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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Cryptophasa nesograpta, n. sp, 
6. 40 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint with suf¬ 
fused dark grey lateral streak on basal -§, tinged ockreous anteriorly. 
Antennae dentate, fasciculate-ciliated. Thorax white tinged fuscous 
posteriorly. Abdomen white, segments 2-6 with obscure reddish 
marginal rings. Forewings rather elongate, somewhat dilated, 
term on hardly sinuate, slightly oblique ; 8 to apex ; white, some 
scattered blackish-grey specks, dorsal i suffused light ochreous- 
grey; costal edge dark fuscous towards base ; stigmata forming- 
reddish-brown spots more or less mixed dark fuscous, first discal 
at second transverse, plical elongate, nearly midway between 
these : cilia white, on termen tinged fuscous outwardly, towards 
tornus more infuscated with two dark grey subbasal dots. Hind- 
wings and cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Dutch Hew Guinea, AVeyland Hts., 6000 feet, December, 
January (Pratt); 2 ex. 
Cryptophasa sceliphrodes, n. sp. 
. 35-40 mm. Head white, face brown-reddish. .Palpi dark 
brown-red, terminal joint and apex of second white. Antennae 
with triangular teeth, fasciculate-ciliated. Thorax white sprinkled 
brown-red. Abdomen rather hairy, pale ochreous. Forewings 
dilated, termen rather oblique ; 8 to apex; pale greyish-ochreous 
with snow-white reflections, veins white sprinkled daik red-brown 
or sometimes suffused reddish, a snow-white coital streak broad at 
base and narrowed to a point at about | ; cell and dorsal area more 
or less suffused reddish or brown, thick oblique streaks of blackish 
or dark red-brown irroration from dorsum at and beyond middle, 
and a spot towards tornus, spaces between these sometimes suffused 
white; a terminal series of blackish or dark red-brown triangular 
dots : cilia fuscous mixed white. Hindwings and cilia light 
greyish-ochreous; 7 separate, from before angle. 
Dutch Hew Guinea, Homnagihe (2u00 feet), Weyland Mts. 
(6000 feet), December, January (Pratt) ; 3 ex. Very similar to 
Xylorycta atelactis from the same region, but the resemblance is 
only superficial. 
Cryptophasa ensigera, n. sp. 
. 36-38 mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi white, second 
joint externally reddish-ochreous. Antennae pectinated (5). Thorax 
ochreous-white, posteriorly more or less tinged or suffused reddish- 
fuscous. Abdomen ochreous, a reddish-orange antemedian band. 
Forewings somewhat dilated, termen little oblique; 7 to termen, 
8 to costa ; pale ochreous, somewhat .mixed irregularly light reddish- 
fuscous, sometimes a few scattered dark fuscous specks; a broad 
white attenuated coital streak from base to beyond middle, edged 
beneath by a slender reddish-fuscous streak continued along costa 
to apex, costal edge also more or less reddish-fuscous towards base; 
a rather suffused semioval reddish-fuscous blotch extending along 
