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HIGENA; STAUROPUS. By M. Gaede. 
orbijer. 
lenebrosa. 
fcrrifusa. 
crer.ulaia. 
plumiycra. 
persimilis. 
alter mis. 
albescens. 
sikkimensis. 
berberisae. 
khasianus. 
albimacula'. 
mioides. 
basalis. 
melasto- 
matis. 
F. orbifer limps. (83 b). Originally described as “ Stauropus” . later on placed to this genus. Antennae 
of $ rather strongly pectinated. Vein of forewing from the base of the accessory cell, 10 somewhat more 
separated from veins 8 + 9. Forewing milky white. From the middle third of the costal margin a quadrangular 
blackish-brown spot extends, connected with a similar one between veins 2 and 4, at the distal margin extending 
almost to the apex. One greenish-brown spot each near the base, above the interior angle, and before the apex. 
Submarginal dots white. Hindwing red-brown. 9 45 mm. Sikkim, Sumatra. rotundata Mats, shows the 
lighter apical spot also distally surrounded by the dark ground-colour. Formosa. 
II. In the hindwing veins 6 + 7 on a long stalk. 
F. tenebrosa Wkr. (= canities Swh.). Fore wing grey, dusted with dark brown. Two curved interior 
lines, black with silvery scales. Traces of an exterior curved line, and a submarginal row of black streaks. 
Hindwing dark brown. 28 -30 mm. North Kanara. Scarcely a species of Fentonia. 
F. ferrifusa Dudg. Forewing grey and rusty red, especially a spot before the apex. Below the cell a 
black streak to a curved oblique line from the base of the costal margin to a faded black spot at the inner 
margin. Interior line represented by an indistinct red-brown triangle from the costal margin to the median vein. 
An exterior row of black spots. Behind it a reddish-brown undulated band, widened at the costal margin. 
Hindwing whitish. $ 27 mm. Sikkim. 
F. crenulata Mats., described as a Fentonia, looks much rather like a Hyperaeschra dentata. Formosa. 
46. Genus: Migciia Mats. 
H. plumigera Mats. As the figure only exhibits the contours of the wings but no marking whatever, 
we cannot say anything about this form. From Formosa. 
47. Genus: Stsuiropiis Germ. 
Palpi erect. Antennae of strongly pectinated as far as 4 / 5 of their length, in the $ plain. Forewing 
broad, vein 6 from the angle, 7 + 10 + 8 + 9 stalked. In the hindwing veins 6 + 7 on a moderately long 
stalk. Hind tibiae quite exceptionally with but one pair of spurs. For a long time the genus formed a large 
reservoir of various forms similar to the genera Sphinx and Agrotis. The subdividing will probably be continued 
yet. Type: fagi L. from Europe. — As to the genus itself cf. Vol. II, p. 289. 
St. jagi L. also occurs, according to Swinhoe, in the Philippines in the form persimilis Btlr. (Vol. II, 
pi. 44 li). It has already been described in Vol. II, p. 289, where it is stated to be smaller, whereas specimens 
of the Coll. Pungeler are rather larger than fagi. 
St. alternus Mkr. (= indicus Mr.) (83 b). Forewing brownish grey, more rarely with a slight green 
reflection. The interior white line is mostly rather indistinct, the exterior line strong, sharply notched. Before 
the margin dark spots. On both wings a white lunular line at the margin. In the $ the hindwing is dark brown. — 
$ albescens Mr. is uniformly grey, almost only the submarginal spots recognizable. 42—55 mm. India and 
Indo-China, Sunda Is., Philippines. 
St. sikkimensis Mr. (83 b) is very similar to alternus. Separated by slight or absent notches on the 
exterior line which extends more obliquely outward to the inner margin. Base of forewing grey, the interior 
edge of the median area and on the hindwing the costal margin somewhat greenish. -In berberisae Mr. the 
whole forewing is suffused with dark brown. — khasianus Rothsch. is uniformly lined with green on the forewing. 
45—60 mm. Sikkim. 
St. albimacula sp. n. (83 b). In size similar to persimilis. Thorax and forewing dark greenish. Interior 
line only distinct in one §, yellowish, from the subcostal vein strongly incurved to the median vein, then 
obliquely outward to the inner margin. One black streak each at the cross-vein and before it. The yellowish- 
white exterior line in front strongly notched, at vein 4 inwards and straight, obliquely outwards to the inner 
margin. Inside edged with dark and before it another light line and a dark line. Behind it black spots inside 
edged with bluish, the foremost being conspicuously white. Marginal area browner, especially in the + Hind¬ 
wing with a notched light median line. 55 70 mm. Sumatra, Borneo. Type in the British Museum. 
St. mioides Hmps. Similar to sikkimensis. Fore wing greyish-white, dusted with brown. A small dark 
spot below the base of vein 2 and another one at the lower cell-end on the fine indistinct exterior line. A sub- 
marginal row of dark dots, the dots below the costal margin and above vein 5 removed inwards. Hindwing 
dark red-brown, at the costal margin greenish white. <$ 42 mm. Assam. 
St. basalis Mr. (Vol. II, pi. 44 g). This species has also been described in Vol. II, p. 290. It occurs in 
Tonkin. According to Swinhoe also in the Philippines. 
St. melastomatis Fldr. (83 b, c). Forewing of the G a t the base as far as the notched interior line and in 
