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MICROLERIDORTERA OE NEW GUINEA 
pale brownish on basal half. Hind wing whitish-yellow, becoming paler 
towards base. Cilia fuscous along costa, whitish-oehreous elsewhere. 
Tegumen elongate, base somewhat rounded. Uncus moderate, rising, 
erect-triangular, strongly bristled at the sides, apex truncate. Gnathos 
strong, rising, shorter than uncus, cuspidate, pointed. Valva with a short, 
triangular disc and a separate, rising, narrowed cucuUus which has a 
densely bristled knob at its base, saeculus ill-defined anteriorly, with an 
obtuse top. Vinculum small. Anellus lobes moderate, sclerotized, weakly 
bristled along edge. Aedoeagus cylindrical, very broad, short, with a 
large subapical spine. Cornutus, a strong transverse bar with curved ends. 
(Slide no. 1106 D, holotype.) 
Top Camp, 2100 m, January 25, 1939. Two specimens. 
Sipsa gen. nor. (fig. 722) 
Head smooth, rounded, face strongly retreating. Ocellus small, inferior- 
subanterior. Proboscis developed. Antenna s / 4 , minutely ciliate in female, 
scape elongate, compressed dorso-ventrally. Labial palpus long, recurved, 
compressed laterally, slender, smooth, terminal segment over 1, acute. 
Fig. 722: Sipsa tritoma gen. nov., spec, nov., female wing neuration. 
Maxillary palpus minute, appressed. Posterior tibia clothed with long 
rough bristly scales above, tarsal segments with whorls of apical bristles, 
whorl on basal segment rather large, on other segments small. Fore wing 
with lb simple, Ic developed, 2 short, 3 separate, 4 — 9 absent, 10 and 11 
approximated from towards end of cell; cell very narrow, open between 
3 and 10. Hind wing narrowly lanceolate, over 1 / 4 , cilia 7, 2 — 5 remote, 
tolerably parallel, 6 and 7 approximated towards base, cell open between 
5 and 6. 
Genotype Sipsa tritoma spec, nov., female. 
Possibly a derivative of Agrioscelis Meyrick. 
Sipsa tritoma spec. nov. (figs. 722, 727, 728) 
tql = three, te/uvco = to cut 
$ 14 mm. Head pale golden-ochreous. Antenna pale ochreous, scape and 
posterior half slightly infuscated. Palpus pale ochreous, posterior half of 
