14f5 NriC'TTTII),'E. 



2 2 , Simla (SrviHhoe, Harford), 5 c? , ^ ? , Dallioiisie {Harford),?> ? , 

 Dharmhala (Ifoclinff), 7^,8 $ , Allahabad, 1 $ , Manpuri, 1 d ; 

 SiKHiM (Russell, Sadler, Lidderdale, MoJler), 9 c5' , 3 $ ; Assam 

 {Bagley), 1 <S ; Bengal, Calcutta, 1 c? , 2 $ : Madras, Nilgiris 

 (Hampson), 2^,1$; Cetlon, Kandy (Machvood), 1 c? ; Bttrma, 

 Moulmein (Clerl-), 1 (5,2 $, types suhfasciata and holinoides, N. 

 Khyen Hills ( T4^rti!.so«), 2 c? , 3 $ , Up. Btirma, Kalewa (TFrt^soH), 

 1 5", Salin (Wood), 1 $ ; Xnvkmx^s (StelUnr/), 1 $ ; Nicobars, 

 Pulo Condul, 1 $ ; Singapore (7?/r/?fy/), 2 $. ATv/j. 34-46 millim. 



Gemis STICTOPTERA. 



Type. 



Sticiopfera, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 51 (18n2) mwulUoiJes. 



i)ft«cZtfCff, Wile. ix. 149(1856) cdumha. 



Sfm-ia, Wlk. xiii. 1136 (1857) sicMJu/ua. 



jEgilia, Wlk. siii. 1138 (1857) descrii,ens. 



Minka, Wlk. xiii. 1139 (1857) confluens. 



Nagara, Wlk. xxxiv. 1378 (18C5) vifrea. 



Proboscis fully tleveloped ; palpi upturned, the 2Dd joint reaching to vertex of 

 head and moderately scaled, the 3rd long and somewhat dilated at extremity ; 

 frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antennaB of male 

 long, ciliated, with large tuft of scales on inner side of basal joint; thorax 

 olotbed almost entirely with .scales, the patagia with erectile triangular crests 

 on their upper edge, the prothorax with spreading crest, the metathorax with 

 small paired crests ; pectus clothed with long hair ; tibiae moderately fringed 

 with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on 1st and 3rd segments and large 

 ventral fan of scales at base. Fore wing ratlier long and narrow, the apex 

 rounded, the termen obliquely curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from close to 

 ano-le of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 6, 7 

 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



Sect. I. (Nagara). Fore wing narrow, the apex much produced in male and 

 the termen very oblique. 



A. Fore wing of male with the apex very much produced 



and the termen extremely oblique. 



a. Fore wing grey slightly tinged with brown fenestra. 



h. Fore wing brown slightly tinged with grey vitrea. 



B. Fore wing of male with the apex le.ss produced and the 



tern. en less oblique. 



a. Fore wing witli the medial lineerect, sinuous clara. 



b. Fore wing with the medial line obliquely curved and 



defined on outer side by whitish heterogramma. 



6371. Sticloptera fenestra. (Plate CLXXYII. fig. 26.) 



Sticiopiera fenestra, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 53, pi. 14. f. 12 (1852). 



J . Head, tegulee, and prothorax rufous mixed with some ochreous, 

 the 2nd and 3rd joints of palpi with black, the rest of thorax grey 

 with some fuscous mixed ; fore- and mid-legs fuscous, the tarsi 

 ringed with whitish, the hind legs pale grey ; abdomen grey with 

 the" crests black, the ventral surface white.^ Fore wing pale grey 

 irrorated with black, a paler somewhat hyaline wedge-shaped patch 



