36G 
PARALOPHA; ODONTODES. By M. Gaede. 
rubiginea. 
metamelcie- 
na. 
metamelae- 
noides. 
metamelae- 
nella. 
metamelae- 
nula. 
metamelae- 
nata. 
griseofusa. 
aleuca. 
albimacula. 
ferruginea. 
quadristri- 
gata. 
albidorsa. 
terminalis. 
fuscosuffusa. 
subfasciata. 
edemoides. 
unicoloured wings; large light blue spots may appear or also be absent, and along with them black speckles 
may entirely change the exterior of the lepidopteron. This has led to a profusion of names given to aberrations, 
and as we emphasized the same peculiarity for the African Stictoptermae in Yol. XV (p. 175), this variability 
can be regarded as one of the most conspicuous characters of this subfamily. 
Stictopterinae (Odontodinae). 
By M. Gaede. 
1. Genus: Paraloplia B.-Bak. 
Palpi thin, highly erected. Antennae of <$ ciliated. Thorax with a flat tuft behind. Abdomen with 4 
dorsal tufts. Hind tibiae with long hair. Neuration normal, only vein 5 of hindwing somewhat separated from 
vein 4. The genus contains but one species. 
P. rubiginea B.-Bak. Body and forewing greyish reddish brown. Interior line indistinctly red-brown, 
edged with ochre inside. Bluish grey in the cell-end and below it. A black streak at the cross-vein, chocolate 
brown behind it and above it. Exterior line indistinctly double, filled with yellow and edged with yellow outside, 
far excurvecl behind the cell. Submarginal line fine white. Hindwing yellowish white, broadly brown at the 
margin, quite narrowly brown at the anal angle. 32 mm. Described from 1 $; this only specimen known ori¬ 
ginates from New Guinea, where it was captured by Meek on the Owgarra. 
2. Genus: Ocloutodes Gn. 
Palpi as long as in Paraloplm. Tufts only on the 1st and 3rd segments of the abdomen. Tibiae with 
short hair. Type: aleuca Gn. The few sjjecies, as far as they are common, are just as variable as the following 
Stictoptera. All the species are Indo-Australian. 
0. metamelaena Hmps. (33 d). Thorax and forewing reddish brown, with a green hue over it. Interior 
line light, dentate, vertical, edged with dark on both sides. Median line dark, obliquely outward as far as into 
the submedian fold, then somewhat inward. Reniform macula'large, dark, distinct. Exterior line dentate like 
the interior one, excurved behind the cell, then straightly inward. Submarginal line pale, more indistinct. 
Hindwing blackish, with a slight blue gloss. In addition there are four more forms. — 1. metamelaenoides Strd. 
Forewing chocolate brown between the interior and median lines. — 2. metamelaenella Strd. Chocolate brown 
above the submedian fold and farther behind the exterior line as far as the apex. — 3. metamelaenula Strd. 
Black dusting before the interior line and at the distal margin except at the apex. — 4. metamelaenata Strd. 
The whole forewing dusted dark, paler only at the base, pale also at the middle of the costal margin and at the 
distal margin except at the apex. 44—50 mm. New Guinea. 
0. griseofusa Wilem. & West. Body dark red-brown. Forewing warmly blackish brown as far as the 
median band with a slightly greenish grey streak as far as % of the inner margin. Interior line undulate, blackish 
brown, edged with greyish yellow. Median line greyish yellow, oblique, inwardly bent at the lower edge of the 
cell, sharply outward to vein 1 and inward again. Reddisli yellow between the median and exterior lines, dusted 
with dark brown. Reniform macula edged with blackish brown. Exterior line blackish brown, double, dentate 
as far as vein 3 inward. Submarginal area blackish brown with a yellowish grey line. Hindwing silky blackish 
brown, more yellow at the base and inner margin. 50 mm. A few specimens from the Philippines. 
0. aleuca Gn. ( = bolinoides Wkr.) (33 e). Body and forewing red-brown, with a lilac grey hue on it. 
Interior line double, undulate, slightly excurved. The ring-macula close at the interior line. Reniform macula 
large, more distinct. Exterior line double, excurved at vein 5, vertical from vein 2. Submarginal line grey, a 
few dark spots before it. Hindwing reddish brown, somewhat darker at the margin. 35—40 mm. Common 
throughout India and Ceylon, also in Malacca, besides on the Congo. — 14 forms belong to this species. — 
1. albimacula Strd. (33 e). Forewing with a white spot between the ring-macula and the reniform macula. — 
2. ferruginea Wkr. (33 e). Inner margin of forewing greyer. This form was described from the Congo, but it 
flies also in Darjeeling. — 3. quadristrigata Wkr. has a greyer forewing, with a faded black band below the cell, 
behind the middle of the exterior line and before the submarginal line. — 4. albidorsa Strd. is an extreme quadri¬ 
strigata, the inner margin of the forewing is white as far as the exterior line, the space behind the submarginal 
line also white. — 5. terminalis Strd. The whole forewing is dark except at the costal margin. — 6. fuscosuffusa 
Strd. In the following form not only the marginal area but also the base is pale reddish brown. — 7. subfasciata 
Wkr. is like the 6th form, but the lines on the brown ground are whitish. — In the 8th form the marking of 
the 1st form and of quadristrigata are united, besides the costal margin is darkened. — In the 9th form the in¬ 
terior line is broadly dark brown. — 10. edemoides Wkr. has a narrow white stripe behind the interior line and 
dark spots before the submarginal line. — The 11th form shows the interior line edged with white on both sides, 
