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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OP NEW GUINEA 
Key to the Papuan species 
blue-metallic or green-metallic lines or 
2 
1. Markings of fore wing contain violet, 
bars 
Fore wing without blue or violet metallic markings, sometimes markings 
purplish 3 
2. Three transverse fasciae and a bar in disc between first and second: violet or 
blue-metallic tricyanitis Meyrick 
Two transverse fasciae and spots above cell anteriorly greenish-metallic 
lutescens Felder 
3. Fore wing ochreous-yellow with first transverse fascia ferruginous 
taproban.es Zeller *) 
Not thus, mostly fuscous with orange or whitish transverse fasciae . . 4 
4. Hind wing snow-white with a black costal streak . . niphocrypta Meyrick 
Hind wing fuscous with or without orange markings 5 
5. Fore wing with markings altogether or partially orange 6 
Fore wing with markings whitish 10 
6. Fore wing with a distinct discal spot 7 
Fore wing without a distinct discal spot 9 
7. Fore wing with two transverse fasciae before discal spot 8 
Fore wing with only one transverse fascia before discal spot 
. . xanthogramma Meyrick 
8. Markings white and ochreous orthogona Meyrick 
Markings orange limonias Meyrick 
9. Fore wing with median transverse fascia strongly angularly projecting in middle 
posteriorly chi Dtjrrant 
This fascia without such projection posteriorly basalis Felder 
10. Basal half of fore wing with three transverse fasciae . . topitis Durrant 
Basal half of fore wing with only one transverse fascia 
porphyralhma Meyrick 
Anthophila basalis (Felder, 1875) 
Simaethis basalis Felder, 1875, Reise Novara, Lep. Het., vol. 2, pi. 138, fig. 19. 
Pagenstecher, Zoologica, vol. 29, p. 229, 1900. Meyrick, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 
Wales, vol. 32, p. Ill, 1907. Gener. Ins., fasc. 164, p. 21, 1915. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 
vol. 87, p. 523, 1938. Turner, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, vol. 38, p. 210, 1913. 
Simaethis chionodesma Lower, 1896, Trans. R. Soc. S. Austral., vol. 20, p. 167. 
Anthophila basalis, Diakonoff, Treubia, vol, 19, p. 204, 1948. 
Distribution: Celebes, Moluccas, Buru, Amboina, Aru, New Guinea, 
Philippines, Formosa, East Australia. 
Bernhard Camp, 50 m, November 12, 1938 (J. Oltiioff). Two males, 
one female. 
Polygiton gen. nov. (fig. 744) 
tio'av = many, yehcov = neighbour 
Head small, with appressed scales. Ocellus small, inferior. Proboscis 
developed, densely scaled towards base. Antenna over 1 / 2 , moderately 
ciliate in male, scape short. Labial palpus moderate, ascending, appressed 
1 ) Occurrence of this Ceylonese species in New Guinea is not certain. 
