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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OP NEW GUINEA 
extremities, straight in middle, apex obtusely pointed, termen rounded, 
oblique. Shining deep reddish-purple, appearing fuscous-bronze in certain 
lights, basal half of costal edge fuscous; a violet, rather dull dorsal streak 
from base to tornus, reaching termen above tornus, its upper edge rather 
well-defined, with a deep triangular incision almost reaching dorsum 
beyond base of wing and with a small triangular indentation before middle ; 
a conspicuous subovate white dot in upper half of cell slightly before 
middle of wing, another one smaller, rounded or transverse, on upper 
angle of cell. Cilia ochreous-tawny, basal third darker fuscous, tawny 
patches : opposite apex and opposite middle of termen, between these cilia 
whitish except base. Hind wing glossy greyish-white, apical third suffused 
with fuscous. Cilia pale tawny-ochreous, basal third light fuscous. 
Ovipositor subconical, rather strong. Signum, a large horn with a broad 
base. (Slide no. 1031 H, type.) 
Mist Camp, 1800 m, January 12, 1939. One specimen. Allied to A. 
choanogena spec. nov. 
Amphithera personata spec. nov. (figs. 779, 790, 791) 
£ 20 mm. Head with face glossy fuscous, vertex suffused with brownish, 
side-tufts pale grey, pecten across eye fuscous-grey, orbit of dorsal half of 
eye whitish. Antenna dark fuscous-grey, narrowly ringed with whitish, 
scape whitish below. Palpus brassy-fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous, glossy. 
Abdomen purplish-fuscous, posterior segments 5 — 8 and anal tuft snow- 
white, venter whitish mixed with snow-white; two pencils of pale ochreous 
scales adjusted dorso-laterally and directed downward on the articulation 
between metathorax and abdomen (visible only after removing the abdo- 
men). Legs pale fuscous, anterior leg throughout, posterior leg only 
above, suffused with dark fuscous, all tarsi dark fuscous above, articula- 
tions whitish. Fore wing elongate-ovate, costa moderately curved through- 
out, less so before middle, apex obtusely pointed, termen rounded, oblique. 
Whitish-fuscous, suffused with fuscous-purple, less so towards apex; a 
deep reddish-purple suffused streak from base of costa to middle of termen, 
dilated and becoming olive-bronze in middle, shining purple beyond cell; 
a whitish-grey streak of ground colour along dorsum, occupying about 
1 / 3 of wing breadth, much suffused with fuscous-grey and irregularly 
suffusedly dotted with blackish-lilac. Cilia (imperfect) fuscous mixed with 
whitish, paler in tornus, a dark fuscous interrupted antemcdian line. Hind 
wing fuscous-bronze, becoming brassy-bronze on tornal third. Cilia pale 
bronze-greyish, a subbasal fuscous-bronze fascia. 
Uncus bifid. Arms of gnathos are long, simple rods, medianly forming 
a rising loop. Arms of transtilla slender, with a narrow point. Anellus 
developed, arrowhead -like. Valva rather short, curved, cucullus narrowed, 
sacculus small. Saccus stout, clavate. (Slide no. 1013 D, holotype.) 
$ 21 mm. Head dark brown, frons pale ochreous, face glossy whitish. 
