vein 2 from middle 

 of cell, oblique; 3 from angle, much cur\ed; 6 stalked with 7, 8, 1) and 

 much curved; 10, 11 from a point towards er.d of cell, free. Hind wing with 

 vein 2 from well before angle; 3, 4 coincident; 5 absent; 0, 7 coincident ; 

 8 from near angle of cell. 



240. Stenaulis discalis. 



Lithosia discalis, AA'lk. Jouru. Linn. Soc, Zool vi. p. 108 '1862) ; Swiuh. 

 Cat. Hat. Mus. Oxon. p. 119, pi. iii. f. 12 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 317. 



S . Head, thorax, and fore 

 "wing pale reddish brown, the 

 List with the tuft at lower 

 angle of cell rather darker ; 

 abdomen and hiud wing 

 orange-yellow. 



Hah. UoRNEO, Sarawak 

 ( Wallace), 2 S , type t d in 

 Mus. Oxon. Ki^i. -0 millim. 



'Fig.Gd.— Stenaulis discalis, c?. !■ 



