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patagia (a second $ is much darker, with the pale band replaced by 

 dark-brown shaded with blackish) ; dorsum of abdomen typically 

 brownish-grey, with the crests blackish, the basal segments paler 

 (uniformly blackish in the second S ) ; pectus, legs and abdomen 

 whitish (a little darker in the second 8 ) . 



Forewing typically chocolate-brown, with the basal area (except at 

 hindmargin) and a tornal spot whitish ; some blue irroration, especi- 

 ally along SC, on the postmedial line and on the termen between 

 R 2 and M 2 . Subbasal brown spots behind costa and M; antemedial 

 line indistinctly double, waved and excurved from two-sevenths costa 

 to M, angled outward in fold, and strongly angled outward (to middle 

 of wing) before hindmargin ; claviform denned by a broad, curved 

 black line at tip ; orbicular round, black-outlined (especially anteriorly) 

 with slight fuscous suffusion at middle; reniform black-outlined, rather 

 narrow, oblique, with slight dark suffusion in the distal part and a tuft 

 of raised scales in the proximal ; a black medial line, oblique from 

 three-sevenths costa to fold, where it is thickened and slightly angled, 

 inwardly oblique to hindmargin; postmedial line double, waved, 

 oblique from two-thirds costa to R 3 , inwardly oblique to M 2 and nearly 

 erect to hindmargin; slight pale waved subterminal line; apical dashes, 

 marginal spots and fringe nearly as in signifera Wlkr. The other S 

 has the pale basal and tornal patches irrorated with brown and the 

 subbasal line better defined (double, black, dentate to fold). 



Hind wing with well-developed discal spot, and broad dark border — ■ 

 more than one-third length of wing at middle, broadly extended along 

 abdominal margin (narrowing to base), and somewhat broadened at 

 costa. 



Underside of both wings nearly as in signifera Wlkr., but fore wing 

 with the postmedial line more strongly angled on R 3 . 



2 , 30—36 mm. 



As in nearly all Stictoptera species the 2 fore wing is rather shorter, 

 with apex less acute than in the $ . 



Two specimens are nearly typical, but have the prothorax and base 

 of fore wing slightly more tinged with yellow, the tornal spot yellower 

 and reduced in size, and the medial and terminal areas redder in tone, 

 with the postmedial area somewhat paler. 



Three 2 2 {ah. albifascia ab. nov.) ; have the prothorax and the 

 basal and tornal pale patches of the fore wing somewhat darkened and 



