424 GEOMETEJDwE. 



angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10 given off from 11, and anasto- 

 mosing with 8, 9 to form the areole. Hind wing with vein 3 from 

 before angle of cell ; 6, 7 stalked. 



SECT. I. Tore wing of moderate breadth. 



3853. Sterrha sacraria, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, 2, p. 863 ; C. $S. no. 3663. 

 Phalaena labda, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii, p. 129, pi. 181, fig. D. 

 Geometra sanguinaria, Jap. Schmett. JEur. v, p. 173, pi. 30, 

 figs. 10, 11. 



Straw-yellow. Fore wing with costal fascia from base to near 



middle and band from apex to 

 middle of inner margin, in sacraria 

 brownish, in labda bright crimson. 

 Hind wing pure white. 



Hob. Throughout Europe and 

 Africa ; the N.W. Himalayas, 

 Khasis, and plains of India. Exp. 

 Pig. 199. Sterrha sacraria, $ . \. 24-30 millim. 



SECT. II. Fore wing narrower. 



,'*854. Sterrha paulula, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 456, pi. 41, fig. 7 ; 



a $ S. no. 3662. 



Pseudosterrha ochrea, Warr. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 324 j C. Sf S. 

 no. 3663 A. 



Ochreous. Fore wing with a slightly curved reddish line from 

 jipex to middle of inner margin; traces of a submarginal line. 

 Hind wing whiter. 



H(ib. Campbellpur ; Mhow. Exp., 3 18, $ 22 millim. 



G-enus LYCATTGIDIA, nov. 



Type, L. aibata, Swinh. 



Range. Sind. 



Palpi minute ; antennae of male bipectinated to two-thirds 

 length ; hind tibisB with one pair of spurs ; wings long and narrow, 

 the apices rounded. Fore wing with the outer margin very 

 oblique ; vein 3 from close to angle of cell ; 5 from middle of 

 discocellulars ; 6 from upper angle ; 10 anastomosing with 11, and 

 then with 8, 9 to form the double areole. Hind wing long and 

 narrow ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 5 from middle of disco- 

 cellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with 7 to beyond middle 

 of cell. 



:5855. Lycaugidia albata, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 862, pi. 56, fig. 5. 



c? . Brownish white, uniformly irrorated with fuscous ; the 

 vertex of head white. Fore wing with two indistinct obliquely 

 rurved submarginal lines. 



Hob. Karachi. Exp. 22 millim. 



