STERRHA. By L. B. Prout. 
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parallel with the costa; the median line of the hindwing generally continues the postmedian of the forewing, 
while in catunetaria the two postmedian lines meet. Although no palpable anatomical distinction from calune- 
taria has yet been detected, it is impossible to believe the two conspecific. Best known from Barcelona, the 
original locality; occurs also in some localities in the south of France. — valesiaria Piing. (Vol. 4, pi. 4 e) valesiaria. 
has already been satisfactorily figured and differentiated and it is only to be remarked again that the “ calu- 
netaria” with which it was compared is dorycniata and that the correct trinominai designation is dorycniata 
valesiaria. The specimen figured beside it is also a dorycniata, although it almost looks like a second 
d. valesiaria. 
S. obliquaria Trti. (= napoleon Prout). According to the genitalia, this species is nearly related to obliquaria. 
catunetaria; termen of forewing equally oblique, hindwing similarly prolonged costally, markings (notably the 
postmedian) more as in the seriata group, to which it was formerly assigned, napoleon Prout, as was already ex¬ 
pected, must be sunk as a synonym; no racial difference has yet been discovered between the Sardinian and 
the Corsican form. Recorded also from Sicily. The life-history has been worked out by Reisser. There are appar¬ 
ently two, or perhaps three, broods, though irregularly, and the larvae always show a preference for dry 
leaves. Larva variable; moderately elongate, in its adult stage tapered anteriorly (with Small head) and some¬ 
what thickened behind, in all its stages with very conspicuous lateral flange, which is brighter yellow in youth; 
dorsal area spotted with dark brown to a varying extent, ventral paler, more greyish. Pupa yellow-grey or 
brownish, sprinkled with dark dots. 
S. elongaria Rmb. (Vol. 4, pi. 4 f) is the type species of another group of forms which still require careful elongaria. 
elucidation. A further synonym of the type is, according to Lederer, confusaria Snell, (ex Mann, MS.), from 
Sicily. — ab. abundata Dannehl is large, more olive-yellowish, all the markings extremely strong, olive-brown, abundata. 
on the forewing amplified so as to suggest three pairs of lines, or three longitudinally divided bands. Type from 
the Sabine Mountains. Probably occasional in many localities; I have a similar (though not yellowish) $ from 
Haifa and have also seen such from Macedonia. — pecharia Stgr. This name should perhaps, on geographical pecharia. 
grounds, be restricted to the Hungarian race, which is relatively constant and evidently produces the most 
extreme melanic developments. — That from S. E. Russia (Sarepta, etc.), to judge from a few examples, is 
not quite so extremely darkened and may bear the provisional name of favillata (Zell., MS.) Prout, the type favillata. 
from Sarepta in the British Museum, from the Zeller collection. From Staudinger's reference, it seems prob¬ 
able that the forms from Asia Minor may be associated with this. — seituoensis Prout (= antitaurica Wehrli, seitunensis. 
nom. praeocc.). Larger, the wings above with a yellowish or oclireous tone, somewhat resembling Scapula 
ochroleucaria; lines sharper, the median well expressed, ochreous, the postmedian black, strengthened on the 
veins, running less obliquely towards the inner margin. Tarsus somewhat longer. If this latter distinction is 
constant, it should betaken a species, or at least an incipient species. Seitun (Antitaurus) and Bscharre 
(Lebanon). -— monadaria Guen. (7 a). Although Guenees type was exceptionally minute, there is still some monadaria. 
evidence that undersized and generally weaker-marked forms are prevalent in S.E. Asia Minor, but Lr. Wehrli 
(in lift.) inclines to think of a 2rd or 3rd generation rather than a geographical race. I have a A from 
Akbes, unfortunately without head and abdomen, equally minute and closely similar to the type, except that 
the median area is wider; but it has no indication of date of capture. 
S. substriata Trti. Closely similar in shape and in its creamy-white colour to elongaria, but smaller substriata. 
(length of a forewing 7or 8 mm). From the single topotvpe before me I can discover no structural differences, 
but it is slightly less long-winged, more glossy, the lines (especially the proximal ones) rather weak; underside 
of forewing strongly suffused. Barce (Merg), Cyrenaica, captured at the end of June and bred by Kruger from 
ova obtained. Turati notes the more proximally placed median shade, relatively broader subterminal shades 
and weaker (occasionally obsolete) fringe-dots as distinctive, but neither of these characters is impossible in 
elongaria. 
S. antennata Wehrli (6 e), founded on a A from Akbes which stood in the Oberthur collection among antennata. 
elongaria, differs especially from that species in its antenna and wing-form. Antenna stout, almost twice as thick 
as in elongaria, better comparable to that of attenuaria, joints thickened at the ends, ciliation short (scarcely 
]/ 2 diameter of shaft). Hindtibia with long tuft, tarsus abbreviated (about % or %). Forewing narrower than in 
elongaria, about as in attenuaria ; hinclwing without excision. Dirty light-grey with yellowish tinge and scat¬ 
tered brown (not black) scales; cell-dots strong, black; costal spots at the origin of the lines not sharp. Dif¬ 
fers from longaria, sublongaria and allongata in its smaller size, different course of the lines and much shorter 
antennal ciliation, from attenuaria and disjunctaria in the quite different leg-structure and wing-markings, 
from the seriata- group in shape, much shorter ciliation, shorter hindtarsus, etc. 
S. trisetata Prout (6 e). Superficially very like a minute biselata or invalids, though slightly narrow- trisetata. 
winged, the dark markings rather weak. Antennal ciliation of A rather long. Best known by the leg struc¬ 
ture of the A: midtibia with moderately strong fringe of long hair on upperside (subgenus Xenocentris 
Meyr.), hindtibia dilated, with light brown femorotibial pencil and long whitish distal tuft, which reaches to 
