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EUPITHECIDIA; LYCAUGIDIA; NOTIOSTERRHA. By L. B. Prout. 
pianissimo. 
variegata. 
albatus. 
inter albulata. 
triglypta. 
aglaodesma. 
rhodocosma. 
characteristic; in the $ the anastomosis is often short and occasionally reduced to a mere point, as in typical 
Sterrha. bilinea was described from Poona and is known also from Bombay and Gooty and from Ceylon. The 
strongly 2-lined forms are commonest in the but occasional also in the which is, moreover, still longer- 
winged than the G- — ab. planissima ( Warr., MS.) ab. nov. is an extreme form, with the lines absolutely wanting, 
thus unicolourous excepting the cell-dots. Type a very perfect $ on the Tring Museum, from Bombay. 
39. Genus: Ehipitliecidia Hmps. 
An offshoot of Sterrha, most characters agreeing. Antenna of the G with short very slender pectinations, 
which are surmounted with fascicles of very long cilia. Hindtibia of the G slender, spurless, the tarsus extra¬ 
ordinarily long. Hindwing with the cliscocellulars more or less markedly biangulate — a character so rare in 
the Sterrhinae that it alone would have justified the genus but that S. swinhoei (an obvious Sterrha) also shows 
it. Wings elongate (especially in the $), of a peculiar texture, tough but not robust. Only'one species known. 
E. variegata Hmps. (23 k). Variable, some specimens considerably infuscated and with the markings 
very weak. In any case easily known by the structural characters. Perhaps confined to the Nilgiris. 
40. Genus: DiycaaggidJa Hmvs. 
(See Vol. 16, p. 81.) 
Palpus minute. Tongue vestigial. Antennal pectinations of the G long. Hindtibia in both sexes with 
terminal spurs. Wings still more elongate than in Eupithecidia-, areole double; costal vein of hind - 
wing anastomosing to beyond middle of cell. Only one species, which inhabits arid 
localities in Central India, E. Africa, the Transvaal and the Kalahari. For some unexplained reason, nearly 
all the known examples are $$; the type 3 has only 1 hindtibia! spur (so on both legs) and it will be interesting 
to learn whether this is constant for the sex. 
L. albatus Swinh. (Vol. 16, pi. 7 m). Also unmistakable, by the structural characters; wings pale and 
almost unmarked; abdomen with a pale mediodorsal line. Described from Poona, known also from Karachi, 
but its head-quarters seem to be in Africa. 
41. Genus: )5f«ti«sterrlia Prout. 
This genus w'as erected for a rare Australian species ( rhodocosma Lower) which does not fit well into 
any other known genus and it was suggested that 3 other little-known species, also Australian, might well belong 
to it. Face rounded, protuberant, smooth-scaled. Antenna of G with fascicles of long cilia. Hindtibia of the 
G (and probably of the $) with terminal spurs only. Forewing with costa rather strongly shouldered at base, 
otherwise very straight, termen rather short, nearly straight ; cell long (nearly 3 / 5 ); areole simple, ample. Hind¬ 
wing with costal margin elongate, cell at least V>; 2 nd subcostal very shortly stalked. Distinct from Sterrha in 
the face, the wing-shape and texture (which is more like that of Rhodometra), the very short stalking of the 
2nd subcostal, etc. 
N. (?) interalbulata Warr. (23 k). Only the $ known; this has 2 spurs on the hindtibia. Very distinct 
in the white hindwing and the white bands of the forewing. The unique type is from Condon, X. W. Australia. 
N. triglypta Lower, only known to me from the description, was described as a Dichromodes but trans¬ 
ferred to Sterrha-, probably related to interalbulata, though much larger (unless “28 mm" is a misprint). Fore¬ 
wing elongate, triangular, costa nearly straight, termen oblique; brownish-ochreous, a thick erect black ante- 
median from y 3 hindmargin, hardly reaching costa, postmedian at %, moderately thick, black, irregularly 
waved, with a sinuation outward in the middle, edged distally with clear white, proximally with dull ferru¬ 
ginous; a clear white subterminal at 5 / 6 , before the middle strongly sinuate inward and thickened, a dark 
proximal-subterminal shade throughout; termen with fine white dots. Hindwing whitish, with faint cell-dot 
and 2 pale fuscous lines beyond (at % and %). Dundas, West Australia, 1 (? $) in November. 
N. aglaodesma Lower, also placed in Sterrha by Turner, may also belong here, as the hindwing is whitish, 
with only one line (from tornus to near apex). The type is a G from Eucla, West Australia, the size not given, 
nor the venation of the hindwing. The forewing is more ochreous, with 5 or 6 dark lines, a distinct white one 
(obviously the subterminal) accompanied proximally by a dentate. 
N. rhodocosma Lower (23 k). Bright rose-colour, with the forewing beneath paler and much duller, the 
abdomen and hindwing whitish; when fresh, with a “magnificent lustre”; markings of forewing a little darker 
than the ground-colour; 2 faint dusky lines sometimes visible on the hindwing. S. Australia: Torrens Island 
and Semaphore, beaten from Salicornia arbuscula. 
