COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA 165 



Crocanthes crypsichola, sp. n. (Dint.) 



Antennae 1+, whitish ochreous, basal joint fiiscescent. Palpi piirpUsh fuscous; the 

 terminal joint and the lower edge of the median whitish ochreous on their inner side. 

 Head purphsh fuscous, ochraceous on the face and in a narrow hne above the eyes. 

 Thorax purphsh fuscous. Forewmgs shining, purphsh fuscous, with a narrow, outwardly 

 obhque. pale primrose-yeUow fascia crossing the wing from the middle of the costa 

 almost to the dorsum, and with a small triangidar costal spot of the same colour before 

 the apex ; ciUa shining, purplish fuscous, with a yellowish hne along their base, and 

 traces of an obscure pale line running through them. Exp. al. 20 mm. Hindwings 

 and ciha fuscous, the latter with a yeUowish line along their base. Abdomen fuscous, 

 the somites narrowly edged with yellowish above, anal tuft-yellowish ; with an ochrace- 

 ous patch on the under side. Legs purphsh fuscous, tarsi and spurs whitish ochreous ; 

 hind tibiae whitish ochreous at the end. 



Type 3 (350414) B.M. 



Hab. — Wataikwa River, August 1910. Unique. 



Closely aUied to fallax Drnt., but the ciha are not outwardly pale yellow, as in that 

 species. 



Lecithoceba HS. 

 Lecithocera deloma, sp. n. (Dint.) 



Antennae 1+ ; whitish ochreous. Palpi whitish ochreous ; the median joint leaden 

 grey on its outer side. Head whitish ochreous. Thorax leaden grey, anteriorly whitish 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, teriiien shghtly sinuate ; 2-3 

 stalked, 9 out of stalk of 7-8, 7 to termen ; leaden grey, with a narrow whitish ochreous 

 costal stripe from base to apex ; ciha leaden grey, whitish ochreous along the costa. 

 Exp. al. 15 mm. Hindwings and ciha cinereous. Legs leaden grey. 



Type ? (350416) B.M. 



Hab. — Mimika River, July 1910. Uuicpie. 



Lecithocera strigosa, sp. n. (Drnt.). 

 Antennae 1+ ; whitish ochreous. Palpi whitish ochreous, the niecUan joint with a 

 shght indication of darker shading on the outer side. Head and Thorax whitish ochreous, 

 the latter fuscous in the middle above, and on the pectus. Forewings elongate, costa 

 shghtly arched toward the base, termen obhque, scarcely sinuate ; 2-3 staUced, 9 out 

 of staUv of 7-8, 7 to termen ; whitish ochreous, with an oblique fuscous-black streak, 

 commencing on the radius near its base and extending thence along the fold to the 

 dorsum, but becoming linear from the end of the cell ; a rather large and conspicuous 

 fuscous-black discal spot, followed by sparse fuscous suffusion extending to the termen 

 which is narrowly dark fuscous-black, mth three shght inward projections ; cilia 



