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NOCTUID-E. 
and fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd 
moderate and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of 
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with bristles 
and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the 
metathorax with spreading crest ; build slender ; fore tibiae 
of male fringed with very long hah- on outer side and with 
tuft of long hah- from femoro-tibial joint, the mid and hind 
tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal 
crest on basal segment only. Fore wing with the apex 
produced and acute, the termen excised below apex and 
excurved at middle, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from 
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomos- 
ing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing 
with the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 
5 fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper 
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 
Genus STENOXIA. nov. 
Type, S. erythropis. 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to rather above vertex of head, rather broadly 
scaled in front and fringed with hair behind except at base, 
the 3rd moderate and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with 
large tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antenme of male 
with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like 
scales and without crests ; build slender ; fore femora of 
male fringed with long hair below, the tibiae moderately 
fringed with hair, the mid tibiae with fringe of long hair on 
basal half above ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of 
dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, 
the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from 
well before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from 
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 
areole, 10 anastomosing with 11. Hind wing with the cell 
half the length of wing ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 
5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper 
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 
Stenoxia erythropis, n. sp. 
Head, tegulae, and prothoracic crest red-brown, the frons, 
small tufts of scales behind the antennae and on shoulder 
and the tip of the prothoracic crest white ; thorax dark 
fiery red ; abdomen red-brown, dark fiery red at base, the 
anal tuft white at extremity ; palpi rufous ; pectus, legs 
and ventral surface of abdomen pale red-brown, the fringe 
of hair on mid tibiae dark brown. Fore wing dark fiery red. 
