FENTONIA. — STATJBOPUS. 149 



Sect. II. Hind wing with the stalk of veins 6 and 7 very long ; 

 antennae of male with the branches longer. 



259. Fentonia tenebrosa, Wlk. Cat. vii, p. 1725; C. $ S. no. 1089. 

 Phineca canities, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 407. 



S • Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey, 

 suffused with fuscous scales ; two curved antemedial black lines 

 with a few silvery scales on them, the upper part of the space 

 between them filled in with fuscous ; traces of a postmedial curved 

 line ; a series of submarginal black streaks on the veins. Hind 

 wing fuscous. 



Hob. N. Canara. Exp. 28-30 millim. 



Genus STAUROPUS. 



Stauropus, Germar, Prod. p. 45 (1811). 

 Netria, Wlk. Cat. vi, p. 1504 (1855). 



Type, S. fcigi, Linn., from Europe. 



Range. Europe ; Japan ; throughout India and Ceylon ; Anda- 

 mans ; Java. 



Palpi short and slight, or rarely longer and upturned. Eore 

 wing broad, the subcostal vein hairy on underside ; vein 6 from 

 angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; no areole. Hind wing with veins 

 6 and 7 stalked ; 8 running close along 7 to near end of cell. 



Sect. I. Male with antennae fasciculate ; female simple. 



260. Stauropus maculatus, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 60; Waterh. Aid, ii, 

 pi. 132, fig. 6; C.$S. no. 1171. 



Head, collar, and patagia grey ; thorax brown. Fore wing grey, 

 the medial and apical areas suffused with reddish brown ; one sub- 

 basal and seven medial waved dark lines, the middle lines red- 

 brown and ill defined on the disc ; a submarginal series of dark 

 spots ; cilia chequered grey and brown. Abdomen and hind wing 

 pale with a reddish tinge, the former grey at extremity. 



Hob. Sikhim; JSTagas. Exp., S 44, $ 53 millim. 



Sect. II. (Stauropus). Male with antennae pectinated, 

 female ciliated. 



261. Stauropus alternus, Wlk. Cat. v, p. 1020 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, 

 pi. 119, figs. 1, la, b (larva) ; C. $ S. no. 1129. 

 Stauropus indicus, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 404 ; C. $ S. no. 1131. 

 Stauropus albescens, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 404 ; C.&S. no. 1128. 



J. Head and thorax brownish grey; abdomen grey-brown, 

 with the dorsal tufts on first six segments darker. Eore wing 



