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ETANNA; MICROTHRIPA; CRYPHIMAEA; GARELLA. By M. Gaede. 
atrifasciata. 
mackwoodi. 
moszkowskii. 
basalis. 
boeota. 
poliophas- 
ma. 
pi. 17 e); it is probably clue to this formation together with the extreme colouring that such genera were formerly 
not considered as Noctuids at all. 
Similar morphological curiosities are besides offered by the tibiae being often fringed like trousers, 
sometimes to be found on all the three pairs of legs, and the palpi which may frequently assume a subuliform 
shape by the extreme prolongation of the (2nd and) 3rd joint and which, together with the often tortricid-like 
bulging costa of the forewing and the very broad hindwing, may produce a micro-like impression. 
As to the distribution of the Sarrothripinae in general, we refer our readers to Vol. 15, p. 179, and 
Vol. 3, p. 289. 
1. Genus: XStaniia Wkr. 
The second palpal joint broad at the end, the third joint thin. The species have broad wings with 
quite an abnormal neuration. Forewing: veins 4 -f 5 on a short stalk, besides 10 -J- 7 -(- 8 -)- 9 stalked. Hind¬ 
wing: veins 3 + 5 and 6 + 7 on a short stalk. The $ is remarkable for an excision at the apex of the forewing. 
Type: basalis Wkr. All the species belong to the Indo-Australian Region. 
E. atrifasciata Hmps. (35 i). Body and forewing pale brownish ochreous. A black band extends from 
the inner margin near the base above the submedian fold as far as into the lower cell-end. An interior line 
obliquely outward recognizable above the inner margin. The fine dark exterior line is widely excurved behind 
the cell, vertical at the inner margin. Hindwing brownish white. $ 16—18 mm. Described from Ceylon, also 
in New Guinea. 
E. mackwoodi Hmps. Described as a species, but it may be the of atrifasciata. Forewing brownish 
ochreous, somewhat greenish, brownish at the base, except at the inner margin. Median line blackish, intro- 
angular to the costal margin, otherwise vertical, outward below vein 1, diffusely black behind it. Exterior 
line finely white, edged with black, widely excurved behind the cell, then inward. Faded greyish red behind 
it as far as below the apex. Hindwing brownish, pink at the costal margin. 16 mm. Described according to 
a single + Ceylon. 
E. moszkowskii Strd. (36 b) may belong to atrifasciata like mackwoodi. The numerous specimens vary 
somewhat. Most of them are rather darker before the median line than behind it. The dark lilac brown stripe 
mostly begins already behind the median line and is more concentrated in the anterior part. The main dif¬ 
ference is the exterior line being introangular at vein 2 and extra-angular at vein 1. An intense black spot 
outside the indentation, followed by a white dot. Hindwing as in mackwoodi. The $ has a white stripe from 
1 / 5 costal margin below this as far as the apex, and an olive brown stripe below it. Otherwise the forewing is 
more uniformly brown, but the shape of the exterior line and the two spots agree with moszkowskii. The second 
$ mentioned in the original description seems to me to belong to atrifasciata rather than the third. New Guinea. 
E. basalis Wkr. (35 k) may be a separate sjjecies. Forewing white from the base to the exterior line, 
the rest brownish ochreous. Exterior line shaped as in atrifasciata. Reddish brown behind its middle as far 
as the margin. Hindwing as in atrifasciata. 16 mm. 1 <$ each known from Burma and Borneo. 
2. Genus: Microthripa Hmps. 
Antennae of $ ciliated, palpi thin. Abdomen with a tiny basal tuft. Forewing: veins 4 and 5 not 
stalked, 6 below the upper cell-angle. Hindwing: vein 5 is absent, 6 and 7 are separated, vein 8 branches off 
from the centre of the cell. Only 1 species. 
M. boeota Trnr. Forewing greyish white and brownish. Median line double, black, excurved. A black 
dot at the cross-vein. The dark exterior and submarginal lines indistinct. Hindwing white, narrowly brownish 
at the margin. 14 mm. 1 $ known from Queensland. 
3. Genus: Cryphimaea Trnr. 
The second palpal joint broad, the third short. Abdomen with 3 short tufts. Forewing: veins 7 + 8 
stalked, 9 and 10 absent. Hindwing: vein 4 absent, 5 somewhat remote from 3, veins 6 + 7 stalked, 8 some¬ 
what less long fused with the cell. This genus likewise contains but 1 species. 
C. poliophasma Trnr. Costal margin of forewing rounded, the distal margin likewise rounded off. 
Pale grey, the marking dark brown. Interior line diffuse from % costal margin to V 3 inner margin. Exterior 
line from % costal margin, fine, undulate. Submarginal line dentate, interrupted. Hindwing pale grey. 1 $, 
20 mm, known from Queensland. 
4. Genus: Cwarella Wkr. 
Antennae of <$ plain. Metathorax with a small tuft and two on the abdomen. Neuration of forewing 
normal with an areole. Veins 3 + 5 of hindwing stalked. Beside the Indian species the genus contains also 
two African species. Type: rotundipennis Wkr. As to the latter cf. Vol. 15, pi. 17. 
