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93. Craspedosis nigerrima spec. nov. 



Forewinq: deep velvety black; a narrow ublique white streak, at three-fifths 

 from base, from vein 6 to 3 ; fringe black. 



Hindiriiiq : with broad velvety black luargiual border, narrowly {)rodnced 

 along costal and inner margins to base, which is shortly black ; centre of wing 

 shining white. 



Underside like upper, bnt the wlnte markings larger, their edges diffuse ; the 

 streak of forewing broader, and running from subcostal vein to vein 2. 



Head, thora.x, abdomen and legs black ; front of forefemora grey. 



Expanse of wings : 38 mm. 



1 <?. 



The abdomen of this cJ is slender and elongate, as in Stenocharfa Warr., but 

 in other resjiects it agrees with Craspedosis, excejit that the fovea is absent. 



Distinguished from C. oralis Warr. by the wholly black abdomen and. absence 

 of fovea. 



Subfamily ASCOTINAE. 

 94. Alcis flaccida spec. nov. 



c?. Forewing: dull whitish, dnsted with fawn-colour ; the lines and markings 

 darker ; costa paler, with short fine striae and brownish spots at one-fourth and 

 before one-half ; first line at one-fourth, curved outwards above median, darker 

 marked on veins, preceded by a diffuse shade ; median shade irregularly dentate- 

 iunulate, ontcurved above and nearly touching outer line above inner margin ; outer 

 line from two-thirds of costa, vertical to vein 6 with slight dentations on veins 7 

 and 8, forming a deep outward sinus to vein 4, then oblique inwards to beyond middle 

 of inner margin, forming another larger outward sinus from vein 3 to submedian fold, 

 followed by a clondy shade ; snbmarginal line deutate-lunulate, pale, the lunules 

 tilled in with darker fawn-colour, except between veins 3 and 4; marginal dark spots 

 between veins ; fringe concolorous. 



Himhcing : without first line ; a slight ocelloid cell-spot between inner and 

 outer lines, otlierwise as in forewing. 



Underside pale stone-colour, with slight greyish submarginal shade in forewing. 



Face and palpi pale below, brownish above ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen like 

 wings ; second segment of aVjdomen brown with black edges. 



? with the lines black, the speckling fuscous, and the basal and marginal areas 

 dark fawn, underneath greyer ; the submarginal band complete and continued on 

 hindwing ; the cell-spots and outer line marked. The smaller and paler ? has 

 a broad smoky brown band crossing both wings above, between the inner and 

 median lines. 



Expanse of wings : cj, 44 mm. ; ? , 46 — o2 mm. 



1 (?,2 ? ?. 



Ovipositor of ? long, exserted. 



95. Alcis papuensis spec. nov. and ali. decolor nov., ab. maculata nov., 



and ab. ocellata nov. 



d. Forewing : pale ochreous, suffused and sometimes speckled with tawny and 



grey ; costa with fine short black striae ; base with a small tawny blotch ; first line 



at nearly one-third, black-brown, angled on subcostal, then curved to near base of 



inner margin preceded by a ditfnse tawny and grey shade ; outer line from nearly 



