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*o54. Stenarcha stenopa. (Plate XXV. fig. 27.) 



Chiriphe stenojM, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 732 (1886) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Hot. p. 348. 



d . Head and palpi whitish ; antennse pale fuscous ; thorax 

 fuscous, the metathorax whitish ; abdomen grey ; legs whitish, the 

 fore and hind legs fuscous above. Fore wing fuscous, irregularly 

 irrorated with white ; ante- and postmedial irregular white bands 

 edged with fuscous, the former indented on outer side below the 

 cell, the latter with bidentate indentation on inner edge at middle 

 and a bidentate projection below it ; a whitish spot at apex almost 

 conjoined to one below apex ; cilia whitish, with fuscous spots at 

 base. Hind wing pale brownish fuscous, tinged with ochreous 

 towards base ; cilia whitish. 



Bab. W. Australia, Albany. Exj). 17 millim. Figured from 

 a drawing in Coll. Meyrick. 



Genus NARASODES. ^ 



Narasodes, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 535 (1887) puncfana. 



Tampea, Snell. Tijd. v. Eut. xl. p. 22(3 (1897) lithodoidcs. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi slender, porrect, and reaching well beyond 

 the frons ; anteunse ciliated, tibite with the spurs moderate. Fore wing short 

 and broad, the costa arched ; vein 2 from middle of cell, curved at base ; 3 from 

 close to angle ; 5 from well above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8 

 stalked; 9 absent ; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from towards angle of 

 cell ; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. {Narasodes). Hind wing with veins 3, 4 coincident. 



555. Narasodes punctana, 



Tosp)itis punctana, Wlk. xxviii. 431 (1863) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 536, 

 pi. 211. f. 7 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 95 ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 361. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous or ochreous white ; palpi 



and fore tibiae tinged with fuscous 



above. Fore wing pale ochreous, 



more or less suffused with rufous 



brown, leaving the basal, costal, and 



apical areas pale ; some black scales 



sometimes present in submedian fold ; 



Fig. 182. a verjandistinct oblique waved ante- 



Narasodes punctana, ,£ . %. medial line ; an indistinct line from 



(From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) ^{^^Iq of costa bent outwards to 



lower angle of cell, where there is a tuft of blackish scales, then 



erect ; the postmedial line indistinct, arising near the medial line, 



very oblique from costa to vein 5, then subterminal ; some black 



scales or points on co&ta and termen towards apex. Hind wing 



yellowish white, more or less tinged with fuscous, the termen 



ochreous. 



Hah. Calcutta (Atkinson), 1 c5' ; Ceylon (Templeton), 1 S type, 

 Pundaloya (Green), 1 (^ , 1 $ , Hambantota (Pole), 3 d" , 1 $ • 

 E,v2). 12-16 millim. 



