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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
Tegumen broad, short, soldered with uncus which is broadly ovate, 
with top incised, and bears a large ventral tumescense with globulose 
surface. Gnathos bipartite, each arm hooked. Valva with an elongate, 
sinuate, slender and hairy cucullus part, and a rhomboidal, pointed, naked 
sacculus part; costal base with a pointed projection. Vinculum, a strong 
ring. Saccus very short. Anellus, a small ring with two subacute rather 
slender lobes, haired below top. Aedoeagus moderate, distal part of ductus 
bursae apparently sclerotized, forming a long curved tube. Cornuti, a 
series of spikes at the top of the aedoeagus. (Slides no. 1148 D, holotype, 
no. 1149 D, paratype.) 
Sigi Camp, 1500 m, February 19, 1939 (holotype), February 22, 1939. 
Araucaria Camp, 800 m, March 19, 1939. Four males. Allied to M. 
mochlacma Meyeick, 1939, but smaller, distinct by the neuration, by the 
very narrow fore wing and by a somewhat longer terminal segment of the 
palpus. Unfortunately all the specimens are in bad condition and greasy, 
markings being discernable only with difficulty. Still they can easily be 
distinguished from mochlacma. 
Coryptilum Zeller, 1839 
Coryptilum Zeller, 1839, Isis, vol. 32, p. 181. Walsingham, Cat. Lep. Het. 
Mus. Oxon., vol. 2, p. 580, 1900. Meyrick, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vol. 32, 
pp. 82-83, 1907. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1910, p. 475, 1910. Fletcher, Mem. 
Agi'ic. Ind., Ent., vol. 11, p. 66, 1929. 
Sippharara Walker, 1866, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus., vol. 35, p. 1821. 
Sagora Walker, 1869, Charaet. Undescr. Lep. Heter., p. 101. 
Coryptilum klugii Zeller, 1839 
Coryptilum Klugii Zeller, 1839, Isis, vol. 32, p. 181. Walsingham, Catal. Lep. 
Het. Mus. Oxon., vol. 2, p. 580, 1900. Meyrick, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vol. 
32, p. 83, 1907 (redescr.). 
Sippluirara euchromella Walker, 1866, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus., vol. 25, p. 1822. 
Sippharara Woodfordi Druce, 1888, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1888, p. 579, pi. 29, 
fig. 8. 
Distribution: New Guinea, Milore Bay. Solomon Islands. Rossel Island. 
Moluccas, Halmaheira, Batjan. Philippines, Mindanao. Celebes. Sumatra. 
Borneo. Java. Malaya. 
Coryptilum klugii subspec. biagina Strand, 1920 
Coryptilum Klugii Zeller var. (ab. ?) biagina Strand, 1920, Arch. Naturg., A 12, 
vol. 85, p. 165, 1920. 
Distribution: British New Guinea, Biagi, Mambare River, 5000 feet. 
Bernhard Camp, 50 m, August 19, 1938. Araucaria Camp, 700 m, March 
31, 1939. Rattan Camp, 1150 m, February 9, 1939. Three females. 
