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MICROLEPID OPTERA OP NEW GUINEA 
Fig. 734: Adamantoscelis eucyanea gen. nov., spec, nov., female, head and wing 
neuration. 
spurs shorter than inner, much thickened, with long rough bristly scales 
along posterior edge, all tarsi considerably thickened, posterior tarsus 
with strong whorls of bristles at apices of segments. Fore wing with lb very 
weak, simple, 1c strong, 2 weak, from near angle, 3 from angle, 4 absent, 
3 — 6 remote and parallel, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from beyond a / 4 . 
Hind wing narrowly lanceolate, under 1 / 2 , cilia 2; veins 2 — 4 separate, 
tolerably parallel, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 closely approxi- 
mated towards base, cell open between 5 and 6. 
Genotype Adamantoscelis eucyanea spec, nov., female. 
Nearest to Oedenwlojwda Zeller, 1852, differing by longer antennae, 
thickened roughish palpi, vein 4 in fore wing being absent and veins 
4 and 5 in hind wing being approximated at base. 
Adamantoscelis eucyanea spec. nov. (figs. 729, 734) 
ev = true, xvdveoc, — blue 
$ 16 mm. Head, palpus, thorax, abdomen black with metallic indigo- 
green shine. Antenna with flagellum black, fringe of scales deep indigo- 
blue. Legs deep indigo-blue, shining. Fore wing lanceolate, slightly sinuate : 
costa straight anteriorly, slightly curved posteriorly, apex pointed, dorsum 
and termen sinuate, tornus indefinite. Brightly shining, indigo-blue. Cilia 
dull blackish-fuscous, along base suffused with indigo-blue. Hind wing 
violet-purple, in apex and along terminal and dorsal margin suffused with 
indigo-blue. Cilia dull blackish-fuscous. 
Ostium membraneous, a simple transverse opening; limen, a mem- 
braneous thick fold ventrally. Ductus bursae and bursa copulatrix simple. 
(Slide no. 1103 D, type.) 
Araucaria Camp, 800 m, March 10, 1939. One specimen. 
