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S. homalorrhoe Prout (22 k). Hindleg whitish, a long ochreous-tinged pencil from the femoro-tibial homalorrhoe. 
joint, the tibia expanding distally into a broad flap or sheath, from the end of which projects a tuft of long 
scales as far as the end of the aborted tarsus. Greyer than auricruda, the pale parts being reduced to the 
dimension of lines or very narrow bands, the markings much straighter than in that species; forewing with 
pale costal edge and subcostal line. Founded on 2 from Kedah Peak. 
S. muricolor Warr. The type from the Mauson Mountains, Tonkin (2000—3000 feet), is somewhat muricolor. 
worn, but shows about the shape (or is slightly shorter-winged still) and colour of remissa Wileman, i. e., broader 
and darker than auricruda. The pale lines are straightish, as in homalorrhoe, but extremely slender, scarcely 
discernible without a lens, which reveals two, both in the outer half of the forewing. Hindleg more as in leucozona 
and auricruda. I have seen similar specimens from Formosa and perhaps Upper Burma and Borneo, but none 
good enough to allow of definite recognition. 
S. costiguttata Warr. Smaller and narrower-winged than the 3 preceding, the forewing almost as cosiujuttata. 
acuminate as in rubridentata (23 f). Colouring much as in remissa, the 3 pale bands broadened at costa of 
forewing, otherwise quite slender; they are sinuous, not — as in homallorhoe — straightish. Antennal ciliation 
moderately long; hindlegs lost in the type, a S' from the Khasis; a single S' from Kanshirei, Formosa (probably 
conspecific) has them short and weak, the tarsus about as long as the tibia. 
S. sabulosa Prout (Vol. 4, pi. 7 d). Expanse 19—21 mm. Hindwing almost fully rounded, only a little sdbulosa. 
less so between the radials and from the first median to anal angle. Ciliation of S' antenna scarcely longer 
than diameter of shaft; hindtibia with strong pencil, tarsus extremely short. An inconspicuous grey species 
(tinged with brown), with the cell-dot of the fore wing large, the lines somewhat strengthened at costa, the sub¬ 
terminal strongly sinuous, bounded by darkish shades. Kashmir and Kulu. 
S. perpulverea Hmps. (Vol. 4, pi. 5 e). Much more flesh-coloured than sabulosa, the irroration olivaceous perpulvcrea. 
browm, markings not strengthened at costa, median shade obsolescent, cell-spot of forewdng elongate, dots at 
base of fringes conspicuous. Kashmir: Gurais Valley, only the type $ known. 
S. marcidaria Walk. (22 k). Very different from the two preceding in its strong gloss, the markings marcidaria. 
reddish, generally rather w r eak excepting the fine postmedian line and the subterminal, which is placed between 
complete or almost complete shades. Hindwing somewhat gibbous in the middle, especially in the <3; in this 
sex the antennal ciliation is long, the hindleg short, tibia with strong fringe above. Ceylon (loc. typ.), the 
Nicobars, Burma, Penang and Borneo. 
S. swinhoei Prout (= rufula Swinh., nec Warr.) (22 k). Broader-winged than marcidaria, postmedian sicinhoei. 
line less distally*placed, the band beyond it well separated (in marcidaria usually touching it), weak, forming 
a strong spot at tornus. Hindwing with the discocellulars biangulate almost as in Eupithecidia. Underside 
weakly marked. Tibial fringe in slighter, tarsus about % (in marcidaria about y 2 ). Borneo (loc. typ.), Philip¬ 
pines, Tonkin, Hainan, S. China and Formosa. 
S. afflata A. Fuchs. This and the two following are unknown to me, but should be mentioned here, afflata. 
Length of a forewing 7 mm. “Straw-yellow, weakly suffused with violet-red, with 5 lines, fine black cell-dot 
and marginal dots. Character of infantilaria but more brightly coloured, in particular with the termen and 
fringes in certain positions glistening violet-reddish, the lines more distinct, the 3rd finely dentate, also (though 
more slightly and irregularly) the 1st; irroration sparse, only noticeable with the lens. Fringes with 2 indistinct 
dividing-lines, tips lighter. Termen of hindwing more distinctly concave before the anal angle than in infanti¬ 
laria, so that this appears produced; underside lighter grey, more whitish, lines much more distinct than in 
that species. In its entire facies sharply distinct from obsoletaria' ” (Vol. 4, pi. 4 e). An excellent $ from Gross- 
Atjeh, E. Sumatra. Presumably near swinhoei. 
S. infantilaria A. Fuchs, a pair from the same locality as afflata, agrees therewith in size but is light infantilaria. 
straw-yellow, the 5 lines (on the hindwing 4) very indistinct, scarcely darkened. A little smaller still than 
obsoletaria (Vol. 4, pi. 4 e), anal angle of hindwing sharp, slightly produced, the concavity before it less pronounced 
than in afflata. The wings are rather narrow in the <$, short and broad in the £. Only the cell-dot and terminal 
dots are distinct. 
S. salebrosaria A. Fuchs. Also of the same size and from the same source, 1 Distinguished from its salebrosaria. 
relatives by its strikingly coarse scaling and irroration. “Dirty grey-yellow, the brown (black) irroration dense 
and granulated; lines quite indistinct, the 3rd the least so, looking finely dentate but under the lens merely 
provided with dark dots; the black cell-dot fine, the terminal spots prolonged into dashes; fringe in place of 
the dividing-line with scattered black dots.” 
