Lepidoptera fr om New Guinea. 505 



long, recurved, second joint fringed with long roiTgh projecting 

 scales on inner side, terminal joint about half second, acute, with 

 a triangular posterior tuft of projecting scales rising from apex of 

 second joint, and terminal joint except apex. Maxillary palpi very 

 short, filiform. Thorax with a slight posterior crest, in ^ beneath 

 with a pencil of hairs from behind anterior coxae. Posterior tibi« 

 rough-scaled. Fore wings in ^ with hind margin broadly folded 

 over beneath ; vein 1 simple, 7 and 8 out of 9, 10 shortly appressed 

 to 9 above 7. Hind wings 1^, in ^ beneath with a patch of short 

 dense hairs extending along costa ; veins 4 and 5 stalked, 7 oi;t of 

 6 near origin, 8 free, approximated shortly to 7 before its middle. 



A singular genus ; the hind -marginal fold is, so far as 

 I know, a quite unique character. 



129. Termioptycha cyaiiopa, n. s. 



(? , 24 mm. Head whitish, between antennae whitish-ochreous 

 spotted with dark fuscous ; eyes green-blue. Palpi white, mixed 

 with pale ochreous, and with four irregular undefined dark fuscous 

 bands. Antennae whitish-ochreous. Thorax pearly white, irregu- 

 larly mixed with ochreous and prismatic grey, anterior margin 

 rather broadly prismatic grey. Abdomen white, mixed with 

 reddish- ochreous and dark fuscous, anal segment light reddish- 

 ochreous above. Legs light reddish-ochreous, more or less 

 suffusedly irrorated with blackish, apex of joints whitish. Fore 

 wings rather elongate-triangular, costa straight, hind margin 

 rounded but appearing subtruncate fi-om being folded over ; ashy- 

 grey ; costal half of basal area, and whole space between first and 

 second lines ochreous-brown, partially tinged with reddish or 

 greenish ; a moderate quadrate snow-white spot on base of costa, 

 followed by some scattered black scales ; first and second lines 

 irregular, yellow-whitish, becoming white on costa; first from 

 two-fifths of costa to before middle of inner margin, dilated above 

 middle, somewhat bent below middle ; second from four-fifths of 

 costa to two-thirds of inner margin, thrice smuate inwards, inter- 

 rupted in middle ; space between first and second lines coarsely 

 mixed with black except towards costa. Hind wings pale ochreous- 

 reddish, becoming deeper fuscous-reddish towards hind margin ; 

 cilia composed of flat scales, whitish-ochreous, on upper half 

 mixed with fuscous-reddish and dark fuscous towards base. 



One specimen (Saijer). 



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