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162. Craspedosis ovalis sp. nov. 



],ike G. semlplaga Warr., but in the forewings, instead of the narrow sinuous 

 white fascia, is an oblique oval white blotch. Hindwings with the base black; the 

 inner margin narrowly, Hie hinduiargin very broadly, black. Abdomen with first 

 three segments orange above ; head wholly black. 



Expanse of wings : 42 mm. 



Two (?(? from Humboldt Kay, New (iuinea, October 1892 (W. Doherty). 



ifio. Craspedosis schistacina sp. nov. 



Fm-eimiKjs : black, with a bluish slate-coloured streak from base to middle of 

 cell ; an oblique oval white blotch from near middle of costa towards anal angle, its 

 edges marked with pale slate-colour ; a similar-coloured subniarginal line from anal 

 angle diverging from hindmargin and ending diffusely at \em G. 



Hindtvinr/s : with base narrowly black, edged with slate-colour ; a broad black 

 mai-ginal border, with a bluish slate-coloured distinct line through the middle ; central 

 area white, with its edges slate-colour. 



Underside witliout the submarginal lines. Jlead, thorax, and first two segments 

 of abdomen blackish varied with slate-colom ; last five segments of abdomen yellow. 



Expan.se of wings : 52 mm. 



One c? from Simbang, near Finschhafen, (_ierman New Guinea. 



Extremely close to ('. aruensis Pagenst., but with the white blotch straight, not 

 rounded, above. 



1G4. Craspedosis semilugens s[). nov. 



Forewings: dark smoky slate-colour; a curved slightly paler sl.ate-coloured 

 fascia close to base, with darker margins ; from centre of costa, but not quite touch- 

 ing it, a broad white fascia runs to inner margin before anal angle, its inner edge 

 quite straight, its outer slightly curved and waved. 



Hind-wings: bluish slate-colour, with a paler cur\ed line, inwardly dark- 

 margined, from three-fourths of costa to inner margin above anal angle; fringe 

 concolorous. 



Under.side of both wings paler, the markings as above. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen all pale slate-colour. 



Expanse of wings : 48 mm. 



Both sexes from Humboldt ]5ay. New (iuinea, October 1892 (W. Doherty). 



Stenocharta gen. nov. 



Forewiitgs : narrow, elongate ; co.sta straight, with a slight shoulder at base, and 

 cmved before apex ; hindmargin very obliquely curved. 



II indivings : narrow ; the apex slightly jiroduced ; hindmargin and inner margin 

 curving into each other. 



.Vlxlomen of J very long and slender; the anal tufts exaggerated. Palpi with 

 the second joint long and stout, suberect, the third short. Antennae of <J simple, 

 lamellate, thickened beyond middle and ending in a i)oint, as in Cystidia Hiib. 

 Hind tibiae thickened, with a pencil of hairs and four spurs. 



