148 Sir G. F. Hampson on new 
(18a) Stericta mediovialis, sp. n. 
3. Head and thorax sap-green mixed with whitish ; abdomen 
whitish tinged with rufous; legs banded with black-brown. Fore 
wing sap-green mixed with some rufous, the terminal area whitish ; 
small tufts of black scales below the cell at base and before middle ; 
a diffused dentate whitish subbasal line from costa to vein 1; a 
medial white band with rather sinuous edges traversed from discal 
fold to inner margin by a slight greenish and rufous line; a dis- 
coidal tuft of blackish scales; an oblique dark shade beyond the 
cell from vein 6 to above vein 1; postmedial line whitish, diffused 
at costa, then curved and dentate; a terminal series of black 
points; cilia red-brown, white at base and tips. Hind wing glossy 
red-brown with a dark terminal line; cilia rufous with a whitish 
line at base and whitish tips. Underside rufous; fore wing with 
fuscous suffusion in and beyond the cell; hind wing with dark 
discoidal point. 
Hab. QUEENSLAND, Cairns (Meek), 1 3 type. Exp. 30 mm. 
(19 9) Stericta phanerostola, sp. n. 
3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white tinged with rufous; 
antenne and palpi rufous; legs suffused with rufous and banded 
with blackish. Fore wing glossy grey-white tinged with rufous, 
the terminal area with a browner tinge; the costa blackish towards 
base with a subbasal white point on it; a patch of blackish scales 
below the cell near base; a slight antemedial shade formed by 
blackish scales with a slight curved line beyond it from cell to 
inner margin, and a white spot at costa defined on outer side by 
black ; a rather diffused blackish postmedial line defined on outer 
side by white, excurved to submedian fold where it is somewhat 
angled inwards; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing 
glossy grey-white tinged with purplish; a terminal series of 
blackish points. Underside white tinged with rufous; both wings 
with indistinct curved brown postmedial line. 
Hab. Br. N. GurneEa, Babooni (Pratt),1 dS type. Hep. 32mm. 
(19m) Stericta ignebasalis, sp. n. 
Antennz of male with short process; hind wing with the inner 
margin fringed with long hair. 
3. Head and thorax pale ochreous, the sides of tegule and the 
patagia fiery red ; palpi at sides, the tibiz and tarsi tinged with 
rufous ; abdomen ochreous suffused with fiery red, the ventral 
surface whitish except at extremity. Fore wing with the basal 
area fiery red, its outer edge oblique and defined by white, some 
white at base of costa and some brown irroration on inner margin ; 
the rest of wing pale fawn-colour ; a slight blackish discoidal spot 
and dark mark above it on costa; some dark irroration beyond 
lower angle of cell; a whitish subterminal line defined on each 
side by slight dark marks except towards costa, where it is pure 
