. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. STENAECHA.— NAEASODBS. 265 *o54. Stenarcha stenopa. (Plate XXV. fig. 27.) Chiriphe stenojM, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 732 (1886); Kirby, Cat. Hot. p. 348. d. Head and palpi whitish; antennse pale fuscous; thorax fuscous, the metathorax whitish; abdomen grey ; legs whitish, the fore and hind legs fuscous above. Fore wing fuscous, irregularly irrorated with white; ante- and postmedial irregular white bands edged with fuscous, the former indented on outer side below the cell, the latter with bidentate
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. STENAECHA.— NAEASODBS. 265 *o54. Stenarcha stenopa. (Plate XXV. fig. 27.) Chiriphe stenojM, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 732 (1886); Kirby, Cat. Hot. p. 348. d. Head and palpi whitish; antennse pale fuscous; thorax fuscous, the metathorax whitish; abdomen grey ; legs whitish, the fore and hind legs fuscous above. Fore wing fuscous, irregularly irrorated with white; ante- and postmedial irregular white bands edged with fuscous, the former indented on outer side below the cell, the latter with bidentate indentation on inner edge at middle and a bidentate projection below it; a whitish spot at apex almost conjoined to one below apex; cilia whitish, with fuscous spots at base. Hind wing pale brownish fuscous, tinged with ochreous towards base ; cilia whitish. Bab. W. Australia, Albany. Exj). 17 millim. Figured from a drawing in Coll. Meyrick. Genus NARASODES. ^ Narasodes, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 535 (1887) puncfana. Tampea, Snell. Tijd. v. Eut. xl. p. 22(3 (1897) lithodoidcs. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi slender, porrect, and reaching well beyond the frons ; anteunse ciliated, tibite with the spurs moderate. Fore wing short and broad, the costa arched ; vein 2 from middle of cell, curved at base ; 3 from close to angle ; 5 from well above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8 stalked; 9 absent; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from towards angle of cell; 5 from well above angle; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. Sect. I. {Narasodes). Hind wing with veins 3, 4 coincident. 555. Narasodes punctana, Tosp)itis punctana, Wlk. xxviii. 431 (1863); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 536, pi. 211. f. 7 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 95 ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 361. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous or ochreous white ; palpi and fore tibiae tinged with fuscous above. Fore wing pale ochreous, more or less suffused with rufous brown, leaving the basal, costal, and apical areas pale; some
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