MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
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Neachandella desis spec. nov. (figs. 609, 612) 
diou ; = connection 
18 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen, legs, pale golden ochreous, shoulder 
infuscated. Antenna pale golden-ochreous slightly speckled with fuscous. 
Palpus pale golden-ochreous, median segment suffused with dark fuscous. 
Fore wing lanceolate, costa gently curved anteriorly, slightly concave at 
2 / 3 . Pale golden-ochreous; base of the costal edge suffused with dark 
fuscous. Markings formed by tawny-fuscous irroration, towards the costa 
suffused with dark fuscous. An outwardly oblique transverse streak from 
Fig. 612: Neachandella desis gen. nov., spec, nov., male, head and wing neuration. 
the base of the costa not reaching dorsum, quickly narrowed below; a 
broad transverse median band occupying the middle sixth of the costa, 
its edges suffused; anterior edge tolerably straight, vertical, posterior 
straight and vertical across upper third of disc, thence strongly inwards- 
oblique and converging with the anterior edge almost at one point on 
the dorsum; an irregularly triangular patch on the dorsum at 2 / 3 of the 
wing, narrower than the preceding band, anterior edge vertical, upper 
angle of triangle adjacent to the preceding band at one-third of its posterior 
edge ; posterior edge of the triangular patch somewhat rounded, connected 
by a dark fuscous suffused streak from above the dorsum rising towards 
% of the costa, with an indefinite fuscous irroration occupying posterior 
third of the costa, extending to the apex and upper part of the termen, 
but becoming much paler posteriorly. Cilia (imperfect) pale ochreous 
mixed with fuscous. Hind wing ochreous- whitish, cilia pale ochreous. 
Male genitalia sclerotized. Tegumen higher than broad. Uncus moderate, 
bifid, apical projections somewhat curved downward, obtuse. Gnathos 
