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OXYCHORA; MAXATES. By L. B. Prout. 
nubifera. 
megaspila. 
eusticta. 
batis. 
ruficincta. 
spilota. 
dentilinea. 
candidi- 
costa. 
tennis. 
assim ills. 
coelataria. 
S. nubifera Warr. (4 k) is the most widely distributed species of the genus and is easily recognizable 
from our figure. Dutch and British New Guinea, the type from the Snow Mountains. 
S. megaspila Warr. (4 k). More vivid green than the other species, the dark markings very strong 
anteriorly, both wings with a large midterminal spot, etc. Dutch New Guinea, the type from the Snow 
Mountains. 
67. Genus: Oxychora Warr. 
Most characters as in Prasinocyma, from which it differs essentially in the remarkable form of the 
discocellulars; the 3rd discocellular of the forewing is extremely acutely angulated inwards at the cell-fold 
and that of the hindwing is extraordinarily oblique outwards. Possibly a derivative of Anisozyga, which in a 
few species foreshadows this structure; scaling somewhat similar, a further point of contact observable in the 
well marked sexual dimorphism of the first species. All inhabit New Guinea, a few spreading into the islands 
westward and eastward. 
Section A. Antenna of $ not pectinate (Oxypora Warr.). 
0. batis is very distinct from all the other species on account of its terminal blotches. In the 
<$ these are red, in the $ larger and much paler. — eusticta Prout (4 1) is the larger form, with the lines 
in both sexes expressed by white vein-dots. Dutch New Guinea. — batis Warr. has the white dots scarcely 
noticeable in the in both sexes, the posterior blotches of both wings are generally less elongate than 
in eusticta. Owen Stanley Range. 
0. ruficincta Warr., of which the unique type (a q) was taken at Biagi in February (3 qJ of batis 
at the same place in April) may be a remarkable aberration of the preceding species with the terminal 
blotches narrowed almost to vanishing-point; a quite similar reddish, proximally dark-edged terminal line 
remains. 
0. spilota Warr. (4 1). Larger and less brightly coloured, with characteristic, slightly angular dark 
cell-marks. Snow Mountains (loc. typ.) and on Sudest and Rossel Islands. 
0. dentilinea Warr. Again larger and paler, the white lines much better developed, dentate, additional 
series of white dots indicated; cell-mark white, costal edge light brown, not reddish, terminal line green, 
fringe pale green. Snow Mountains. 
0. candidicosta sp. n. (13 f). 17 mm; $ 20—25 mm. The smallest Oxychora and with slightly less 
rounded apex of the forewing and slightly less broad, more angled hindwing than the others. Greener (less 
blue-greyish). Further distinguished by its pure white costal edge and its relatively large white terminal 
dots, whie hextend on to the base of the fringe; the spot at angle of hindwing is enlarged as in spilota (41). Face 
brown, as in the following section (in the preceding section predominantly green). $ antenna lamellate. Vul¬ 
can Island, November 1913 — January 1914 (Meek’s Expedition), type $ and 2 $$ in Mus. Tring. 
Section B. Antenna of $ strong pectinate (Oxychora Warr.) 
0. tenuis Warr. (41). Warren’s type from Kayeli, Burn, is in poor condition and may perhaps 
prove to be separable racially from Dutch New Guinea, Witu (= French Islands), New Britain and Bougain¬ 
ville. We figure in 13 f a from Witu. Wings more rounded than in spilota, cell-dots white, no enlarged 
terminal white spot at bend of hindwing, fringes green. 
0. assimilis Rothsch. (= dentilinea Warr. in err., nec $ typ.). Shaped and marked more as in 
dentilinea but with the structure of tenuis. Smaller and rather less pale and greyish than the former, with 
the white lines less broad and distinct, the face brown, not gi’een. Snow Mountains, Dutch New Guinea. 
68. Genus: Maxates Moore. 
Palpus rather long. Antenna of strongly pectinate, with a rather long apical part simple. Hind- 
tibia with all spurs, the £ with a hair-pencil. Abdomen not crested. Wing-shape very characteristic, the 
distal margins strongly and irregularly dentate, on the hindwing a rather long tail at R 3 . Perhaps derived 
from the Agathia group, but with the frenulum slender in the A and wanting in the $. The only 3 species 
known to me are Indo-Malayan, but Turner has described a fourth from Queensland. 
M. coelataria Walk. (= caelataria Moore). Easily known by the distribution of the markings. The 
$ is rather broader-winged than the A- The underside has a rather variable blackish submarginal band, 
broader in the In the name-typical race from Ceylon the wings are not quite so narrow as in the follow- 
