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excavation between SC° and R', pointed at R', then rather strongly oblique ; 

 SC arising from apex of areole ; whitish fawn-colour, rather more drab proxim- 

 ally ; antemedian line browTiish, sinuous, oblique inward posteriorly, weakly 

 indicated except as a spot at about two-fifths costa ; a minute black cell-dot ; 

 postmedian line fine, sinuous, black at costa, otherwise feeble, closely followed 

 distally by a narrow, curved, dark subterminal band, from costa about 2 mm. 

 before apex to hindmargin at tornus ; a fawn-coloured shade between this and 



termen. Hindwing with termen excavated between the radials and more 



slightly near tornus ; similar to forewing, the cell-dot less minute. 



Underside (except ochreous costal margin of forewing) smoky as far as 

 the subtenninal band, cream-buff distally, terminal line ochreous. 



Kumusi River, N.E. British New Guinea, low elevation, August — September 

 1907 (A. 8. Meek). Type in coll. Tring Museum. 



47. Ptochophyle geranium spec. nov. 



?, 20 mm. Face rose-red, with lower extremity white. Palpus with second 

 joint reaching almost to frons, third joint moderate, slender; whitish, the first 

 and second joints mostly rosy on outer side and above. Vertex and antenna 

 creamy white ; occiput rose-red. Thorax and abdomen above geranium pink, 

 becoming pale and mixed with cream-buff towards anus ; anal extremity and 

 underside pale cream-buff. 



Forewing moderately broad, apex pointed, termen almost inappreciably 

 sinuate inward anteriorly, not noticeably bent at R' ; all the subcostals stalked 

 from apex of areole, SC arising much before SC, M' separate ; peach-blossom 

 pink, irrorated with geranium pink, middle of wing in places shghtly tinged with 

 buff ; lines very indistinct, geranium pink ; antemedian fine, before one-third, 

 very slightly curved ; median diffuse, near postmedian ; postmedian beyond 

 two-thirds, very gently excurved in anterior part, gently incurved posteriorly ; 

 faint indications of a rather large cell-spot ; fringe pink at extreme base, pale 



buff distally. Hindwing with termen full but not angled, not crenulate ; 



SC and M' scarcely stalked ; as forewing. 



Underside unicolorous pink. 



Near Oetakwa River, Snow Mountains, Dutch New Guinea, up to 3,500 ft., 

 October — December 1910 (A. S. Meek). 2 ?? in coll. Tring Museum. 



48. Chrysocraspeda pulverimargo spec, nov. 



cJ, 22 mm. Face and palpus pale, mixed with Uver-brown. Crown liver- 

 brown mixed with dark olive-grey, narrowly whitish in front ; antennal shaft 

 liver-brown above. Thorax and abdomen above mixed liver-brown and oHve- 

 grey, beneath pale cream-buff. Legs pale cream-buff, the anterior pair marked 

 with purplish on upper and inner sides. 



Foreiving broad, apex not acute, termen very slightly waved, curved, 

 scarcely bent at R^ ; dull liver-brown, mixed with grey ; a narrow costal edge 

 and an ill-defined excurved band (anteriorly at least 1 mm. wide, posteriorly 

 attenuated) from about two-thirds costa to tornus more purple ; proximally 

 to this band an equally ill-defined one of blackish grey ; distally to it a yellow 

 area strongly irrorated with purplish dots and minute strigulae ; a minute 

 blackish cell-dot ; fringe jellow, with some purplish irroration. Hindwing 



