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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
at 3 / 4 , costa curved anteriorly, less so before the apex, straight in the 
middle, apex obtusely pointed, termen straight above, rounded beneath, 
oblique. Glossy pale ochreous, moderately irrorated with dark purplish- 
fuscous except along the costa which is suffused with light golden-ochreous ; 
a light fuscous-purple suffusion on the base of the costa; discal stigmata 
distinct, blackish-purple-fuscous, first rounded, beyond l / 4 just above the 
middle, second larger, rounded, with its posterior edge somewhat irre- 
gular; an irregular dark fuscous marginal line from just above the apex 
to the middle of the termen. Cilia pale golden-ochreous, an interrupted 
fuscous antemedian line. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 stalked; whitish- 
ochreous becoming somewhat brighter ochreous towards the apex, cell 
with moderate appressed hairs directed downward. Cilia pale golden- 
ochreous, basal half somewhat brighter. 
Dorsal pad subcardiform, lobes elongate. Valva rather slender cucullus 
not separated, rounded, some four minute bristles: ventral edge obtusely 
angulate, with some three-four long spikes. Aedoeagus stout, curved. 
Cornuti, a curved stout rod and minute dentations. (Slide no. 988 D, type.) 
Moss Forest Camp, 2600 — 2800 m, October 9 — November 5, 1938. One 
specimen. 
Lecithocera megalosperma spec. nov. (fig. 599) 
/ueyag = large, anegfia = seed 
C 18 mm. Head, thorax and legs, pale ochreous. Antenna pale ochreous, 
ringed with fuscous. Palpus pale ochreous, median segment moderately 
irrorated with fuscous except towards the extremities. Abdomen pale 
ochreous, becoming whitish towards the base. Fore wing with veins 2 and 
3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 9 separate ; elongate, moderately dilated, costa 
moderately curved along the anterior half, straight posteriorly, apex 
subobtuse, termen hardly rounded, oblique. Pale ochreous, costa suffused 
with pale tawny ; coarsely speckled with dark fuscous, and finely, with pale 
tawny, markings fuscous. A small irrorated spot on the base of the costa, 
terminated by a short oblique transverse streak; discal stigmata very 
large, formed by blackish-fuscous irroration, first at 1 / 3 slightly above the 
middle, moderately elongate, narrowed posteriorly, with its anterior edge 
rounded, posterior pointed; second stigma larger, beyond 2 / s , median, 
erect-subovate, with edges rather irregular; fuscous speckling forming a 
denser terminal irregular band, more or less condensed to an apical and a 
subtornal dark spot. Cilia pale tawny -ochreous, apical half paler than 
basal, separated by a faint interrupted antemedian line of fuscous 
irroration. Hind wing whitish-ochreous with a golden gloss, cilia paler 
ochreous. 
Ostium hardly modified. Limen, a broad denticulate plate, hardly 
