STERRHA. By L. B. Prout. 
early stages given in 1909 by Chretien under fathmaria rested on a misindentification (see Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 
Vol. 85, p. 394) and our abstract thereof must be transferred here. Turati’s sinking to Limeria macraria is 
likewise a misidentification; shape and structural characters are very different; he records an example from 
Barca, Cyrenaica, in March. —- ab. nuniidica Trti., from the same locality in December, likewise a single spe¬ 
cimen, is larger, fuscescent, with the lines obsolete or nearly so. I have seen a $ from Guelt-es-Stel very 
similar to bis figure. 
S. attenuaria Rmb. To the distribution given (Vol. 4, p. 97) are to be added Spain and the south of 
France. 
S. moniliata Schiff. A synonym which was omitted from Vol. 4 is pluripunctata Scharfenb. Variation 
negligible; specimens before me from N. Persia show no appreciable difference from the Spanish and French. 
S. typicata Guen. (= asellaria auct., nec H.-Sch.) (G h). On the transference of Herrich-Schaeffer's 
long-misapplied name, see Glossotrophia. We are thus left with typicata as the probable name for the asellaria of 
Vol. 4. Unfortunately, hoAvever, Guenee's type (here figured) is a rare aberration, of which I have only 
seen two or three examples, exclusively from Digne, with the postmedian line more proximally placed and the 
median shade almost or altogether obsolete. Oberthur and Culot have stoutly maintained that this is a se¬ 
parate species, but there seems no evidence for this view. -— Perhaps the more strongly marked French speci¬ 
mens may be called ab. ruminata Mill. ■ —- ab. ciliipunctata Wehrli, from Rovio, Tessin, has all 3 lines distinct, 
the postmedian strong, but lacks the subterminal markings and even the terminal dashes, but has developed 
strong black dots on the fringes, so as superficially td resemble consolidata. — desertata Dan- 
nehl is the antithesis of ruminata, white with a slight tinge of yellow-grey, the markings weak (recalling de- 
pressaria). Variable in size and in the density of the irroration. General in Central Italy, up to 1800 m. — dy- 
raria Zerny (6 h) from Tachdirt and its vicinity, 2300—-3100 m (Moroccan Great Atlas,) is larger, the forewing 
reaching in the a length of 11,5 mm, with both wings relatively elongate. Very glossy, generally even darker 
than hornigaria, but with a yellowish or ochre-reddish tone; lines broad, especially the subterminal. Founded 
on a good series collected in July. Structure quite typical. — The present species and several which follow 
have been moved to a position in section Sterrha. For reynaldiata, see under alyssumata. 
S. ludovicaria Culot (5 It). Variable in details, the stalking of the 2nd subcostal of the hindwing always 
long. Hindtibia of the with 2 strong spurs, tarsus longer than tibia. The more ochreous tone, proximal position 
of median shade, etc., remove it widely from typicata. Distributed in Algeria, the type 2 from Geryville. 
S. unicalcarata Prout (5 h). Very similar to the preceding, but smaller, the tongue apparently longer, 
the C hindtibia with a single, long terminal spur. Ground-colour more rufous, markings generally weaker, 
frenulum of $ black or blackish (in ludovicaria light ochreous brown). Forewing with median line crossing, or 
bent outward just distally to, the cell-dot, posteriorly in general rather strongly curved inward; subterminal 
line weak. Hindwing with similar distinctions. Algeria, the type series from Bou Saada; also known from Morocco. 
S. mesodela Prout (5 h). Somewhat resembles sabulosa Prout and a few other obscurely marked Palae- 
arctic Sterrha, but is readily distinguishable by the presence of a pair of spurs on the hindtibia and by the 
strongly developed, though slightly irregular median line, which on the forewing turns slightly baseward at 
costa and curves inward at the fold; on the hindwing both this and the postmedian are more sinuous. Kashmir: 
Srinagar, etc. 
S. nigrolineata Chret. (7 b). Since the publication of Vol. 4, I have seen this easily recognized species from 
Sebdou, Oran. The <$ hindtibia has 2 spurs and the correct position in the genus is approximately that to 
which we now assign it. 
S. completa Stgr. (5 h). As the supposed “intermedia ’ from Gafsa and other N. African localities prove 
to have been really completa, the comparisons made in Vol. 4, p. 131, are in part invalidated. Wehrli has re¬ 
cently published a careful differentiation and considers the distinctions to be of specific value. In completa the 
face and palpus are brown or red-brown, with vertex not or very little paler; in intermedia black or blackish 
with vertex pale; similar distinctions apply to the dark parts of the wings, which moreover in intermedia do not 
reach the cell-dot of the forewing and are straighter-edged; in completa the cell-dot itself is finer, placed within 
the dark area or on its boundary-line, while the fringe-dots are always well developed (in intermedia smaller, 
sometimes wanting). A North African series of over 100 shows considerable variability in the basal area, other¬ 
wise Wehrli's differentiation almost always holds; a few specimens have the vertex considerably paler than 
the face and one narrow-banded (Birtraria, ex coll. Holl) has the black cell-dot well outside the median line, 
but this is in any case very exceptional. 
S. intermedia Stgr. (5 h). I believe Cyprus is to be added to the range; a small but unfortunately much 
damaged $ from the Stourovoum Mountains seems clearly referable here. 
a mnidica. 
attenuaria. 
moniliata. 
typicata. 
ruminata. 
ciliipunc¬ 
tata. 
desertata. 
dyraria. 
ludovicaria. 
unicalca¬ 
rata. 
mesodela. 
nigroline¬ 
ata. 
completa. 
intermedia. 
