MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
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Ovipositor very broad, short, abruptly narrowed, lobes small. Ostium 
narrow, limen not developed. Ductus bursae with a colliculum, forming a 
wrinkled, narrowed tube, angularly bent at the end, distal part of the 
ductus irregularly tortuous. Bursa simple. (Slide no. 883 D, allotype.) 
Moss Forest Camp, 2800 m, October 15, 1938 (holotype, male), October 
9 — November 5, 1938 (allotype, female). Two specimens. Allied to P. 
hierophanes Meyrick. 
Pansepta amoerocera spec. nov. (fig. 639a) 
(i/ioioog = poor, xegag = horn 
21 mm. Head sordid white. Antennal ciliations about 1. Palpus white, 
median segment, except the apex, suffused with grey. Thorax sordid 
white, anterior third, except the patagia and the tegulae, suffused with 
greyish. Abdomen and legs white, tergites with broad bands of fine orange 
bristles mixed with white scaling, anal tuft tinged pale ochreous. Fore 
wing with veins 8 and 9 out 7, 4 and 5 short-stalked; rather narrow', 
elongate, little dilated, costa little curved towards extremities, hardly 
curved in middle, apex obtusely pointed, termen slightly concave, oblique. 
Fig. 639a: Pansepta amoerocera spec, nov., male, genitalia. 
Glossy silvery- white ; basal fourth of the costal edge suffused w r ith black; 
dorsum below fold tinged pale greyish -lilac. Cilia white, faintly tinged pale 
lilac in the tornus and along the dorsum. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 
short stalked, 6 and 7 short-stalked; white, tinged pale yellowish, cilia 
white. 
Uncus and gnatlios robust. Valva narrowed, little curved; harpe an 
ovate sclerotized plate, with its distal third bristled. Anellus bulbate. 
Aedoeagus very long, slender. Cornutus, a shor+ small tooth. (Slide no. 
920 D, type.) 
Sigi Camp, 1500 m, February 19, 1939. One specimen. Distinct by the 
small size, by the short ciliations of the antennae and by the yellowish- 
tinged hind wings. 
