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STENOSTYGIA; SCOTOSTENA; PROTARACHE. By W. Warren. 
prasinana. 
nigritula. 
lugens. 
pinodes. 
eulepidea. 
S. prasinana spec. nov. (24 n). Resembles punctistigma Hmps. in markings, but the whole wing is 
green; a diffuse whitish patch on costa above the reniform stigma and another at apex; a row of black ter¬ 
minal lunules tipped with pale. Kliasia Hills, Assam. 
72. Genus: Steiiostygia Bmps. 
Tongue well developed; frons with truncate prominence with raised edges, its lower edge produced 
to a beaklike point; a large corneous plate below it; palpi jrorrect, quite short and small; antennae of $ 
ciliated; thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled, without crests; fore tibiae shortened, with large curved claw 
at extremity on inner side; fore wing with an areole; hindwing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked. Type S. nigritula 
Hmps. 
S. nigritula Hmps. (24 n). $ Fore wing dark cupreous brown, mixed with grey; a slight black 
subbasal striga from costa; inner line black, denticulate, erect; orbicular stigma a AA'hite point defined by black; 
reniform white, constricted at middle, connected AAuth costa by a toothshaped whitish patch; a diffuse median 
line from below middle; outer line fine, black, bent outwards below costa, then denticulate, incurved beloAV 
vein 4; subterminal line defined by the whitish area beyond it, angled outAvards at veins 7, 4, 3, incurved 
on each fold; a row of black dots along termen; fringe white tinged with brown; hindAving cupreous brown, 
fringe whitish, Avith brown line near base; in the $ the head, thorax, and forewing are much more uniformly 
black brown; the orbicular stigma more prominent; the subterminal line defined only by slight Avhitish marks 
on the folds. Bombay and Ceylon. 
73. Genus: Scotostena Hmps. 
Tongue Avell-developed; frons Avith a rounded prominence Avith a slight raised rim and minute boss 
at middle, a curved corneous plate beloAV it; palpi quite short, obliquely upturned, smoothly scaled; antennae 
of (J ciliated; thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled, without crests; foreAving narrow; the areole present; hind¬ 
Aving Avith costal and subcostal anastomosing for half of cell. Type S. lugens Hmps. 
S. lugens Hmps. ForeAving fuscous broAvn tinged with grey; a slight blackish subbasal striga from costa; 
lines very obscure; the inner black, waved and rather oblique, inwardly edged with grey; orbicular stigma 
a white or whitish point, black-edged; reniform Avith brown centre and more or less complete white or whitish 
annulus, black-edged, constricted at middle; outer line black, outwardly defined by grey, strongly incurved beloAV 
vein 4; subterminal hardly traceable; a i’oav of black terminal points; fringe grey; hindAving reddish brown, 
the fringe whitish. Port Moresby, British NeAv Guinea; $$ only knoAvn. 
S. pinodes Trnr. (25 1). ForeAving ochreous brown with a grey tinge, the terminal half irrorated AA r ith 
blackish; subbasal black dots on costa and median vein; inner line double, the inner arm weak, the outer strong, 
black, oblique and sinuous; orbicular stigma an oblique black streak; reniform ochreous whitish, constricted 
at middle, defined at sides by black scales, its centre black; median shade red brown, curved; outer line 
black, defined externally by ochreous, bent outwards beloAv costa, strongly excurved to vein 4, then inbent 
to beloAV end of cell, and angled outwards on vein 1; subterminal line whitish, slight, defined inwardly by 
a black patch at costa and black spots beloAv; a roAV of black terminal lunules; fringe grey; hindwing grey 
suffused Avith redbrown. Occurs at ToAvnsville, Queensland and Port Darwin, N. Australia. 
74. Genus: Protaraclie Hmps. 
Differs from 8cotostena in the basal segment of dorsum bearing a small crest; in the tibiae being mod¬ 
erately fringed Avith hair instead of smooth; and in veins 7, 8 of hindAving anastomosing only at base. Type 
P. eulepidea Hmps. 
P. eulepidea Hmps. ForeAving whitish; the basal area irrorated with brown and with a feAV pink 
and black scales; inner line brown, slender, angled outwards on subcostal vein, then Avaved, preceded 
