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termen rather obliquely rounded ; 4 and 5 stalked, 8 to apex ; 
shining white ; first discal stigma very small, black ; minute black 
dots on terminal ends of veins 2 and 3 : cilia white. Hindwings 
and cilia white. 
Dutch New Guinea, Weyland Mts., 6000 feet, January ( Pratt ); 
1 ex. 
Cryptophasa merocentra, n. sp. 
5 . 45 mm. Head, palpi, thorax white. Antennae hlack, basal 
joint white. Abdomen rather hairjq white, an indistinct reddish 
antemedian bar. Forewings oblong, costa gently arched, termen- 
obliquely rounded ; 8 to apex ; shining white ; plical stigma small, 
black, first discal indicated by a single black scale obliquely before 
this ; 4 black dots on posterior third of costa, and 5 on lower half 
of termen : cilia white. Hindwings and cilia white. 
Moluccas, Buru, 2700 feet, May (Pratt) ; 1 ex. 
Cryptophasa aggesta, n. sp. 
. 39-48 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous, 
externally suffused fuscous except towards apex of joints. Antennae 
pectinated (3). Thorax white or ochreous-whitish somewhat 
sprinkled blackish, anterior third dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish- 
ochreous sometimes suffused fuscous, a reddish antemedian band, 
anal segment ochreous. Forewings suboblong, slightly dilated, 
termen slightly oblique; 8 to apex; whitish or pale greyish- 
ochreous, more or less sprinkled blackish ; an ill-defined costal 
band of dark fuscous suffusion, occupying about f of wing ; discal 
stigmata dark fuscous or blackish, first small, sometimes obscured, 
second forming a narrow-transverse spot; a suffused fuscous ter¬ 
minal line, more or less indistinctly dotted dark fuscous: cilia 
whitish, suffused fuscous on outer half, more strongly round apex, 
an antemedian series of indistinct dark fuscous marks or dots. 
Hindwings grey tinged ochreous; cilia light greyish-ochreous. 
Dutch New Guinea, Oetakwa It., 3000 feet; British New 
Guinea, Dampier I., Goodenough I., 3000 feet (MeeJc); 8 ex. 
Cryptophasa phaeochtha, n. sp. 
<5 5 . 40-50 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish- 
ochreous, externally fuscous. Antennm <J pectinated (2). Thorax 
whitish-ochreous, anterior third fuscous. Abdomen pale ochreous- 
yellowish, a reddish antemedian band. Forewings rather elongate- 
oblong, hardly dilated, termen little oblique ; 8 to apex ; whitish- 
ochreous ; a suffused fuscous band occupying costal third, darker 
towards costa : cilia whitish-ochreous, on costa fuscous. Hindwings 
and cilia light ochreous-yellowish. 
Dutch New Guinea, Oetakwa R., 3000 feet (Meek) ; 3 ex. 
Cryptophasa psammochtha, n. sp. 
c?. 50-54 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi brownish- 
ochreous. Antenna) with triangular teeth terminating in fascicles 
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