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blotch along the closing vein, anterior edge indent in the middle, posterior 
slightly concave, vertical, top confluent with the costal streak before its 
extremitj r ; an apical patch occupying less than 1 / 5 of wing, with the 
anterior edge moderately outwardly oblique running from 3 / 4 of the costa 
to the termen above the tornus, straight and finely serrulate in the male, 
slightly concave below the middle, and well-defined in the female; a few 
scattered blackish-fuscous scales beyond the end of the costal streak and 
along the fold posteriorly. Cilia blackish-fuscous, in the tornus whitish- 
ochreous with a grey apical third, around the apex with the posterior half 
whitish. Hind wing bright orange, markings blackish-fuscous. A moderate 
basal patch with an irregular, rounded edge ; a rather narrow costal streak, 
connected with the basal patch, merging in a terminal fascia which is 
dilated towards the costa to 1 / 5 of the wing breadth, rather quickly 
narrowed below, with the anterior edge regularly concave, faintly serrate 
on veins; a strongly inwards-oblique, broad irregular central fascia from 
the middle of the costa to the tornus, dilated on the lower third and 
connate with the terminal streak on the termination of vein lc, its anterior 
edge with two deep irregular indentations, above and below the middle, 
respectively; its posterior edge deeply zigzagged, forming two irregular 
subacute rather long projections, above and below middle of disc, respec- 
tively; upper projection broader and longer, reaching almost halfway 
towards the terminal fascia. Cilia blackish-fuscous, yellowish on the base 
of the dorsum, tips opposite the apex tinged pale ochreous. 
Uncus short, pointed. Valva straight, bristled from the top of the cucul- 
lus to the middle of the ventral edge. Anellus, an erect plate with concave 
apical edge. Aedoeagus rather long and slender, cornuti absent. (Slide 
no. 939 D, holotype.) 
Seventh sternite in the female slightly emarginate. Limen, a hollow 
short band. Signum, a small crescentic sclerite with a thickened upper rim. 
(Slide no. 940 D, allotype.) 
Araucaria Camp, 800 m, March 12, 1939 (holotype, male), March 17, 
1939 (allotype, female), March 7 — 29, 1939. Rattan Camp, 1200 m, 
March 14, 1939. One male, six females. Nearest to C. thermocharis 
Meyrick. 
Crocanthes heliograpta Meyrick, 1929 
Crocanthes heliograpta Meyrick 1929, Exot. Microl., vol. 3, p. 520. 
Distribution: New Guinea, Dampier Island. 
Rattan Cam]), 1500 m, March 11, 1939. One female. 
Crocanthes philotima spec. nov. (fig. 579) 
<pi?MTifiog = luxury -loving 
$ 25 — 26 mm. Head metallic greenish-black, face pale yellow below. 
Antenna dark greyish-fuscous, black towards the base, scape black above. 
