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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OE NEW GUINEA 
possession of a pecten of hairs on the under side of vein lc instead of lb 
is the only discrepancy with the description of Crypsitricha, and is certainly 
not important enough for generic separation of the present species. 
Crypsitricha occurs also in New Zealand and Australia. 
Head roughly haired, face with long rough hairs forming loose sub- 
lateral tufts. Ocellus posterior. Proboscis vestigial. Antenna 1 / 2 , in male 
serrate, ciliated (over 1), scape somewhat dilated and flattened, with 
pecten. Labial palpus moderately long, little curved, porrect, median 
segment with rough fringe of scales below, terminal segment 2 / 3 , some- 
what thickened, smooth, tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpus long, several- 
jointed, folded, moderately compressed, obtuse. Thorax without crest. 
Posterior tibia smooth. Pore wing with lb furcate, 2 from beyond 4 / 5 , 
3 from towards angle, 4 from angle, 7 separate from below upper angle 
of cell, to termen, 8 and 9 rather approximated towards base, 10 remote, 
11 from towards base. Hind wing 1, elongate-semiovate, cilia 1 / 2 ; 2 from 
3 / b , 3 from angle, widely remote from 4, 4 — 7 separate, tolerably parallel, 
4 more remote, 5 — 7 almost equidistant; short-furcate median vein 
distinct in cell. 
Genotype Sematoplusia acibdela spec, nov., male. 
Allied to Scardia but readily recognised by vein 7 in the fore wing 
running to the termen, and by the smooth hind tibiae. 
Sematoplusia gen. nov. (fig. 841) 
afjiia = sign, TiXovmoQ = rich 
Fig. 841: Sematoplusia acibdela gen nov., spec, nov., male, head 
and. wing neuration. 
