MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
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Lactura pyronympha Meyrick, 1924 
Lactura pyronympha Meyrick, 1924, Exot. Microl., vol. 3, p. 127. 
Distribution : Netherlands New Guinea, Weyland Mountains, 6000 feet. 
There are slight discrepancies between Meyrick’s description of this 
species and its type which we studied in the British Museum, especially 7 
as to the markings along the anterior part of the costa and on the base 
of the fore wing. Our specimen agrees in all details with a sketch drawn 
by us of the ty 7 pe specimen, but does not quite lit in Meyrick’s descrip- 
tion. Therefore we give a redescription of our specimen, the identification 
of which is, in our opinion, doubtlessly correct. 
cj 31 mm. Head yellow, vertex, except at the sides, orange-red. Palpus 
and antenna deep orange-red. Thorax (rubbed) orange-red with five 
yellow spots, patagium and tegula yellow, edged with orange-red. 
Abdomen deep orange-crimson. Legs yellow, above and towards apex of 
tibia and tarsus suffused with orange-red. Fore wing with veins 7 and 8 
separate; elongate-subovate, costa moderately curved at base and before 
apex, straight in middle, apex obtuse, termen little rounded, oblique. 
Yellow, markings bright orange-red. Anterior half of costal edge narrowly 
orange-red; a moderate basal patch containing an elongate yellow blotch 
below base of costa, anterior edge of patch strongly concave, irregular 
emitting five longitudinal streaks: upper two attenuated, rather irregular, 
almost or completely interrupted at 1 / 3 , converging, and merging in 
transverse fascia; third longitudinal streak median, very narrow, extended 
to an elongate-rectangular spot halfway towards transverse fascia and 
connected with preceding by a broad transverse bar beyond this spot; 
fourth one moderate, below 7 fold ; fifth streak marginal, attenuated along 
basal fourth of dorsum; a rather narrow 7 transverse fascia from just below 
middle of costa to before of dorsum, rather abruptly dilated and forming 
an acute dentiform projection above dorsum posteriorly; this fascia is 
obliquely cut by a narrow line of ground colour above cell and connected 
posteriorly with a moderate, rather irregular streak along edges of cell 
which streak is almost interrupted on bases of veins 4 — 6 and is connected 
with an elongate spot below 2 / 3 of costa, acute posteriorly; narrow, rather 
irregular streaks originating from preceding streak, not reaching termen 
and arranged as follows : a broad, dilated streak along basal half of vein 8, 
thence furcate, so as to form two interneural streaks, and with a broad 
inwardly oblique transverse blotch towards termination of vein 10 below 
costa, connected with apex of a narrow streak from cell below vein 10; 
two narrow streaks above and below vein 6, respectively, interconnected 
by a large transverse spot before tornus, irregularly connected with 
terminal edge along vein 6; two broader streaks, above, and below vein 4, 
respectively, narrowed or interrupted at base; a broad irregular streak 
along vein 2, to termen, including a spot of ground colour before edge of 
