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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
pale purplish-brassy attenuated streak along dorsum and lower half of 
termen, not reaching above lower edge of cell. Cilia brownish-fuscous. 
Tegumen rather weak, erect. Uncus absent. Gnathos, two elongate 
subpending knobs densely covered with whorls of. modified bristles. 
Valva moderate, narrowed, cucuUuS narrow, short-bristled; sacculus over 
4 / 5 , much narrowed, ending in a stout short-haired spike, with a small knob 
with long hairs at base of this spike. A somewhat clavate process originating 
from middle of base of valva and appressed to its disc, with a bristly top. 
Vinculum ovate. Anellus erect-triangular. Aedoeagus straight, moderate, 
with dilated base. (Slide no. 1074 D, type.) 
Bernhard Camp, 50 m, August, 1938 (J. Olthoe). One specimen. 
Belongs to the A. cramer ella group. 
Iraina gen. nov. (fig. 805) 
Head with loosely appressed scales, rather rough on crown. Ocellus 
posterior. Proboscis developed. Antenna 1, scape elongate, with pecten. 
Labial palpus moderate, slightly drooping, straight, smooth, terminal 
segment shorter than median, slightly spindle-shaped, acutely pointed. 
Fig. 805: Iraina periplecta gen. nov., spec, nov., male, head and wing neuration. 
Maxillary palpus rather short, apparently three-jointed, porrect, finely 
scaled, subacute. Median and posterior tibiae smooth, with short projecting 
scales at apices only. Fore wing with lb simple, strong, 2 from angle, 
3 and 4 rather weak, 6 absent, 7 to costa, 7-10 tolerably equidistant, 
11 from towards base, weak, cell dilated and rounded posteriorly. Hind 
wing 2 / 3 , lanceolate, costa abruptly inbent at 1 / 3 ; cilia- over 2; 4 absent, cell 
open between 3 and 5, 5 and 6 stalked, stalk apparently out of 7, 7 to apex. 
Genotype Iraina periplecta spec, nov., male. 
