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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OP NEW GUINEA 
white markings somewhat more extended. Cilia oohreous-white, posterior 
half crimson-orange. Hind wing deep orange-salmon, veins slightly darker, 
cilia concolorous, becoming paler towards tips. Otherwise as the typical form. 
Mist Camp, 1800 m, January 23, 1939 (holotvpo, with head missing). 
Top Camp, 2100 m, January 22, 1939 (paratypc, a faded specimen, head 
described above). 
Lactura vulnerosa spec. nov. (fig. 777) 
? 20 mm. Head pale yellow, vertex orange-fulvous, collar pale yellow. 
Palpus and antenna orange-fulvous. Thorax orange-fulvous anteriorly 
(rubbed posteriorly). Abdomen deep ochreous. Legs yellow, above and 
towards bases of tibiae suffused with orange-fulvous. Fore wing with veins 
7 and 8 separate; elongate-ovate, costa slightly curved, less so in middle, 
apex rounded, termen rounded, oblique. Light yellow, marldngs orange- 
fulvous. Costa with a narrow orange streak throughout, moderately dilated 
along posterior half, narrowed again in apex and continued to tornus : a 
moderate patch on base of costa, extended as a subbasal transverse streak 
to dorsum and continued along this to 1 / 5 ; a narrow line from basal patch 
below and parallel to vein 12, merging in transverse fascia; indication of a 
broad median outwardly oblique connection with transverse fascia, and 
possibly a submedian one (dorsum rather rubbed); a moderate transxerse 
fascia from middle of costa to l / 4 of dorsum : deep orange-fulvous, dilated 
on fold; a second deep orange-fulvous fascia from costa before apex 
(between veins 8 and 9) to 2 / 3 of dorsum : rather irregular, with a sub- 
triangular projection at upper fourth posteriorly, moderately narrowed 
along median third, somewhat dilated again and shortly extended on 
dorsum, with an irregular projection above dorsum from its anterior 
extremity; first and second transverse fasciae interconnected by three 
longitudinal streaks: first of these rather narrow, along upper edge of cell, 
with a longitudinal spot on middle above not reaching costa; second 
longitudinal streak along lower edge of cell, extended in cell, so as to form 
an arrow-shaped patch with apex resting on the first fascia, its upper 
posterior angle not reaching closing vein; third streak below fold, rather 
broad, irregular, irrorated posteriorly and connected with vertical pro- 
jection of the base of the second transverse fascia; an indication of an 
outwardly oblique streak from middle of preceding to middle of dorsum. 
Hind wing with veins 4 and 5 separate ; semipellucent, very thinly scaled 
except its apical fifth, and a diffuse marginal streak, deep orange with 
golden gloss, cilia concolorous (imperfect). 
Ostium simple, invert-cordiform. Ductus bursae moderate, coiled almost 
twice. Cestum, a small narrow band above coils. Signa, four narrowly 
oval plates. (Slide no. 925, type.) 
Bernhard Camp B, 100 m, February 11, 1939. One specimen, with 
basal half of dorsum rather rubbed, markings not distinct. 
