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STERRHA. By L. B. Prout. 
chotaria. S. chotaria Swinh. (= pallidivestis Warr., remissata A. Fuchs) (23 a) somewhat suggests, in its pattern, 
a miniature dimidiata Hufn. (Vol. 4, pi. 4 c) or often — in the strongish posterior mark of the hindwing — 
belemiata Mill. (Vol. 4, pi. 3 i). Antennal ciliation of long, hindtibia with strong pencil, tarsus short. Widely 
distributed from Ceylon to Central India, Hainan, Luzon, Sumatra to Timor and perhaps Celebes; the three 
typedocalities respectively Poona, E. Java and E. Sumatra. 
probleta. S. probleta Turn, 21 mm. Antenna in <$ with moderate ciliations (1%). Posterior legs minute, 
tibia very small and slender, tarsus y 2 , slender. Forewing: costa with basal half nearly straight, then strongly 
arched, termen bowed, oblique; ochreous-whitish, suffused with pale grey; an ochreous-whitish costal streak 
from base nearly to apex; costal edge reddish”; ante- and postmedian lines represented by dots, the postmedian 
from 4 / 5 costa, sinuate; greyish subterminal shades, terminal line grey, interrupted at the veins. “Hindwing 
with termen rounded, strongly projecting between veins 2 and 5; colour and markings of forewing, but ante- 
and postmedian faintly indicated by grey lines.” Lome, Victoria, in February, 1 $. Nearest to nephelota, 
distinguished by reddish costal edge of forewing and shape of hindwing. 
nephelota. S. nephelota Turn. Smaller ( 17 — 18 mm). Leg-structure apparently similar, costa of forewing distally 
less strongly arched, hindwing rounded. Suffusions purplish grey; basal line wanting, median distinct, fine, 
acutely dentate, from near costa at % to middle of hindmargin, proximal subterminal shade broad, cloudy, 
purplish-grey, proximally ill-defined, distally dentate, subterminal line fine, sharp. Gisborne. 
packydctis. S. pachydetis Meyr. (23 a), “p 1 . 15 mm. Antenna serrate, ciliations 2. Posterior tibia very short, loosely 
short-haired above, tarsus %. Hindwing with termen rounded, much bent obtusely between veins 3 and 4, 
inner margin short. Ochreous-whitish, with a few scattered black scales; lines cloudy, irrorated with black”; 
fringes with a cloudy grey interrupted central line. Perth, West Australia, one specimen in November. 
epicyrta. S. epicyrta Turn, “<$, 19 mm. Ciliations in $ L Posterior pair of legs subaborted, tibia hairy, without 
spurs, tarsus short. Ochreous-whitish; first line (on forewing only) indicated by 3 fuscous dots on veins; discal 
dots and median line obsolete; postmedian indicated by a series of fuscous dots on the veins; subterminal 
whitish, dentate, very obscure; a very faint interrupted grey terminal line. Hindwing sidjquadrate, prominent 
and bent on vein 4.” Me. Kosciusko, 3500 feet, one specimen. “Easily distinguished from philocosma by the 
obsolescence of median line and the very differently shaped hindwing.” 
frissorma. E. trissorma Turn. “<$, 22 mm. Head and collar fuscous. Antenna fuscous, dentate, ciliations 1 ),4. 
Posterior tibia without spurs, rather short, smooth, somewhat dilated before apex, tarsus %. Forewing brown- 
whitish. costal edge before middle fuscous; 3 series of dark fuscous dots, the third, at %, rather more distinct; 
a pale subterminal line very faintly indicated towards costa, preceded by slight fuscous suffusion; some dark 
fuscous dots on termen. Hindwing strongly rounded so as to project somewhat in middle, but not angled; as 
forewing. Underside similar, but markings on forewing and 1st line on hindwing obsolete.” New South Wales: 
Ebor Scrub in January, the type only. 
philocosma. S. philocosma Meyr. (23a). Ciliation of antenna about %; hindtibia very short, tarsus as long as 
tibia. Some other distinctions from epicyrta have been noted by Turner under that species. Distributed. 
Queensland to South Australia and Tasmania, the type presumably from New South Wales. 
pundatissi- S. punefafissima Warr. { — philocosma part., Turn., nec Meyr.) (23 a). Much more sharply marked 
ma. than philocosma, to which Turner has sunk it, but I think incorrectly. Very like mundaria Walk, and with 
similarly formed <§ hindleg, but the vertex is more fuscous, the median line (shade) less diffuse and less sinuous, 
the abdomen with dorsal dots, etc. Founded on 2 from “Queensland”; a worn q from Milne, Bay is larger, 
with whitish vertex, but otherwise seems to agree with them or still better with Turner's description of delo- 
sticta. 
delosiicta. S. delosticta Turn., 1 $ from Kuranda, is perhaps the same, but the description implies a whitish vertex, 
the median dots well beyond the cell-clot and the postmedian so distally placed as to be called “subterminal”; 
“a median basal dot” (on forewing) perhaps a slip for “subbasal”. 
mundaria. S. mundaria Walk. (= sextinotata Warr.) (23 a). Hindleg of $ weak and curved, tibia not much thick¬ 
ened, tarsus short. Aieole, at least in the typical form, small, all the subcostals w r ell stalked, the 1st arising 
only just before the 5th. A tinge of pink in the grey ground-colour (when fresh) and the punctiform lines give 
some suggestion of a tiny Anisodes. Borneo and Malaya, Walker’s type from Sarawak, Warren’s from Penang. 
maculata. S. maculata Warr. (23 a). Ciliation of $ nearing twice the diameter of the shaft; hindleg very short, 
the tibia dilated, perhaps % femur, the tarsus little shorter than the tibia. Hindwing with 2nd subcostal very 
long-stalked. The unique type has the forewing rubbed, and the strong interruption of the markings perhaps 
not natural; but their irregular, macular character on both wings, as well as the coloration, should render re¬ 
cognition easy. Khasis. 
