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1 c? from Teonr I., Watoebela Islands, November 1899 (H. Ktihn). 

 The liind-tiliiae bave the tuft black iuterually in rrliitina, Warr., ami reddish in 

 nanata, Warr. ; the dark costa of forewings is also distinctive. 



12. Ptychopoda gracilipenuis sp. nov. 



Forewings : rufous ochreous, more rufous along the costa ; fringe ciMicolorous. 



Ilimlwinys : rather paler. 



Underside of forewings coarsel}' dusted with rufous, of hiudwings rufous only 

 along costa. Head, thorax, and abdomen rnfous ochreous ; face dark brown. 



Expanse of wings : 18 mm. 



1 (S from Beyrut, Syria. 



Forewings very narrow, the costa straight ; ajiex i)roduced ; hindmargin very 

 oblique, about as long as inner margin. Distinguished by the entire absence of 

 markings of any kind. 



Subfamily ASTHENINAE. 

 13. Cretheis cymatodes Meyr. Tr. E. S. 1886, p. 192. 



The species was described by Meyrick from a single ? from the New Hebrides. 

 He says the wings are crossed by about fourteen waved lines, and that the marginal 

 spots are both at the end of and between the veins. In seven examples from Mysol 

 (taken in January 1899 by H. Kuhn), only nine lines can be counted : two basal, 

 two antemedian, two postmedian, an exterior, and two submarginal : but on the 

 costa there are traces of other lines in the intervals. The marginal spots are at the 

 ends of the veins only. 



The antennae of the 6 are subserrate, pubescent, agreeing exactly with 

 Psilocambogia, Hmpsn., which name Cretheis will supersede. 



Forewings beneath dull rosy with the lines deeper ; hindwings yellow with the 

 lines reddish towards hindmargin only. 



14. Cretheis sanguilineata sp. nov. 



Forewings : yellow, crossed by waved orange-red lines ; two basal ; two ante- 

 median, followed by a clear yellow interval containing the rather large j)urplish-red 

 cell-spot ; three postmedian, these incurved in cell and on submedian fold ; an 

 exterior and two submarginal lines ; these lines are all oblique along costa and 

 purplish at the costal edge ; purplish red marginal spots at the ends of the veins ; 

 fringe yellow ; the two inner of the postmedian lines are sometimes partially 

 confluent ; tlie exterior line is more evidently dentate-luunlate, and thickened into 

 a slight blotch beyond cell. 



Hindwings : similar, without the two basal lines. 



Underside of forewings deep rosy, of hindwings yellow, with rosy lines. Face, 

 palpi, forelegs, and front of shoidders rosy ; thorax and abdomen yellow varied with 

 rosy scales ; fillet white. 



Expanse of wings : 6 17 mm., ? 18 mm. 



A pair from Mysol, January 1899 (H. Kiihn). 



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