MICBOLEPID OPTEBA OP NEW GUINEA 
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Parachorista anassa spec. nov. (fig. 166) 
avacraa — a princess 
$ 16 — 19 mm. Head whitish mixed with grey, face below fuscous. 
Palpus dark fuscous-grey, median segment mixed with whitish towards 
apex, basal segment white. Thorax dark fuscous-grey, mixed with white. 
Abdomen whitish, mixed with dark grey in middle above. Legs greyish- 
whitish, anterior tibia and tarsus blackish, the latter wlute-ringed. Fore 
wing with a moderate costal fold to x / 3 , costa obliquely curved anteriorly, 
straight posteriorly, apex subacute, termen straight or faintly convex, 
little oblique. White, irrorated with greyish-fuscous, markings dark 
greyish-fuscous, and blackish-fuscous. Basal patch moderate, suffused 
with fuscous, irrorated and edged with blackish, edge slightly serrate, 
convex, somewhat projecting above middle; central fascia narrow, from 
before 1 / 3 of costa of middle of dorsum, dark greyish -fuscous, along costa 
and along anterior edge suffused with blackish; anterior edge tolerably 
straight, slightly irregularly undulate, posterior edge suffused and obli- 
terate below middle, extended by a light greyish-fuscous irroration to 3 / 4 
of dorsum ; costal patch elongate-triangular, from beyond middle to before 
apex, dark grey, dotted with blackish, with four blackish-grey dots along 
costa; a black point on lower angle of cell; an oblique black strigula in 
tornus; some three oblique small black streaks along termen, sometimes 
suffused, and ill -defined; apex dark grey. Cilia white, a median row of 
dark grey dots, a suffused grey patch in tornus. Hind whig pale greyish- 
fuscous, marbled with darker grey; cilia pale greyish-fuscous, a narrow 
grey antemedian line. 
Uncus erect-diamond-shaped. Socius large. Transtilla knob large, with 
a thick stalk (Slide No. 420 D, holotype). 
Moss Forest Camp, 2600 — 2800 m, October 14, 1938 (holotype). Five 
km northeast of Lake Habbema, 2800 m, October 26 — 30, 1938. Four 
specimens. Bather variable. Nearest to P. anthracograpfa spec. nov. 
Parachorista cricophora spec. nov. (figs. 169, 183, 184) 
xoixog = a hook, (peoa> = to bear 
<J 17 mm. Head light greyish-fuscous. Palpus light greyish-fuscous, 
median segment suffused with dark fuscous towards base and above, 
terminal segment fuscous. Thorax fuscous, suffused with light fuscous 
in middle, tegula edged with light fuscous. Abdomen light greyish . Legs 
fuscous, light-ringed, posterior leg pale ochreous. Fore wing oblong, costal 
fold small, to 2 / 5 ; costa curved anteriorly, straight posteriorly, apex sub- 
acute, termen straight, little oblique. Whitish, tinged pale greyish-fuscous, 
markings greyish-fuscous, and dark fuscous. Costal fold suffused with 
greyish-fuscous except towards apex, basal fourth of wing slightly suf- 
fused with light greyish-fuscous, edge of suffusion slightly angulate in 
middle, oblique ; this edge running from beyond middle of fold to beyond 
1 / 3 of dorsum; an irroration of dark fuscous scales below middle of disc 
