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35. Terminal fourth black, connected by an oblique attenuated fascia with costa 
near base ignigera Meybick 
Terminal patch not connected with anterior part of costa 36 
36. Basal patch extending to middle of dorsum; second discal stigma connected 
with terminal patch thermocharis Meybick 
Basal patch extending to 1 / 3 of dorsum, continued by a suffused marginal line 
to tornus; second discal stigma forming a transverse wedge-shaped mark, 
connected along costa with basal patch heliocharis spec. nov. 
37. Crimson-rose, devoid of markings phoenotd.es Meybick 
Pale whitish-ochreous, rosy-crimson or light yellow, markings present . . 38 
38. Pale whitish-ochreous, markings light crimson sidonia Meyrick 1 ) 
Rosy -crimson or light yellow, markings yellow or ochreous ....... 39 
39. Light yellow, four deep ochreous-yellow fasciae parallel to termen 
scioxantha Meybick 
Light rosy -crimson or rosy-crimson 40 
40. Light rosy-crimson, markings light yellow : a discal blotch and marks along costa 
before apex and termen . - rhodantha Meybick 
Rosy-crimson with irregular suffused light yellow spots, costal and dorsal edge, 
a basal shadow, three transverse fasciae and second discal stigma suffusedly 
dark fuscous anactostola spec. nov. 
Crocanthes protoma spec. nov. (figs. 566, 568) 
ng 6 = fore, repvco = to cut 
17 mm, $ 19 mm. Head and thorax dark purplish-fuscous. Antenna 
moderately flattened in the male; purplish-fuscous, scape purplish-black. 
Palpus purplish-black. Abdomen dark fuscous, venter yellow anteriorly. 
Legs yellow, suffused with blackish above; anterior and median femora 
throughout, tibiae except a narrow golden-ochreous postmedian ring, 
tarsi except the articulations, blackish; posterior leg yellow-orange, 
apical fourth of tibia above, and tarsus except the articulations, blackish. 
Fore wing with vein 9 out of 7 towards base; elongate, narrow, broadest 
at 4 / 5 , costa little curved at base, slightly bent towards the apex, faintly 
concave in the middle, apex subobtuse, termen hardly rounded, oblique. 
Deep purple-fuscous. A broad outwardly oblique bright orange transverse 
band occupying about the second sixth of the costa, running to the dorsum 
at about 2 / 5 of wing length, edges somewhat irregular, anterior slightly 
undulate or moderately excavated in the middle, posterior moderately 
convex; in the female this band narrower, yellowish-orange, with the 
anterior edge distinctly concave, the posterior more convex, the band 
being slightly curved and dilated along the lower two-thirds. Cilia dark 
fuscous. Hind wing purple-fuscous, somewhat lighter than the fore wing, 
glossy; slightly more than the basal half of the wing bright orange in the 
male, orange-yellow in the female, outer edge of this colour strongly 
rounded, on the termen from before the end of the fold; cilia dark fuscous 
l ) Also in Queensland (teste Meybick). 
