MICROLEFIDOPTERA OE NEW GUINEA 
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Crypsitricha oeceotypa spec. nov. (fig. 840) 
olxeiog = related, rvnoq = type 
$ 23 mm. Head sordid pale fuscous. Antenna serrulate, fuscous, pale- 
ringed, joints closely set. Palpus sordid pale ochreous, basal segment and 
2 / 3 of median fuscous, apical segment with a narrow basal and a broad 
subapical greyish rings. Thorax pale ochreous speckled with fuscous, dark 
fuscous anteriorly. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous, broadly ringed with 
fuscous. Legs light ochreous, infuscated, anterior tibia short, dark fuscous 
above, median tibia with two dark fuscous bands above. Fore wing with 
a pecten of hair-scales along median third of vein lc on the underside, 
elongate, dilated, broadest beyond 3 / 4 , costa moderately curved towards 
extremities, apex obtusely pointed, terrnen long, rounded, oblique. Pale 
ochreous, moderately and finely speckled with brown, markings dark 
brown. Base of costal edge infuscated; costa with a round spot beyond 
base, lower edge slightly produced towards base of wing, an elongate- 
rectangular, twice as large spot before 1 / 4 , a small transverse mark at 1 / 3 , 
a large round spot in 1 / 6 of disc, a small dot below this ; an elongate invert- 
trapezoid discal patch from before l / 3 to beyond middle, terminated abo\e 
by media, below by fold, anterior upper angle slightly projecting, posterior 
extended, so as to form an inwardly concave, somewhat zigzag broad 
band to 3 / s of costa, narrowed above, with a serrate posterior edge; lower 
anterior angle of this patch connected with dorsum by two small wedge- 
shaped spots; an inwardly oblique rather slender wedge-shaped mark on 
3 / 4 of costa reaching 1 / 3 across wing and an irregularly clavate spot on 
lower angle of cell, its stem reaching dorsum on termination of vein lc; 
these two marks together run tolerably parallel to posterior edge of 
preceding marking; an obliquely semioval subterminal discal patch, all 
markings along anterior 3 / 4 of costa alternating with series of small costal 
dots; posterior fourth of costa with four dots quickly becoming larger 
towards apex, subapical dot rounded; terrnen also with a row of foui dots, 
subapical semiovate, ultimate in tornus, penultimate transversely extended 
and connected with the subterminal discal patch ; dorsum with a triangular 
dot beyond base and some small transverse marks towards tornus. Cilia 
pale golden- ochreous, a brownish subbasal fascia forming darker blotches 
opposite terminal dots and a subapical row of suffused brownish dots 
corresponding with the preceding. Hind wing pale fuscous-golden, cilia 
pale fuscous-ochreous, glossy, a faint fuscous antemedian line around 
apex and along upper half of terrnen. 
Ostium supported by a curved sclerotized plate at each side, ventrally 
both plates are connected by limen which is a rising horseshoe-shaped 
weakly bristled plate. Ovipositor lobes deeply separated from each other. 
Ductus bursae simple. Bursa copulatrix not perceptible in mount. (Slide 
no. 1141 D, type.) 
Moss Forest Camp, 2800 m, November 13, 1938. One specimen. The 
