Stangeia xerodes (A plume moth)

Head and thorax light ochreous, apex of patagia snow-white. Palpi ochreous, base white, terminal joint whitish, longitudinally strij)ed with black ; 2nd joint reaching middle of face, terminal joint nearly as long. Antennae whitish, annulated with grey, with a grey line above. Abdomen light ochreous, somewhat mixed with white, with a white longitudinal stripe on each side of back, externally bounded by a black line, anal tuft white ; apex in male with a small single projecting hair-pencil, valves large. Legs white, longitudiually striped with black. Fore wings cleft from before middle, segments linear ; light ochreous ; extreme costal edge slenderly blackish ; a white streak along inner margin from base to near cleft ; some white scales tending to form obscm'e bars on both segments about their middle and towards apex ; costal cilia blackish, spotted with white on base, with a white basal streak towards apex ; rest of cilia dark gi'ey, with a white bar at anal angle, and five small spots of black scales on lower margin of 2nd segment, first close before cleft, last sub-apical. Hind wings cleft firstly from before one-third, secondly from near base, segments linear ; dark fuscous ; cilia grey, 3rd segment with two or three black scales on inner margin beyond middle, and a fringe of long white hair-scales between this and base. The black scales in the dorsal cilia of the hind wings are very slight and inconspicuous, yet always perceptible ; the fore wings have obscure whitish markings, and are without any black dots.