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STERRHA. By L. B. Prout. 
lineal a. S. lineata Hmps. Very similar to charitotes, antemedian line of forewing better expressed, scarcely 
oblique, distal area of forewing dark, with interrupted pale subterminal, not (as in charitotes) differentiated into 
a light anterior and a dark posterior part. Ceylon (type) and S. India. As both H amps ON (1895) and Swinhoe 
confused this with chotaria I add a somewhat full differentiation: longer-winged (at least in the 2), less belemiata- 
like in maculation, abdominal region of $ hindwing more hairy beneath, J hindtibia fringed above, tarsus fully 
as long as tibia, termen of hindwing virtually rounded (in chotaria concave at the radials), dots on fringes less 
heavy. 
franeoniaria. S. franconiaria Swinh. (22 k). Antennal ciliation long. Hindleg slender, aborted. Cell of forewing over 
y 2 wing-length. A rather brightly coloured species, with olive-brown cell-dots and sinuous bands, on the fore¬ 
wing arising from black costal marks, formed of close irroration. Underside pale fleshy grey, unmarked. Only 
the type known, a $ from Sherlock River, W. Australia. 
ferrilinea. S. ferrilinea Warr. (= cletima Turn.) (22 k). Although diminutive, this is a striking and unmistakable 
species, with a sprinkling of metallic scales and with the irregular lines, or slender bands, in part mixed with 
ferruginous; underside pale, almost unmarked. Antennal ciliation of C shortish, hindleg very short, with the 
tarsus slender, about % tibia. North Queensland (type) and Port Darwin. Moderately variable. 
pseliota. S. pseliota Meyr. (22 k) was founded on a $ and the d has never yet been described. Very distinct 
in the heavy dark shades which accompany the lines on their reverse sides (the outer ones weakly reproduced 
on the underside also); but its great rarity, combined with a very wide distribution, suggest the possibility that 
it might be a striking aberration of some common species. “Victoria” is given as the type locality; it has occurred 
singly at Brisbane, Melbourne, Gisborne and Adelaide. 
■sillcmi. S. sillemi Wehrli (24 a). Length of a forewing 10 mm. Costa of forewing less arched than in sarthularia 
Stgr. (Vol. 4, p. 113), hindwing with termen excised between the radials, at least as strongly as in incisaria 
Stgr. (Vol. 4, pi. 3 g). Dirty light grey-white, nearest to ccmioptera Hmps., but at once distinguished by the 
much smaller cell-dots and the presence of a rather broad, weakly dentate median shade; fringes with dark 
dots and dashes at the vein-ends (Wehrli). The unique type is a 2 from Panamik, Nubra Valley, Karakoram, 
3350 m, 10 July 1929. 
conioptera. S. conioptera Hmps. (Vol. 4, pi. 7 d). Very close to the Palaearctic descitaria Christ. (Vol. 4, pi. 3 h), 
generally distinguishable by the more strongly excised hindwing, the less brownish grey colour and usually 
the less close approximation of the postmedian line of the hindwing to the cell-dot. Kujiar, Kashmir, at nearly 
2000 m. Sterneck records from Tatsienlu a $ which may be referable either to this or to descitaria (see Suppl.- 
Vol. 4, p. 58). The structure of the hindleg does not give so good a clue as would be inferred from my original 
accounts; “tarsus extremely short”, given for descitaria, was misleading, for it is, in both the species (or forms) 
in question, almost x / 2 the tibial length. 
infuscaria. S. nudaria Christ. (Vol. 4, pi. 3 h) infuscaria Leech (Vol. 4, pi. 3 h). Antenna of <$ rather stout, ciliation 
of medium length; hindtibia short, strongly thickened, tarsus quite short. Wings strongly glossy, quite weakly 
marked, the lines not very sinuous, cell-dots wanting; colour variable but almost always darker, especially in 
the C, than in the ochreous name-typical race from the Amur-Ussuri district, infuscaria was described from 
Japan, but extends to W. China. 
obfuscaria. S. obfuscaria Leech (22 k). Darker, more blackish brown and still more weakly marked, the lines scarcely 
discernible. As indicated in Vol. 4 (p. 115), it seems highly probable that it may be a very extreme aberration 
of the same species; no structural difference has yet been found. Ningpo. 
semilinea. S. semilinea Warr. (22 k). Median shade strong on the hind wing only, straight; further un¬ 
mistakable on account of the conspicuous tridentate subterminal mark of the forewing (costa to 1st radial only). 
Antennal ciliation of q rather short, hindtarsus shorter than tibia, but not extremely so. Khasis and Karen Hills. 
leucozona. S. leucozona Hmps. (22 k). Much smaller than nudaria, narrower wdnged, broadly whitish between the 
median shade and the distal area and less definitely so in parts of the proximal area, especially on the hindwing. 
Hindtibia thick, with a long pencil from its base; tarsus much shortened. 2 CC from Bernarclmyo, Burma. — 
lute at a. luteata Warr., from the Khasis, is less small and of a brighter yellow colour, but otherwise agrees so accurately 
that I feel no doubt about the union, especially as some examples from N. W. India are somewhat intermediate, 
though nearer to luteata. 
auricruda. S. auricruda Butl. ( — plumboscriptaria Christ.) (Vol. 4, pi. 3i). Glossy pale brownish ochreous, cha¬ 
racteristically marked with strongly sinuous darker bands, which are somewhat variable in width. Underside 
of the forewing somewhat paler, but similarly marked; of the hindwing much paler, the markings slight. Leg- 
structure much as in leucozona. Chiefly Palaearctic (Butler’s type from Japan); known also from Szechuan. 
The Japanese remissa Wilem., quite erroneously called insuavis in Vol. 4 (p. 123), is not known from the Indo- 
Australian Region; for the true insuavis see below. 
