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STERRHA. By L. B. Prout. 
chloristis. 
polygramma. 
dolichopis. 
nitidaia. 
indecorata. 
indeiermi- 
nata. 
infortunata. 
ingloria. 
scelisca. 
obliquilinea. 
profanaria. 
S. chloristis Meyr. (= prionosticha Turn.) (23 b). Head white. Palpus short. Antennal ciliation of 
3 moderate; tibia fairly long, with hair-pencil, tarsus very short (Meyrick says Turner “ 14 ”, perhaps 
% is about right). Queensland ( chloristis ) and Port Darwin district ( 'prionosticha ); I have seen specimens 
determined by Meyrick. —ab. (?) polygramma Lower seems likely, from the description, to belong here, 
but should have the face and an interrupted terminal line more fuscous and the underside unmarked. A $ 
from Cooktown, measuring “12 mm”. 
S. dolichopis Turn. The largest Australian Sterrha (22—29 mm). Antennal ciliation of 3 about as long 
as diameter of shaft; hindtibia well developed, broad, laterally compressed, rough-scaled; tarsus 1 / 5 . Termen 
of forewing bowed, very oblique, of hindwing sinuate; ochreous-whitish; lines pale greyish; cell-dots wanting; 
a very oblique median shade, obsolete towards costa of forewing; postmedian from 5 / 6 costa, dotted with 
fuscous on the veins; subterminals cloudy. Bundaberg. Brisbane. 
S. nitidaia H.-Sch. (= tectaria Leech, nom. praeocc.) (Vol. 4, pi. 4f). Essentially a Palaearctic species, 
described from Hungary and reaching the Amur-Ussuri district and Corea; but as Leech’s type of tectaria 
came from Chang-Yang it should be mentioned here. Distinct from all other known Sterrha in the absence of 
one of the subcostal veins of the forewing (see Suppl.-Vol. 4, 65). 
S. indecorata Warr. (Suppl.-Vol. 4, pi. 6 f) is perhaps related to the Palaearctic inornata Haw. (Vol. 4, 
pi. 4 g), which the type, a pale, thinly scaled $ from Simla, recalls in its weak markings, though the post¬ 
median line is somewhat more proximally placed. Forewing with termen scarcely sinuous, median line brown, 
placed beyond the cell-dot, postmedian grey, lunulate-dentate; hindwing just noticeably bent in the middle. 
Hindtibia of 3 with strong pencil, tarsus quite short. Known also from Gurais Valley, Kashmir. 
S. indeterminata Warr. (Suppl.-Vol. 4, pi. 6f). In a measure intermediate between indecorata and the 
actiosaria group. Larger, paler and more weakly marked than actiosaria, termen of forewing slightly more 
oblique, both wings with termen very slightly and irregularly waved. Median line of forewing almost crossing 
the very small cell clot, postmedian slightly sinuous, subterminals generally fairly strong. Structure near that 
of the preceding, antennal joints of $ somewhat less prominent, hindtibia perhaps relatively somewhat longer 
and more heavily tufted. Simla and its vicinity. 
S. infortunata sp. n. (23 b). Expanse 20 mm. Antennal ciliation of 3 about 1; hindtibia much longer 
than femur, both densely clothed with long scales and hair, tarsus short (about U). Extremely like inaudax, 
except in leg-structure; cleaner and glossy, almost entirely without the dark irroration, even the fringe-clots 
weak; subterminal perhaps rather thicker, but not so thick and sinuous as in indeterminata, which also has 
termen of hindwing more sinuous and stronger tufts on the $ hindtibia. Gurais Valley, Kashmir, September 
1897, type 3 in the British Museum. A $ from Masuri, September to October 1920 agrees well, decidua is 
smaller, with denser, more brownish leg-tuft, postmedian of forewing curved in anterior half, then straightish, 
that of hindwing probably more sinuous. 
S. ingloria Prout (23 b). Expanse 22—25 mm. Antennal joints not projecting, ciliation scarcely longer 
than diameter of shaft. Abdomen somewhat elongate. Hindleg somewhat bent, tarsus about % tibia; tibia 
with long, strong tufts which reach nearly to the end of the tarsus. Wings not very opaquely scaled; irror¬ 
ation and markings weak, median shade the best developed; postmedian scarcely crenulate, its sinuosities 
slight. Distinguished from indeterminata by its darker, browner colour, more minute cell-dot, stronger median 
shade, more suffused forewing beneath, etc. Upper Burma: Hpimaw Fort, 1850 feet, 6 miles from Yunnan 
frontier; only S3 are known. 
S. scelisca Prout (23 b). Size of ingloria or a little larger. Antennal ciliation longer (about 2), fas- 
ciculata; hindleg short, tibia little thickened, tarsus less than % tibia. Forewing with areole narrow, open 
or scarcely closed; both wings Avit-h cell-dot sharp, median shade close to it, not strong, postmedian somewhat 
nearer to the termen than in the two preceding and marked with more distinct dots on the veins, dots at 
base of fringe also stronger than in them. Kumaon: Muktesar, 7000 feet, only 33 known. 
S. obliquilinea Warr. (23 b). Smaller and rather narrow-winged, more thickly scaled and more ochre- 
brown. Very distinct in its heavy, straight, oblique median line; postmedian extremely slender, other markings 
scarcely noticeable. Underside similar, on a slightly paler ground-colour, the proximal subterminal line at 
times better indicated. Khasis (type) and Sikkim. Hindleg of 3 weak and curved, femoro-tibial pencils ex¬ 
tremely long and strong. 
S. profanaria Walk. (23 c). Very near to actiosaria and with similar leg-structure, but both the hind¬ 
tibia and hindtarsus of the 3 seem relatively longer. Face of the ground-colour (in actiosaria black). On an 
average larger than that species, at times more reminiscent of the Palaearctic aversata L. (Vol. 4, pi. 4 g), the 
