SAEEOTHRIPA. 387 



Genus SARROTHRIPA. 



Sarrothripa, Curt. Brit Ent. i, fig-. 29 (1824). 

 Axia, Hihbn. Verz. p. 395 (1818, non descr.). 

 Symitha, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1731 (1866). 

 Subrita, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1743. 



Type, S. revayana, Scop., from Europe. 



Range. Nearctic region ; Europe ; Sikhim ; JNaga Hills ; Ceylon ; 

 Pegu ; Java ; Borneo. 



Palpi very long, obliquely porrect, and heavily scaled. Antennae 

 minutely ciliated in male. Fore leg with tbe femur and tibia 

 fringed with very long hair. Pore wing long and narrow, the 

 apex bent downwards ; veins 3, 4, 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 

 from below upper angle; 7 from upper angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked. 

 Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 stalked ; 5 from angle of cell ; 6 and 

 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. 



2250. Sarrothripa sinuosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 289. 



Grey. The fore wing crossed by numerous indistinct waved 

 lines, of which the double irregular ante- and postmedial are the 

 most distinct ; a sinuous series of submarginal black specks ; 

 a diffused fuscous patch on middle of costa. Hind wing pale 

 fuscous. 



In the E. Pegu specimen the markings are darker ; the costal 

 patch blackish, with a white spot beyond it between the post- 

 medial and submarginal lines. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Nagas ; E. Pegu. Exp. 26 millim. 



*2251. Sarrothripa fasciosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 289. 



2 . Grey-brown. Fore wing with a brown subbasal and two 

 antemedial slightly outwardly oblique bands, an erect medial 

 sinuous line ; an excurved waved postmedial line with some dark 

 suffusion beyond it ; a submarginal sinuous fuscous band ; a pale- 

 edged lunule at end of cell. Hind wing pale fuscous. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 25 millim. 



2252. Sarrothripa indicatana, Wlk. Cat. xxviii, p. 333 ; Hmpsn. III. 

 Ret. ix, pi. 163, fig. 13. 



Head and thorax whitish, much suffused with black. Pore wing 



Fig. 215. — Sarrothripa indicatana, <$ . \, 



grey, irrorated with fuscous ; indistinct antemedial, medial, and 



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