Lcpidoptcra from the South Pacific. '211 



TINEINA. 



GELECHIAD^. 

 Crocanthes, n. g. 

 Head smooth ; ocelli absent or present ; tongue well developed. 

 Antennis as long as fore wings or longer, in male serrate, simple, 

 basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, smooth, 

 recurved, second joint slender or somewhat thickened, terminal 

 joint as long as second, acute. Maxillary palpi short, appressed to 

 tongue. Abdomen in male with anal valves strong, uncus rather 

 short, slender, curved. Posterior tibiae clothed with rough hairs 

 above. Fore wings with vein 1 furcate at base, lower fork partially 

 obsolete, 2 and 3 stalked from angle, 5 absent, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 

 costa, 9 separate, or rarely out of stalk of 7 and 8, 10 absent. 

 Hind wings as broad as fore wings, trapezoidal, apex round-pointed, 

 hind margin somewhat sinuate, cilia one -half to one ; B and 4 

 stallved, 5 absent, transverse vein extremely faint or absent, G and 

 7 stalked. 



Well characterised by the peculiar neuration and long 

 antennae ; besides the two following species I have three 

 others undescribed from Eastern Australia, all belonging 

 to the first section. Vein 9 of fore wings is separate 

 except in one undescribed species. 



Sect. A. Ocelli absent ; antennae conspicuously longer 

 than fore wings. 



149. Crocanthes prasinopis, n. s. 



(J , $ , 12 — 15 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax whitish 

 yellow ; shoulders narrowly brownish ochreous ; eyes brilliant 

 green when alive. Abdomen and legs yellow-whitish. Fore wings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, 

 hind margin sinuate, rather strongly oblique ; hght yellow ; 

 markings brownish ochreous, sometimes irrorated with fuscous ; a 

 suffused streak along costa from base to before middle ; a broad 

 fascia beyond middle, nearly parallel to hind margin, anteriorly 

 edged with blackish, posterior edge marked with a small blackish 

 spot in disc, and connected on costa and more indistinctly on inner 

 margin with a rather suffused fascia along hind margin ; cilia 

 whitish yellow, basal third light ochreous, bounded by a strong 

 blackish line, towards apex and anal angle wholly whitish ochreous. 

 Hind wings pale whitish ochreous, posteriorly sometimes fuscous- 

 tinged, extreme apex fuscous ; a small fuscous or dark fuscous 



