. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. STENAECHA.— NARASODES. 265 *5o4. Stenarcha steuopa. (Plate XXV. fig. 27.) Chiriphe stemim, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 732 (188G); Kirby, Cat. Hut. p. 348. c?. Head and palpi whitish ; antenna3 pale fuscous ; thorax fuscous, the metathorax whitish; abdomen grey ; legs whitish, tho 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
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. STENAECHA.— NARASODES. 265 *5o4. Stenarcha steuopa. (Plate XXV. fig. 27.) Chiriphe stemim, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 732 (188G); Kirby, Cat. Hut. p. 348. c?. Head and palpi whitish ; antenna3 pale fuscous ; thorax fuscous, the metathorax whitish; abdomen grey ; legs whitish, tho 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. Hah. W. Australia, Albany. Exp. 17 millim. Figured from a drawing in Coll. Meyrick. Genus NARASODES. Type. Narasodes, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 535 (1887) pmictana. Tampea, Snell. Tijd. v. Eut. xl. p. 226 (1897) litliodoid'ss. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi slender, porrect, and reaching well beyond the frons ; anteunaj ciliated, tibite with the sjiurs 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. Tospitis punctana, Wlk. xxviii. 431 (1863) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 536, pi. 211. f. 7 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 95 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 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 iy r~r-:::^- / brown, leaving the basal, costal, and yA apical areas pa
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