STERRHA. By L. B. Prout. 
griseata. 
shimizuen- 
sis. 
infuscata. 
tenuirus- 
sata. 
hispanaria. 
belemiato. 
filicata. 
extincta. 
purificata. 
angeliata. 
somnam- 
bulct. 
autumna- 
1 i s’. 
robiginata. 
terminoli- 
neaia. 
inaudax. 
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near the end of the tarsus. Japan (loe. typ.), E. China and probably Formosa. The size, colour and markings 
separate it readily from effusaria and the $ hindtarsus is much less abbreviated. 
S. biselata Hufn. ab. griseata Preissecker. Both wings, especially densely in the proximal part as far 
as the median shade, dusted with grey, the normally dark-shaded subterminal and fringes remaining clear 
yellowish. Founded on a $ from Klosterneuburg. 
S. shimizuensis Matsumura. Antenna of very finely ciliated, hindtibia long, at its apex clavate, 
with long bushy fulvous hair, tarsus rudimentary. The wing-expanse is given as 20 mm and the lines of the 
forewing are said to be nearly as in sybillaria but with the postmedian much more oblique, arising at % costa; 
proximal subterminal shade narrower and more distinct than distal; fringe speckled with fuscous. South Sa- 
ghalien (loc. typ.), 30. July to 20. August, and Jozankei, near Sapporo, in early September. To judge from 
the figure, this might well prove to be a form of invalida. 
S. invalida ab. infuscata Sterneck has a strong subterminal dark shade reaching almost to the post¬ 
median line, the terminal dots sharply black. Omihsien and Pekin. 
S. trigeminata Haw. tenuirussata Zerny (6 c). Differs from name-typical trigeminata in the somewhat 
more smoky wings, slenderer and sharper postmedian line, larger costal spot at origin of median shade and 
reduced grey (rather than brown) subterminal maculation, on the hindwing only vestigial; fringe-dots very 
sharply expressed. Bscharre, northern Lebanon, perhaps in two broods, a July specimen being much smaller 
than those taken in June. Occurs also in the Amanus Mountains and on Cyprus. 
S. hispanaria Pung. (= hispunaria Pung.) (6 1). This species was named hispunaria (from the locality 
Sierra d'Espuha) in Pungeler's manuscript and was so published in the Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, 
Vol. 49, p. 302 and Seitz Vol. 4, p. 93 (September and December 1913) but unfortunately as “nomen nudum”; 
it is to be feared therefore that the misprint must be conserved as the oldest valid name. Further localities are 
the Sierra Nevada and Gibraltar. 
S. belemiata Mill. Besides the Iberian localities given in Vol. 4, this occurs in Oran (Sebdou, etc.) and 
in the vicinity of Algiers; the specimens before me were collected in July and early August. Apparently not 
variable. 
S. filicata Hbn. occurs also on Cyprus. Since the appearance of Vol. 4, when no named aberrations were 
known, a good deal of attention lias been given to its variation, which, however, is individual rather than 
geographical. — ab. extincta F. Wagn. “The dark line of the forewing entirely wanting”. It was subsequently 
shown by a figure and a supplementary description that “line” was a lapse for “band” (proximal), which is 
reduced to mere costal rudiments. A few obtained in breeding from the egg, Palermo district, subsequently from 
Dalmatia, etc. — ab. purificata DanneM. Proximal area almost normal; presubterminal band (which is retained 
in extincta) evanescent, represented only by slight traces costally. Described as occasional in Central Italy. 
■—- ab. angeliata V. Schultz is more extreme, the proximal .band weakened and much narrowed, the presubterm¬ 
inal obsolete. Founded on a specimen from Klausen, S. Tyrol. — ab. (gen. aest., pr. p.) somnambula Dan- 
nehl, frequent in the summer and autumn broods in the S. Tyrol, is small, notably darker, with the markings 
more diffused and broken. — gen. aut. Lutumn:. I s SchwingenscJmss was proposed for the 3rd brood in Dalmatia, 
etc., merely on account of its very small size, only about % that of normal specimens. Perhaps a super¬ 
fluous name; somnambula would have priority. 
S. robiginata Stgr. The record of this southern species for Belgium (Vol. 4, p. 132) Was — as indeed 
might have been expected — based on a misidentification. Derenne has seen the supposed specimens and 
found them to be serpentata. 
S. lululentaria Stgr. terminolineata Rothsch. (6 e), founded on a single $ of doubtful status, is inter¬ 
mediate in appearance between lululentaria and fuscovenosa , a good deal like a yellowish form of the latter, 
particularly in the presence of terminal marks between the veins. Ketama, Spanish Morocco, 1500 m, in July. 
A second $ from Izilan and 2 <$<§ from A'Faska, Riff Mountains (Reisser). 
S. inaudax Prout. Probably nearest to delicatula and dilutaria, but slightly narrower winged, the costa 
of the forewing straighten Antennal joints somewhat projecting, the cilia grouped in slender fascicles, little 
longer than diameter of shaft. Forewing with cell-dot and minute fringe-dots, as in delicatula , lines weaker, post¬ 
median straighter, minutely dotted on the veins. Hindwing shaped somewhat as in delicatula, marked nearly 
as in dilutaria. Underside with the markings more or less completely reproduced. Described from Kumaon, 
known also from Dalhousie. 
decidua. S. decidua Warr. (6 h). We give a figure of one of the best-conditioned specimens (a $) from the 
topotvpical series of 4 $<$ and 4 in the Tring Museum, collected at Sabathu, N. W. India, in 1889. From 
