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disjuncta. 
caiathymia. 
exaereia. 
carnifrons. 
rectilinearia. 
C. disjuncta Walk. (15h), the type of the genus and the best-known species, has the characteristic cell- 
rings moderate or rather small, the angulation of the hindwing at the 3rd radial acute. Ceylon (loc. tvp.), 
S. India, Malay Peninsula, Hainan, Formosa and Sumatra. 
C. catathymia sp. n. (I5h). Closely related to disjuncta. Vertex and costal margin of forewing orange- 
buff. Apex of forewing somewhat less produced than in disjuncta , angle of hindwing decidedly less produced. 
Ground-colour a more vivid green; cell-spots larger and surrounded by relatively stronger buff rings. Celebes, 
a long series from G. Rangkoenau, Paloe, collected bv J. P. A. Kalis for the Tring Museum. 
C. exaereta West (15 h). Rather small and less vividly coloured, the cell-rings considerably reduce d. 
The antennae of the A are lost, but a stump suggests that its teeth are becoming rudimentary pectinations; 
the 3rd joint of the palpus in this sex is somewhat shorter, but that of the $ typical. The abdominal crests 
appear to have been slight, but perfect material is still needed. Luzon described as a Comostola. 
78c. Genus: Sferomisa Stgr. 
(See Vol. 4, p. 28; Vol. 16. p. 29.) 
Palpus in both sexes short. Antenna in the A ciliated or almost simple. Hindtibia in both sexes with 
terminal spurs only. A chiefly African genus, into which, however, the following species appears to fit well. 
N. carnifrons Btlr. (= indecretata limps. , nec Walk.) (Vol. 4, pi. 2 i). Palpus very short. Antenna of 
dentate, with fascicles of cilia. Not likely to be mistaken for any other Indian species, though its pattern is 
extremely simple, consisting only of a single common postmedian white line and on the forewing a yellowish- 
white costal border. Distributed in India from Travancore to the Northwest; the originals came from Mliow 
and Solun. rectilinearia Leech (15h), from Huang-mu-chang. W. China, is perhaps merely an aberration, 
with an antemedian line indicated on the forewing. A Ningpo example in fresh condition, which I saw in the 
Joannis collection, seemed to agree almost exactly with Indian material. 
3. Subfamily: Sterrhinae. 
This subfamily, which is called Acidaliinae in our Introduction (p. 3) and in Vol. 4, is well represented 
in most parts of the Indo-Australian Region, with the exception of New Zealand and a few' of the smaller 
islands of the Pacific, but its genera show much less that is distinctive than those of the Neotropical Region. 
The Scopula (= Acidalia, olim) and to some extent the Sterrha (= Ptychopoda ) are for the most part quite 
nearly related to their Palaearctic representatives, Sterrha having developed far less of the A specialisation 
than in South America (see Vol. 8, p. 72). Anisodes, on the other hand, is here extraordinarily interesting on 
account of the manifold deviations in the A structure. The Rhodostrophia group shows some developments 
peculiar to the region and the beautiful Ptochophyle and Chrysocraspeda — offshoots of the Calothysanis (Ti- 
rnandra) stem — are much more prominent here than in Africa. 
The subfamily has already been characterized in our other volumes; see especially Vol. 4. pp. 34, 35. 
It need only be repeated that the most salient features are the smooth face, general absence of crests, frequent 
modification of the hindlegs, presence of all the 8 veins of the hindwing, the costal anastomosing with the sub¬ 
costal, though nearly always at a point only, and a characteristic scheme of forewing-venation — costal free, 
subcostals forming one or two areoles, or occasionally all stalked. Frenulum always present, tongue nearly 
always; foretibia never with a terminal claw. 
1. Genus: Igliodostropiiia Him. 
Antenna of A pectinate, with slender branches, 2 pairs to each joint. Legs slender; hindtibia in $ with 
all spurs, in A generally with one of the proximal pair absent (so in all the Indo-Australian representatives). 
Forewing with areole double, the dividing wall (base of 2nd subcostal) in some species arising from the cell, 
in others stalked. 
The larvae of the European species are extremely long and slender (see Vol. 4, p. 36) and as the genus 
is evidently a very natural one this will probably apply throughout. 
