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costa sinuate in middle, posteriorly gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 hind margin rounded, oblique ; dark fuscous, with a slight purplish 

 gloss ; first line indistinct, somewhat paler, followed by a darker 

 shade, from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin ; a 

 quadrate somewhat darker spot in middle of disc, in J preceded 

 by a small roundish ochreous-white spot, and followed by a small 

 transverse ochreous-white spot, these in ^ indicated but almost 

 obsolete ; second line somewhat paler, in ? forming a small 

 ochreous-white spot on costa, preceded throughout by a darker 

 shade, running from three-fourths of costa towards anal angle, 

 sinuate above middle, below middle rectangularly bent inwards to 

 beneath second white discal spot, and again rectangularly bent to 

 inner margin at two-thirds ; ciHa rather dark fuscous, with a 

 darker line, in J tips ochreous-white on a small spot above anal 

 angle. Hind wings with colour, second line, and cilia as in fore 

 wings, but second line in $ more ochreous-whitish on lower third, 

 without costal spot ; an indistinct darker discal spot, followed 

 in ? by a very small ochreous-white spot touching angle of second 

 line. 



Two specimens (Sayer). 



Endocrossis, n. g. 



Forehead flat, oblique ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. An- 

 tennae five-sixths, in ^ shortly ciliated (f). Labial palpi moderate, 

 arched, ascending, second joint with dense projecting scales 

 beneath, terminal joint extremely short, thick, obtuse. Maxillary 

 palpi moderate, somewhat dilated terminally with loose scales. 

 Abdomen in <? with dense exsertible anal tuft. Middle femora 

 hairy beneath towards base ; posterior tibiae in ^ rather short, 

 considerably dilated, outer spurs half inner. Fore wings with 

 veins 8 and 9 stalked, 10 closely approximated, 11 very oblique. 

 Hind wings 1, in 3' beneath with a ridge above anal angle, whence 

 proceeds a broad overhanging tuft of hairs towards anal angle ; 

 veins 3, 4, 5 approximated at base, 7 oi;t of 6 near origin, anasto- 

 mosing with 8 to one-third. 



153. Endocrossis flavihasalis, Moore. 



Botyodes flavihasalis, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1867, 96 ; Feld., pi. cxxxv., 41. 



Port Moresby {Koivald) ; one specimen. 



