GELECHIADiE. 
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Crocanthes thalamectis, n. sp. 
<$. 15 mm. Head, antennae whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, 
second joint white anteriorly, terminal joint (<3 ) thickened with 
long- appressed hairs extending- to apex, whitish, basal | light 
fuscous externally. Thorax dark fuscous mixed whitish. Posterior 
tibiae dark grey on basal 4, remainder and tarsi white. Forewings 
very elongate-triangular, costa arched posteriorly, apex out use- 
pointed, terrnen sinuate, rather oblique ; 2 and 4 stalked, 5 connate 
with 'stalk, hi and 9 stalked, 11 from beyond middle ; dark fuscous ; 
markings ochreous-white ; some irregular marbling on base of 
costa; a semioval spot on middle of costa, two confluent irregular 
rings touching this beneath, and a third larger connecting them 
with dorsum ; a small wedgeshaped spot on costa towards apex, 
connected by a line of a few scattered scales with torn us : cilia 
dark grey, on termen whitish with two broad dark grey shades. 
Hindwings dark grey ; two large and two or three small whitish 
rings irregularly placed in disc, and a whitish line from end of 
posterior large ring to before proflexus ; cilia grey, on upper part 
of termen mixed whitish. 
Bkitish New Guinea, Kumusi R. (Meek) ; 1 ex. (Coll. Para- 
viciui). A peculiar form of the genus. 
HETERODERCES, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. 
Antennae 1, rather stout, simple, scape moderate, without pecten. 
Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint somewhat thickened with 
appressed scales, terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. 
Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae clothed with long 
hairs above. Forewings 1 b furcate, 2 from near angle, 2-5 equi¬ 
distant, 7 absent, 8 and 9 stalked, 1 1 from beyond middle. Hind- 
wings 1, trapezoidal, apex pointed, termen sinuate, cilia nearly 2 ; 
3 and 4 connate, 5 somewhat approximated, 6 and 7 connate. 
Type oxylitha Meyr. Allied to Homaloxestis. 
Heteroderces oxylitlia, n. sp. 
3. 10-11 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi white, second 
joint dark fuscous except apex. Antennae pale ochreous finely 
ringed white. Thorax light brownish-ochreous. Forewings elon¬ 
gate, apex obtuse-pointed, termen rounded, rather strongly oblique; 
light brownish-ochreous, bases of scales linged whitish ; base of 
costa suffused dark fuscous ; stigmata black, first diseal forming 
an oval spot touching a dot before it, plical linear, obliquely before 
first discal, second discal moderate, tending to be linear ; an elon¬ 
gate mark of dark fuscous suffusion on costa above second discal ; 
veins posteriorly tending to be streaked fuscous ; some small black 
angular dots on termen : cilia whit.ish-ochrecus-grey. Hindwings 
light grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous-grey. 
Assam, Khasis, March, Apiil; 2 ex. 
