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6. Reddish -orange, suffused yellow around apex and termen, a large elongate- 
ovate fuscous patch along 3 / 4 of dorsum, convex posteriorly eclipticopa Meyrick 
N ot thus 7 
7. Dark brownish-fuscous or purplish-fuscous, a large transverse white patch or 
streak from dorsum not reaching costa, followed by a chestnut-brown, reddish- 
edged patch 8 
Not thus 9 
8. A broad, rounded, white patch; cilia in fore wing purplish -fuscous posterior 
2 / 3 opposite apex and middle of termen white 
albofimbriata Walsingham (Waigeu) 
A broad white fascia; cilia purplish-fuscous, possibly only tipped white opposite 
apex callopisma Walsingham 
9. Dark, with yellow markings, arranged marginal, sometimes an irregular marginal 
streak or band; if discal markings present then represented only by a single 
subdorsal spot, sometimes followed by a blackish-grey subplical dot 10 
Light, with dark markings also discal or transverse 16 
10. A wavy continuous marginal band from costa to tornus 11 
Marginal band interrupted in several marginal patches and streaks . . 12 
11. An elongate-oval light yellow spot above or on dorsum before middle . . 
coronopis Meyrick 
No such spot platyorma Meybick 
12. A large yellow patch on lower part of termen and in tornus, broader than 
costal markings 13 
No such spot, markings along lower half of termen and in tornus, if present, 
not broader than costal spots 15 
13. A rounded spot above or on dorsum before middle 14 
No such dot ophioglossa Meybick 
14. Patch in tornus and on lower half of termen rounded . marsyas Meybick 
This patch semiovate, with irregular wavy edge . . . coleoxantha Meyrick 
15. Markings yellow: a costal streak from base to a flattened triangular spot before 
middle, a large similar spot beyond middle of costa and a terminal streak with 
crenulate edge oroglypta Meybick 
A streak along costal 2 / 5 , a small spot below 3 / 4 , a larger one before apex, three 
round dots along lower half of termen: yellow, interconnected by a suffused 
crimson marginal streak (possibly also a round yellow dot above middle of 
dorsum) acrantha spec. nov. 
16. Whitish with a suffused marginal crimson streak, discal markings fine, crimson 
and suffused pale ochreous, or pale ochreous-crimson 17 
Ground colour not whitish 18 
17. A fine crimson streak along fold from near base to middle; no subcostal streak 
rhodographa Meyrick 
A short crimson streak below costa from beyond base; no plical streak . . 
anaemoptila spec. nov. 
18. Crimson with two yellow transverse fasciae: first at l / s , direct, second at a / 3 , 
interrupted and rather broken in middle persicopa Meybick 
Not thus 19 
19. Elongate-ovate spots or irregular spots and streaks scattered over the wing, 
sometimes a terminal fascia present 20 
Markings less numerous, sparse in disc 22 
20. An irregular white streak along anterior part of costa, an orange streak from 
3 / 4 of costa to 3 / 4 of dorsum sanguiflua Meybick 
A meandering streak above dorsum to tornus and numerous irregular spots 
all over the wing 21 
