MICROLEPIDOPTERA OP NEW GUINEA 
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Palpus pale ochreous-yellowish, median segment with a moderate roughish 
tuft at the apex below; upper edge, and a suffused oblique median band, 
dark fuscous. Abdomen sordid pale ochreous, tinged brownish. Legs sordid 
light ochreous, more or less inl'uscated above, tarsi light-ringed. Fore wing 
with 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen; elongate, gradually 
dilated, broadest at 4 / 5 , costa hardly curved, more so at the base and 
before the apex, apex rather obtusely pointed, termen little rounded, 
oblique. Pale ochreous, tinged pale golden-yellowish, costa narrowly 
suffused with pale yellowish, markings fuscous. A small triangular spot 
on the base of the costa, top extended posteriorly in a fine short longi- 
tudinal line; first discal stigma at x / 3 , irregularly elongate, second forming 
a suffused transverse spot along the closing vein, connected by a moderate 
transverse irroration with 2 / 5 of the dorsum, with the posterior edge con- 
cave; a small longitudinal suffused mark on 2 / 3 of the costa; indication of 
fuscous irroration along the fold beyond its middle. Cilia pale ochreous- 
yellow. Hind w r ing with veins 3 and 4 stalked, 5 absent; glossy pale 
yellowish-ochreous, paler than fore wing, a narrow jet-black short longi- 
tudinal streak from the middle of the closing vein, possibly representing a 
scent-organ. Cilia pale ochreous-yellowish. 
Dorsal pad subcardiform, projections truncate. Valva broad at the base, 
cucullus narrower, curved upwards, three rows of bristles, ventral edge 
of the valva with a strong sclerotized projection bearing a bristled knob, 
and a sheaf of very long spines, before base of this a small transverse 
pecten of spikes, beyond, a larger one. Vinculum large, dorsally rather 
angulate, top ovate. Aedoeagus long, cornuti, a strong spine and an inter- 
rupted series of moderate spikes. (Slide no. 966 D, type.) 
Mist Camp, 1800 m, January 8, 1938. One specimen. 
Lecithocera pachystoma spec. nov. (fig. 600) 
na%vg = thick, oro/ia = mouth 
cj 19 mm. Head and scape of antenna pale golden-ochreous, flagellum 
pale ochreous, ringed with fuscous. Palpus with median segment exceeding 
by far the base of the antenna, triangularly dilated with long hairs roughly 
projecting at the apex and with a moderate tuft below, terminal segment 
over 1, much thickened with appressed scales, narrowed towards the apex, 
compressed laterally, with a deep longitudinal furrow on the inner side, 
apex roughish; pale ochreous, median segment with an ill-defined grey 
subapical band, terminal segment ochreous-tawny except at the base, 
mixed with a few fuscous scales along the anterior edge. Thorax light 
golden-ochreous-tawny. Abdomen pale ochreous. Legs light golden- 
ochreous, anterior leg suffused with dark fuscous above (femur little so), 
except the bases of the tarsal segments. Fore wing with veins 2 and 3 
stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 9 separate; elongate-ovate, little dilated, broadest 
