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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OE NEW GUINEA 
Key to the Papuan species of Pansepta 
1. Glossy fuscous-coppery -bronze tunsa spec, nov 
Glossy white ^ 
2. Fore wing with vein 9 connate with stalk of / and 8 or approximated . . 3 
Fore wing with vein 9 out of stalk ol 7 and 8 4 
3. Hind wing with veins 6 and 7 short-stalked languescens spec. nov. 
Hind wing with veins 6 and 7 closely approximated . . . tactica spec. nov. 
4. Edge of costa in fore wing not suffused with grey; hind wing towards posterior 
half of costa suffused with grey teleturga Meyrick 
Edge of costa suffused with grey towards base 5 
5. Fore wing with tcrmen hardly oblique; dorsum faintly suffused with pale 
ochreous, this suffusion continued as a fine marginal line to apex; costal edge 
lilac-grey at base, narrowly ochreous to before apex . . .splendens spec. nov. 
Fore wing with termen rather oblique; if dorsum suffused then there is no 
marginal line; costal edge grey towards base 6 
6. Antennal eiliations 2 1 / 2 . Fore wing white, with dorsum not suffused greyish. 
Hind wing white hierophanes Meyrick 
Antennal eiliations under 1. Fore wing white, distinctly suffused with pale 
lilac-greyish, especially towards costa, dorsum suffused with greyish. 1 find wing 
white, distinctly tinged yellowish amoerocera spec. nov. 
Fig. 639: Pansepta splendens spec, nov., male, head and wing neuration. 
Pansepta tunsa spec. nov. (fig. 646) 
$ 32 mm. Head fuscous. Antenna blackish. Palpus moderate, slender; 
pale ochreous, upper edge suffused with dark brown. Thorax deep fuscous- 
grey with purple gloss. Abdomen pale grey, finely banded with dark 
fuscous, tergites 1—3 with broad bands of orange-coppery fine bristles. 
Legs fuscous-grey. Fore wing with veins 4 and 5 connate ; elongate-ovate, 
moderately dilated, costa slightly curved anteriorly, faintly concave in the 
middle, curved posteriorly, apex obtusely pointed, termen long, con- 
