MICROLEPIDOPTERA OP NEW GUINEA 
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with dark fuscous except towards extremities. Thorax pale tawny- 
ochreous, somewhat infuscated anteriorly, tegula with basal half densely 
suffused with blackish-fuscous. Abdomen fuscous- whitish. Legs: blackish, 
tibia and basal segment of tarsus with a basal, a submedian and a sub- 
apical band of pale ochreous bristles, spurs and whorls of bristles on tarsal 
segments pale ochreous, posterior leg whitish-ochreous, tibia with a 
subbasal grey band, tarsal segments grey above except their bases, whorls 
of bristles whitish. Fore w r ing narrowly lanceolate, costa gently curved 
anteriorly. White, densely irrorated and marked with fulvous-tawny, dark 
fuscous and blackish. A light fuscous-tawny basal patch occupying 1 / 6 of 
wing, with three parallel dark fuscous transverse lines, first subbasal, 
third marginal; costa marked with minute blackish dots; edge of basal 
patch inwardly oblique, straight, with an acutely triangular tawny 
posterior projection just above fold; median half of costa with a row of 
blackish dots, posteriorly less distinctly separate and forming blackish 
irroration; posterior fourth of costa with three larger blackish dots inter- 
connected by fine black irroration, last dot subapical; an irregvdar sub- 
costal streak of pale ochreous-tawny irroration extending from beyond 
basal patch to about 5 / fi ; two large subovate fuscous patches in middle of 
disc somewhat above middle of wing, touching each other, first one largest, 
both more or less connected with fulvous-tawny suffusion extending along 
fold, marked below and before first discal patch with a fuscous spot, and 
extending along posterior s / 4 of dorsum; including an elongate-triangular 
spot of white ground colour on middle of dorsum and a small white dot on 
dorsum before end of fold ; two black dots before middle of dorsum ; three 
black dots in disc, broadly encircled with white, arranged in a series 
parallel to fold but well above it: before, between and beyond fuscous 
discal patches, respectively, first one somewhat elongate; a broad slightly 
inwards-oblique tawny-fulvous band at 3 / 4 , not reaching costa, connected 
below with dorsal suffusion; tins band is marked above middle of disc 
posteriorly by a dark fuscous elongate spot and is followed by a leaden- 
grey ovate patch occupying posterior fifth of wing but not reaching wing- 
margins ; a row T of some three irregular black dots along termen, last one 
apical. Cilia light golden-ochreous, basal half along costa in apex and 
along termen tinged deeper fulvous-ochreous and mixed with black, a 
narrow black bar in apex, a subapical blackish dot opposite middle of 
termen, dorsal cilia mixed with black points along base, raised tufts of 
black scales on base of cilia at 1 / 4 and beyond middle of wing. Hind wing 
wdiitish with leaden gloss, cilia pale ochreous. 
Tegumen short. Uncus with a long slender hook. No gnathos. Valva 
with a separate costa which is sclerotized, triangularly dilated in middle, 
ending in an acute free projection; cucullus digitoid, with somewhat 
dilated base; sacculus rather broad, with angulate top. Vinculum short. 
Aedoeagus short, rather thick, tubular. (Slide no. 1080 D, type.) 
Letterbox Camp, 3600 m, August 30, 1938. Two specimens. 
