XYLORYCTIDiE. 
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dorsum from about | to near tornus : cilia reddish-fuscous, basal 
third somewhat mixed pale ochreous. Hindwings light red- 
brownish ; cilia paler. 
New Guinea, Dampier I., February ; 2 ex. 
Cryptophasa crocochorda, n. sp. 
. 57 mm. Head, thorax pale whitish-yellowish, an orange- 
fulvous median dorsal line and short stripes on outer edge of 
patagia. Palpi ochreous-whitish, a lateral stripe on second joint 
and front of terminal joint orange-fulvous. Antennae dentate, 
ciliations 1. Abdomen white. Anterior legs fulvous, tarsi dark 
fuscous. Forewings somewhat elongate-triangular, costa gently 
arched, termen somewhat oblique; 8 to apex; whitish-yellowish ; 
an orange-fulvous pointed streak along basal third of costa, costal 
edge fuscous throughout; a narrow light fulvous-orange median 
streak from | almost to termen, and a slender one along fold 
throughout: cilia whitish-yellowish, basal half orange-fulvous 
becoming paler towards base. Hind wings and cilia white. 
Dutch New Guinea, Weyland Mts., 6000 feet, January [Pratt ); 
1 ex. 
Cryptophasa amphicroca, n. sp. 
5 . 41 mm. Head white. Palpi very long, pale ochreous, ter¬ 
minal joint | of second. Thorax white, a pale ochreous median 
dorsal line. Abdomen white, segment 2 wholly brown-reddish 
above. Legs white, anterior tibiae and tarsi ochreous. Forewings 
moderately dilated, costa moderately arched, termen somewhat 
oblique ; 7 and 8 long-stalked, 8 to apex ; glossy white ; an orange- 
ochreous costal line, slender interneural lines between 8-10 not 
reaching margin, a median streak from [ to near termen, and a line 
along fold ; dorsal edge finely ochreous on median third : cilia 
orange-ochreous, beneath tornus white. Hindwings and cilia white. 
Dutch New Guinea, Weyland Alts., 6000 feel, December 
[Pratt) ; 1 ex. 
XYL0DRYAS, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales, sidetufts loosely raised; ocelli 
inferior; tongue short, slender. Antennae |, in filiform, shortly 
ciliated, basal joint stout, without pecten. Labial palpi long, 
recurved, second joint thickened with dense appressed scales, ter¬ 
minal joint nearly as long as second, rather stout, acute. ALaxillary 
palpi obsolete. Anterior tarsi dilated with dense rough scales ; 
posterior tibiae clothed with rough scales above. Forewings with 
some rough scales on surface ; 1 b furcate, 2 from |, 3 from angle, 
3-5 approximated, 7 and 8 stalked, 8 to apex, 11 from beyond 
middle. Hindwings somewhat over 1, subovate, cilia i ; 3 and 4 
sliort-stalked, 5 nearly parallel, somewhat nearer 4, 6 and 7 short- 
stalked. 
Allied to Cryptophasa. 
