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MICROLEPTDOPTERA OP NEW GUINEA 
middle, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique, dorsum sinuate. 
Yellow, cell and interneural spaces towards cell partially semipellucent. 
Costal edge crimson. A moderate basal patch, enclosing an oval spot 
below base and a round one above and before base of dorsum; anterior 
edge of patch concave, produced along 1 / 5 of costa and emitting three 
longitudinal streaks: first of these subcostal, short, dilated and suffused 
posteriorly, second streak along upper edge of cell, thick abruptly narrowed 
beyond its middle to a deep crimson line, third streak narrow, along lower 
edge of cell ; second and third streaks merge into a moderate deep crimson 
transverse fascia from middle of costa to beyond l / 4 of dorsum, with a few- 
yellow scales below costa; this transverse fascia narrowly interrupted in 
cell, broadly so below cell by semipellucent areas, base dilated on dorsum 
posterior edge irregular ; a rather narrow streak along upper and posterior 
edges of cell: pale crimson, mixed with deep crimson, on closing vein 
becoming deep crimson throughout and ending with a longitudinal small 
deep crimson patch on lower angle of cell ; a deep crimson transverse fascia 
from middle of the preceding patch running along basal half of vein 2, 
strongly angulate there, to 3 / 4 of dorsum, base produced anteriorly along 
dorsum; a longitudinal streak from lower fourth of transverse fascia to 
preceding streak twice strongly sinuate above dorsum: deep crimson, its 
first sinuation dilated downward to an oval lighter crimson patch; a pale 
crimson semipellucent streak originating from transverse fascia and 
making a long loop in cell, connected by a branch from its middle with 
lower edge of cell; two semipellucent pale crimson streaks: above and 
below fold, from transverse fascia to about middle of wing, upper ending 
in lower edge of cell, lower somewhat shorter, to second sinuation of 
streak ; pale crimson semipellucent narrow streaks between veins originating 
from cell and by far not reaching termen, lower one (above vein 2) broadest 
and deeper crimson; a series of elongate irregular deep crimson spots on 
veins, forming a transverse fascia halfway between cell and termen, 
strongly angulate on vein 6, slightly so on vein 8; deep crimson, narrow 
streaks on terminations of veins, towards tornus becoming connected with 
interneural streaks; apical fifth of costa with a narrow marginal light 
crimson line. Cilia yellow, suffused with orange towards tornus, basal 
third bright orange-crimson throughout. Hind wing with veins 4 and 5 
separate; thinly scaled, especially towards costa, in cell and towards 
dorsum: light crimson orange, cilia concolorous, glossy. 
Uncus moderate. Valva with a field of strong verrucae at base of disc. 
Vinculum moderate, subtriangular. Arms of furca (anellus lobes) acutely 
pointed, little curved, shorter than in aurosa. Aedoeagus straight, little 
dilated at base. Cornuti, a sheaf of fine spines and a subapical ring of 
denticulations. (Slide no. 931 D, type.) 
Rattan Camp, 1200 m, February 19, 1939. One specimen. Nearest to 
L. collabristis Meyrick. 
