diluta. 
viridescens. 
grisealus. 
intuscata 
subgeneris. 
formosanus. 
viridipicia. 
melano- 
gramma . 
bella. 
rufescens. 
(328 NETRIA; KIKUCHIANA; DESMEOCRAERA. By M. Gaede. 
St. diluta limps. Antennae as in inclusa. Forewing grey, dusted with dark brown. Traces of a double 
undulated interior line. A fine white dot at the upper cell-end. Exterior line rusty brown, finely dentate, behind 
the cell and below vein 4 strongly incurved. Submarginal line pale, indistinct, edged with brown, incurved 
between veins 7 and 4, behind it brown streaks. 40—55 mm. Assam, Khasia Hills, West China. - Larva at 
both ends more slender, light green, laterally with a fine red line and a white stripe. On Ilex exsalca. — The 
descriptions of the larvae already show that the two last species are no Stauroptis and belong to two different genera. 
48. Genus: ]\ T etrm Wh\ 
Antennae of 8 and $ strongly pectinated almost to the tips. Hindtibiae with 2 pairs of spurs. 
N. viridescens Wile. (83 d). Dark greyish-green. Subbasal, interior, and exterior lines black, double, 
undulated. Reniform macula light, very fee Lie. Submarginal line distinct. $ very much larger. In the basal 
and median areas brown. - griseatus- 9 Hmps. is grey instead of green, the hindwing also lighter. 8 50—70 mm, 
£ 70—90 mm. Sikkim, Ceylon, Java. 
49. Genus: Mikucliiaiea Mats. 
Antennae of 8 similar to Desmeocraera. Palpi erect, long-haired. Thorax in front and in the middle 
with one conical hair-tuft each. Fore wing with a dent in the centre of the inner margin. Vein 5 from above 
the centre of the cross-vein, 6 below the cell-angle, 7 -j- 8 -f- 9 -4- 10 stalked. On the hindwing veins 6 + 7 on 
a short stalk. In both wings veins 3 and 4 separated. 
O. infuscata Mats. Forewing dark brown, the lines black. Subbasal line W-shaped. Interior line 
straight, obliquely outwards, then removed inwards. Exterior line double, undulated, behind it broad brownish. 
Submarginal line composed of brown spots. Hindwing dark grey, without markings. 8 40—42 mm. Formosa. 
50. Genus: Desmeocraera Wllgr. (Syntypistis Trnr., Quadricalcarifera Strd.) 
Palpi longer than in Stauropus. Antennae also in the 9 strongly pectinated as far as 4 / 5 of their length. 
Neuration as in Stauropus, but especially the hindwing broader, larger, the c;’oss-vein straight, obliquely out¬ 
wards. On the hind tibiae 2 pairs of spurs. Type: interpellatrix Wllgr. — The number of species described here 
is very large. Many names will probably prove to denote merely forms, since the variability seems to be rather 
great. Moreover, the examination of the genitals will cause many species to be subdivided. Owing to the 
marking being mostly very indistinct, as in the genus Cascera, the descriptions are of little value without 
coloured figures. The genus is also well represented in the Ethiopian Region; cf. Vol. XIV, p. 410. 
D. subgeneris Strd. (83 c). Forewing whitish-grey, in the type somewhat greenish. In excellently 
preserved specimens there is also a dark interior line visible, strongly incurved below the cell. Exterior line 
better visible, extra-angular at vein 4. Hindwing pale red-brown, at the costal margin whitish-grey. 38—46 mm. 
Formosa, Japan. 
D. formosanus Mats. Judging from the insufficient original figure the body and forewing is not to be 
seen. Hindwing brownish only in the anal half. 8 44 mm. Formosa. - This species and subgeneris are probably 
only grey forms of cyanea Leech which is much more greyish-green than in the figure Vol. II, pi. 45 a. 
D. viridipicta Wilem. Forewing greyish-brown, at the base more intensely dusted green, the rest feebler. 
At the cell-end a dark spot. Exterior line undulated, in the centre excurved. Hindwing dark brown, at the 
costal margin darker. 8 36—40 mm. Formosa. 
D. melanogramma J. <£• T. Forewing greyish-brown. Interior line double. Exterior line as in subgeneris, 
but more distinct, behind it at the costal and inner margins a dark patch. Besides a distinct submarginal line. 
Hindwing as in subgeneris. 8 45 mm. New Guinea (Wandammen Mts., 1200 m). 
D. bella B.-Balc. (83 e). Similar to a small lama Oberth. (Vol. II, p. 290). Forewing dark greyish-brown, 
at the base as far as the scarcely recognizable interior line greenish. The exterior row of spots blackish-brown. 
Fringe at the veins traversed by white. Hindwing whitish, at the costal margin dusted with green, distal margin 
broad brown. The forewing, however, may also be more intensely dusted with grey and darker, so that the 
exterior band becomes indistinct. At the cross-vein there is then a more distinct white spot. 35—42 mm. New 
Guinea (Ekeikei and Ninay Valley) 1200 m. 
D. rufescens Rotliscli. (83 e). The exterior edge of the row of spots of bella is rather distinctly preserved. 
From there almost to the base dark red-brown. The marginal area and the somewhat lighter basal area are 
