NOTODONTIDJE. 



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Genus STENADONTA. 



Stenadonta, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 281. 



Type, S. cyttarrosticta, Hmpsn. 



Range. Bhutan. 



Palpi upturned, reaching the vertex of head, the 3rd joint 

 minute ; antennae of male ciliated. Fore wing long and narrow ; 

 the apex rounded ; vein 6 from the middle of areole, which is long 

 and narrow ; 7, 8, 9 from beyond the areole, 10 from it. Hind 

 wing with vein 5 from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 

 running close along 7 to near end of cell. 



229 6. Stenadonta cyttarrosticta, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, 

 p. 281. 



(S . Pale reddish brown suffused with fuscous. Fore wing with 

 the basal and discal areas suffused with rufous ; very indistinct 



Fig. 244. Stenadonta cyttarrosticta, <$ . \. 



minutely waved double ante- and postmedial lines, the latter with 

 some dark specks beyond it ; a black streak in end of cell, con- 

 tinued along vein 5 as a short white streak. Abdomen and hind 

 wing dark fuscous. 



Hob. Bhutan. Exp. 45 millim. 



230 a. Pydna tenebralis, n. sp. 



c? . Head, thorax, and fore wing ochreous irrorated with fuscous ; 

 palpi with the 2nd joint black at sides. Fore wing with curved 

 ante- and postmedial lines, the latter incurved below vein 3, the 

 area between them suffused with rufous, with a black discocellular 

 speck ; a fuscous shade from apex ; a submarginal series of dark 

 Abdomen and hind wing fuscous. Underside pale. 



Hob. Sikhim (Dudgeon). Exp. 40 millim. Type in B. M. 



230 b. Pydna aroides, Swinh. A. M. N.H. (6) xvii, p. 360. 



d . Sulphur-yellow. Fore wing with the medial area irrorated 

 with rufous, the rest of the wing with fuscous and rufous ; an 

 indistinct antemedial line and similar postmedial line, both highly 

 angled below the costa and reduced to specks towards inner margin, 

 the latter minutely dentate from costa to vein 4 ; an oblique 

 fuscous shade from apex to angle of postmedial line ; a submarginal 



