MICROLEPIDOPTERA OE NEW GUINEA 
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terminal segment infuscated. Thorax pale oehreons. Abdomen pale 
ochreous, suffused above with fuscous-grey, venter, sides, and anal tuft 
ochreous-whitish. Legs pale ochreous, posterior leg ochreous, apex of 
tibia, basal segment of tarsus throughout, and narrow apical rings on 
other tarsal segments greyish-fuscous. Fore wing narrowly lanceolate, 
costa straight, basal fourth of dorsum strongly rounded and prominent. 
Golden-ochreous-vellow, towards apex becoming light orange-golden, 
markings somewhat suffused, purple-fuscous. A broad direct transverse 
band beyond base, an outwardly oblique rather broad transverse band 
before middle, gradually narrowed below, to dorsum at middle of wing, 
these bands connected by a somewhat suffused moderate streak along 
costa; a suffused inwardly oblique somewhat narrower transverse band 
at 3 / 4 , triangidarly dilated below, anterior edge more oblique than posterior. 
Cilia ochreous-whitish, slightly tinged fuscous, becoming paler towards 
tips. Hind wing very pale fuscous with golden gloss becoming whitish 
towards base, cilia pale fuscous. 
Ostium wide. Limen, a transverse finely scobinate band with secondary 
folds laterally. Ductus bursae simple. Bursa copulatrix large, forming a 
central ovoid chamber with a very long tubular appendix. Signa in central 
part: one slender spike-like signum and a patch of strong dentations; in 
appendix: a small group of dentations. (Slide no. 1104 D, type.) 
Araucaria Camp, 800 m, March 19, 1939. One specimen. 
Head smooth, rounded, frons with small pencils of scales over eyes 
anteriorly. Ocellus inferior. Eye slightly emarginate around base of 
Fig. 723: Hethmoscelis chalcothysana gen. nov., spec, nov., female, head and wing 
neuration. 
Hethmoscelis gen. nov. (fig. 723) 
rj&fiog = a funnel, av.thoc, = leg 
