strigicosta. 
brunneicos- 
1a. 
color ala. 
manca. 
frontisigna- 
ta. 
venusia. 
lapidata. 
puXverosa. 
36 HOLOSTIXA; ENCRYPHIA; NOREIA. By L. B. Prout. 
D. strigicosta. Somewhat variable geographically and should probably be made to include the pre¬ 
ceding. The transverse markings, however, are always comparatively slight and of a less bright brown, 
and appear to follow a slightly different course, the post median being more strongly bent outward. — stri¬ 
gicosta Warr. (5b), from New Guinea and its satellite islands, has the thinnest brown markings, the ante- 
median and subterminal, indeed, often almost obsolete; the black cell-dot and terminal dots, on the contrary, 
strongly developed. —- brunneicosta Prout has the black cell-dot of the forewing smaller, the terminal dots 
brown, the brown transverse markings more strongly developed. Solomon Islands. 
D. colorata Warr. The smallest species and easily distinguished by having all the markings brown, in¬ 
cluding even the cellspot of the forewing, which is rather large. Antennal ciliation of J very long. Only known 
from the Tenimber Islands. 
48. Genus: Molostixa Swinh. 
Larger and rather more opaquely scaled than Derambila, the clothing of palpus, breast and legs slightly 
more hairy. The also shows some remarkable modifications, the first two joints of the foretarsus being 
densely long-haired, the liindtibia with very strong hair-pencil, the forewing strongly bent at the end of 
the 2nd radial, the hindwing with acute apex and distorted costal margin, showing a long-fringed sinuosity 
beyond the middle. Only one species. 
H. manca Swinh. Cannot be confused with any other species. The broad, nearly straight post- 
median band is quite different from the very sinuous and punctiform band of Derambila. Only known from 
Borneo. 
49. Genus: Kiicrypliia Turn. 
Antenna of <$ bipectinate with rather short branches, each terminating in a long curved bristle; 
that of the $ with short bristles. Thorax and femora somewhat hairy. Hindtibia not dilated, all spurs 
developed. Forewing rather broad, with apex acute, especially in the 1st subcostal anastomosing with 
costal, 2nd to 5th stalked, the 2nd anastomosing with the 1st and afterwards with the 3rd to 4th. Hind¬ 
wing with the costal approximated to the subcostal for some distance near the base, 2nd subcostal not stalked. 
An Australian genus of only one species, probably nearer to the following group than to the Nearcha- group, 
with which it was formerly associated. 
E. frontisignata Walk. (= punctilineata Walk., paraptila Meyr., argillina Turn.) (1 f). Rather variable, 
greyer or browner, the lines generally marked with rather strong dots on the veins, the subterminal represented 
by spots between the veins. Sometimes the postmedian is accompanied by a thick dark shade. Queensland. 
50. Genus: Xoreia Walk. 
Palpus moderate or rather stout. Antenna of $ ciliate. Femora scarcely hairy. Hindtibia with all 
spurs, that of the $ dilated, with a hair-pencil. Wings broad, but with the apex of the forewing generally more 
or less acute or even minutely produced. Venation nearly as in Encryphia, but with the costal and subcostal 
of the hindwing more briefly approximated and both slightly more swollen at their point of approach. The 
$ wings often with interesting secondary-sexual modifications. The early stages are unknown. The genus is 
exclusively IndorAustralian but is scarcely more than a subgenus of the South American Achlora, in which the 
antenna is pectinate. 
N. venusta Warr. (3 d). Very distinct from all the other species in the bright red markings and fringes. 
Antennal ciliation of $ very short. Borneo. 
N. lapidata Warr., described as a Somatina, evidently belongs here, though only the type $ is known. 
The apex of the forewing is minutely produced. The light wood-brown wings are irregularly irrorated with 
grey, leaving a clearer band beyond the postmedian; the lines are rather ill-defined, chiefly marked by vein-dots, 
the postmedian on the forewing acutely angulated before the 1st radial; distal border of forewing strongly 
darkened except at apex. Underside more sharply marked. Naga Hills, Assam, at 5—6000 feet. 
N. pulverosa Warr. (5 b) furnishes a link towards Encryphia, as the antennal ciliation and bristles 
arise from projecting teeth or incipient pectinations. Rather variable in colour, greyer or redder, distingui¬ 
shable from all the other species by the firm, straight antemedian line and the elongate cell-mark. Only known 
from the mountains of British New Guinea and one example from Mt. Goliath, Dutch New Guinea. 
