STENAECHA, — NAKA80DES. 265 



*554. Stenarcha stenopa. (Plate XXV. fig. 27.) 



Chiriphe stenojM, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 732 (188G) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Hot. p. 348. 



c? . Head and palpi whitish ; antennaj pale fuscous ; thorax 

 fuscous, the raetathorax whitish ; abdomen grey ; legs whitish, the 

 fore and hind legs fuscous above. Fore wing fuscous, irregularly 

 irrorated with white ; ante- and postmedial irregular white bands 

 edged with fuscous, the former indented on outer side below the 

 cell, the latter with bideutate indentation on inner edge at middle 

 and a bideutate projection below it ; a whitish spot at apex almost 

 conjoined to one below apex ; cilia whitish, with fuscous spots at 

 base. Hind wing pale brownish fuscous, tinged with ochreous 

 towards base ; cilia whitish. 



Hah. W. Australia, Albany. Exp. 17 millim. Figured from 

 a drawing in Coll. Meyrick. 



Genus NARASODES. 



Type. 



Narasodes, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 535 (1887) punctaiia. 



Tampea, Snell. Tijd. v. Eut. xl. p. 226 (18y7) lithodoidcs. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi slender, porrect, and reaching well beyond 

 the frons ; anteunaj ciliated, tibi;e with the spurs moderate. Fore wing short 

 and broad, the costa arched ; vein 2 from middle of cell, curved at base ; 3 from 

 close to angle ; 5 from well above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8 

 stalked; 9 absent ; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from towards angle of 

 cell ; 5 from well above angle; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. {Narasodes). Hind wing with veins 3, 4 coincident. 



555. Narasodes punctana. 



Tospitis punctana, Wlk. xxviii. 431 (1863) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 536, 

 pi. 211. f. 7 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 'J5 ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 361. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous or ochreous white ; palpi 



and fore tibite tinged with fuscous 



above. Fore, wing pale ochreous, 



more or less sutt'used with rufous 



brown, leaving the basal, costal, and 



apical areas pale ; some black scales 



sometimes present in submedian fold ; 



Fig. 182. a very indistinct oblique waved ante- 



Narasodes pimcfaim, S . ,_\. medial line ; an indistinct line from 



(brom Moths ind. vol. ii.) „,- iji c t. -l. i. ^ •> , 



^ ' middle of costa bent outwards to 



lower angle of cell, where there is a tuft of blackish scales, then 

 erect ; the postmedial line indistinct, arising near the medial line, 

 very oblique from costa to vein 5, then subterminal ; some black 

 scales or points on costa and termen towards apex. Hind wing 

 yellowish white, more or less tinged with fuscous, the • termen 

 ochreous. 



Hah. Calcutta (At/ciruon), 1 6; Ct£X-loj^ (Templeton), 1 c? type, 

 Pundaloya (Green), 1 rj, 1 5, Hambantota (Pole), 3 J , 1 $. 

 Exji). 12-1 G millim. 



