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thorax, and abdomen grey. Underside dull cinereous, the 

 hind wings lighter. 



Expanse of wings 40 millim. 



One male from Coquimbo. 



The following eight species belong to the group with 

 antennal appendages in the male, sometimes considered as a 

 distinct subfamily, Epipaschiinge. 



Stericta, Led. 



Type Glossina dwitalis,Guen. Delt. et Pyr. p. 124, pi. vii. 

 fig. 4. 



Stericta cinerascens, sp. n. 



Fore wings pinkish ochreous, almost wholly suffused with 

 dark fuscous and blackish scales ; first line very indistinct, 

 only showing as a black patch on costa and inner margin ; 

 beyond and below the costal patch is a black spot of raised 

 scales near the beginning of the cell ; second line strongly 

 serrated, the serratures more conspicuous by the pale ochreous 

 serrated line that follows them ; central area beyond and 

 below the black patch of scales less suffused with dark ; inner 

 and hind margin fuscous, the latter paler just in the centre, 

 with pale spots at the end of the veins ; fringe cinereous, 

 chequered light and dark. Hind wings ochreous, with a 

 broad blackish border, which runs up irregularly along the 

 inner margin ; fringe dark, with pale basal line and apical 

 half paler. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish ochreous, 

 irregularly dusted with fuscous, the head and thorax darkest ; 

 basal joint of abdomen with a spot of black scales. Underside 

 pale ochreous, with a broad blackish border in both wings ; a 

 dark central spot and traces of the second line blackish in 

 both ; costa of the fore wing and first line on the costa 

 blackish. 



Expanse of wings 30 millim. 



Two females, one from Parramatta, the other doubtful. 



Stericta papuensis J sp. n. 



Fore wing a mixture of whitish, pink, and olive-green 

 scales : basal area paler, with a darker patch on the inner 

 margin ; first line diffusedly dark, nearly vertical, broader on 

 the costa, followed by a narrow paler space, which is again 

 followed by a narrow dark shade, beyond which can be 

 discerned a small dark spot in the cell and a larger dark 



