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STICTOPTERA. By M. Gaede. 
reniform macula, then vertical. Traces of a whitish submarginal line, with a whitish spot at the anal angle. 
Hindwing as in olivascens. 32 mm. 1 q from New Guinea. 
3. Forewing broader, triangular. A vast number of species be¬ 
long to this group. 
trajiciens. S. trajiciens Wkr. (33 h). Porewing reddish brown, more lilac grey in front. The black interior line very 
long dentate, extending almost to the strong vertical black median line. The latter traverses a black-edged 
reniform spot, a light spot behind it. Exterior line double, finely notched, meeting the median line at the inner 
margin. Submarginal line whitish, strongly notched and very indistinct. Hindwing normal. 30—35 mm. India, 
Ceylon, Malacca, Sunda I., New Guinea. 
signifera. S. signifera Wkr. (= ferromixta Wkr., transversa iSn.) (33 h). Forewing red-brown and lilac grey. Interior 
line hardly discernible, double, undulate, extra-angular above the inner margin almost to the median line. 
Ring-macula indicated outside by yellow and black scales. Reniform macula edged with black, with black scales in 
the middle. Median line black, very oblique, strong. Exterior line double, slightly S-shaped. Submarginal line 
undulate, indistinct, grey, edged with dark on both sides at the costal margin. Hindwing normal. Forewing of 
flavobasalis. red-brown as far as the median line, the margin greyer. 30—40 mm. Malacca, Sunda Is., Amboina. — flavo- 
basalis Strd. shows a large yellowish spot in the basal half of the forewing, extending to the median line. — 
nigrilinea. nigrilinea Wkr. has a black streak at the lower edge of the cell. — In humeralis Wkr. only the costal margin is 
humeralis. y e q ow a t the base. — Another form resembles flavobasalis, but the thorax is also yellow. This form can also 
unipuncta. be united yet with nigrilinea. — unipuncta exhibits an oblong black spot at the base of the submedian fold. The 
median line is thick and black. The area from it to the exterior line is reddish yellow, the latter line is filled 
with green. 
hampsoni. S. hampsoni E. Prout was placed to signifera by Hampson. It is recognized as a distinct species with 7 
other forms. Forewing of $ whitish ochreous, partly with a lilac grey hue on it. Median line distinctly excurved in 
the submedian fold. The black coniform macula distinct. Forewing slightly broader than in signifera, hindwing 
narrower. Forewing of $ broader than that of lilac grey as far as the median line, dark violet also close 
before it. — According to Hampson, signifera ab. 7 (— hampsoni E. Prout) from Amboina is dark brown in the 
nigribasis. basal half of the forewing, with a grey hue over it. In nigribasis E. Prout the base of the forewing is blacker. — 
nigripuncta. nigripuncla E. Prout, has a large round black spot in the submedian fold. - bifurca E. Prout has a forked black 
bifurca. q nc j n the cell. The base of the wing is lilac grey, only a Spot below the costal margin is brownish ochreous. — 
ochrifascia. In ochrifascia E. Prout, the basal half is whitish ochreous except at the costal and inner margins. Some lilac 
nigristigma. dusting at the median line. — nigristigma E. Prout is a combination of ochrifascia and nigripuncta. — In albi- 
albifascia. fascia E. Prout there is a large oval bluish white spot in the basal area below the costal margin, the rest of the 
timesioides. basal area being violettish grey. — timesioides E. Prout recalls timesia Swh. Forewing tinged with bluish black. 
About 80 specimens of the species and its forms were brought from Sumatra. — According to the original figure, 
hampsoni is almost more like subobliqua than like signifera. 
parva. S. parva E. Prout. Forewing chocolate brown, white at the costal margin at the base, like a spot at 
the anal angle. Slightly dusted bluish below the costal margin, also at the exterior line and at the middle of 
the distal margin. Interior line indistinct, double, extra-angular in the submedian fold and at vein 1 almost as 
far as the centre of the wing. Coniform macula apically margined with black. Ring-macula round, dark brown, 
edged with black. Reniform macula narrow, oblique. Median line extra-angular and thickened in the submedian 
fold, then inward. Exterior line double, undulate, shortly excurved at vein 5, vertical at the inner margin. 
Submarginal line pale, undulate. Hindwing normal. The $ has more yellow spots at the base and anal angle. 
albifascia. — albifascia $ E. Prout, has the two light spots somewhat darkened, but there is a large pinkish white triangle 
signiferoides. in the middle of the inner margin as far as the cell. — Another signiferoides E. Prout, shows the base red-brown 
as far as the median line, but a broad pale spot is at y 3 of the costal margin. The lower edge of the cell is 
broadly black. 30—36 mm. All the forms from Sumatra. 
hemiphaea. S. hemiphaea Wilem. & West. Body greyish yellow. Forewing chocolate brown in the basal half, darker 
outside. A blackish brown spot at the inner margin at the base, behind it a dark brown streak to the anal angle. 
The border-line of the basal area introangular in the submedian fold, then undulate to the anal angle. Distal 
half greyish clay-coloured, chocolate brown at the cell-end and behind it. Ring-macula finely edged, reniform 
macula more distinct, edged with black. Exterior line undulate, greyish clay-coloured, edged with dark, ex¬ 
curved as far as vein 3. Submarginal line jmle, edged with dark on both sides. Hindwing normal. 40 mm. 
1 $ from the Philippines. 
poiensis. S. poiensis E. Prout, is also somewhat like signifera (33 h). Forewing lilac. Interior half darker. Interior 
line very strongly excurved in the middle, 2 or 3 lines behind it. A broad black spot represents the coniform 
macula. An oblique blue streak between the exterior and submarginal lines from vein 9 to vein 5. Exterior 
line and a dark subapical diffuse spot as in signifera. Separated from signifera by the flatter costal margin of 
the fore wing and the more oblique distal margin, subobliqua is larger, the forewing broader, the margin of the 
hindwing similarly shaped. 36 mm. Borneo, Singapore. 
