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the costa anteriorly. Stigmata rather large, round, with the edge slightly 
suffused, fuscous-black, first discal at 1 / 3 , slightly above middle, second 
at 3 / 5 , in the middle; a moderate blackish-fuscous suffusion along the base 
of the costa. Cilia pale golden-ochreous, opposite the apex with two ill- 
defined brownish parting lines. Hind wing whitish -ochreous, the apical 
fourth more distinctly tinged pale ochreous, the apical and the terminal 
edges faintly tinged smoky-grey. Cilia pale golden-ochreous. 
Ostium simple. Ductus bursae broad, cestum a broad, straight band. 
Bursa copulatrix moderate, ovoid. Signum rounded, dentate. (Slide no. 
968 D, type.) 
Mist Camp, 1800 m, January 3, 1939. One specimen. Vein 9 in right 
fore wing separate, vein 4 out of 2. 
Sphenocrates Meyrick, 1925 
Sphenocrates Meyrick, 1925, Gener. Ins., fasc. 184, p. 234. Fletcher, Mem. 
Agric. Ind., Ent., vol. 11, p. 207, 1929. Gaede, Lepid. Catal., part 79, p. 512, 1937. 
Key to the Papuan species of Sphenocrates 
1. Purplish-fuscous with whitish markings aulodocha Meyrick 
Greyish-fuscous, devoid of markings neptis spec. nov. 
Sphenocrates neptis spec. nov. (fig. 584) 
vtjnng = sober 
13.5 mm. Head and palpus whitish-ochreous, face glossy, collar 
yellowish (damaged), terminal segment of the palpus greyish. Antenna 
fuscous-grey, scape tinged yellowish. Thorax fuscous-yellowish ? (denuded). 
Abdomen dark fuscous, genital segment paler. Legs pale ochreous, anterior 
tibia and all tarsi greyish. Fore wing elongate, rather narrow, moderately 
dilated, broadest at 4 / 6 , costa hardly curved at the base, straight in the 
middle, slightly bent towards the apex, apex obtusely pointed, termen 
hardly curved, oblique. Light fuscous-greyish, glossy, basal 2 / 5 more 
fuscous tinged, with a slight purplish gloss, posterior fourth darker 
fuscous-grey, with a bronze gloss. Cilia pale bronze-fuscous. Hind wing 
dark purplish-fuscous, cilia dark fuscous. 
Tegumen moderate. Uncus erect-triangular, pointed. Gnathos, a semi- 
circular slender rod, without book. Valva elongate, curved, costa with a 
median projection, bearing one large bristle, cucullus subtruncate, 
moderately bristled; sacculus ill-defined. Vinculum short, rounded. 
Anellus, a large plate supporting aedoeagus ventrally, short-bristled at 
the sides above, top emarginate. Aedoeagus rather short, straight, with a 
dilated base. (Slide no. 969 D, type.) The genitalia show close affinity 
to Crocanthes. 
Sigi Camp, 1500 m, February 27, 1939. One specimen. 
