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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
throughout, apex moderately pointed, somewhat projecting, terrnen sinu- 
ate, moderately oblique. Pale whitish-lilac, sparsely speckled with dark 
fuscous-lilac. Anterior fifth of the costal edge suffused with dark brown, 
posterior half, with pale ochreous; faint narrow lilac-fuscous transverse 
fascia from before 2 / 3 of the costa to beyond 3 / 4 of the dorsum, acutely 
angulate in the middle and reaching posteriorly as far as 4 / s of the disc, 
concave above and below the angulation; wing before this fascia evenly 
suffused with pale brownish-lilac, except a broad whitish suffusion on the 
costa from the base to before the middle, posterior extremity of this 
suffusion indefinite; a cloudy dark bronze-lilac suffusion along the dorsum 
from '/ 5 to 3 / 4 , much narrowed posteriorly, forming an ill-defined pro- 
jection at 1 j 3 of the wing, reaching well above the fold. Cilia rosy-lilac with 
a golden gloss, basal hall dull pale whitish-lilac. Hind wing pale ochreous- 
whitish with a golden gloss, towards the apex becoming pale ochreous; 
cilia concolorous. 
Seventh sternite, a simple haired plate, with the upper edge slightly 
emarginate. Ostium narrow. Ductus bursae with a slender tubular col- 
liculum. Signum, a weak rhomboidal plate, with a small transverse ridge. 
(Slide no. 889 D, type.) 
Iebele Camp, 2250 m, November — December, 1938. One specimen. 
Allied to the preceding species. 
Paralecta rhodometallica spec. nov. (figs. 642, 661) 
Qodeoc; = red, /teraUixdg — metal 
o 30 33 mm, $ 33 mm. Head whitish. Palpus whitish, median segment 
dark grey except the apex. Thorax light lilac-grey, suffused with whitish 
anteriorly, tips of the patagia and the apex, darker grey. Abdomen pale 
whitish-ochreous, with orange-coppery transverse bands of appressed fine 
bristles. Legs pale golden-ochreous, anterior leg infuscated medianly, all 
tarsi suffused with golden-tawny. Fore wing subtriangxdar, broad, strongly 
dilated, less so in the female, costa gradually curved, apex obtuse, terrnen 
straight, moderately oblique. Whitish-grey -lilac, appearing brownish- 
lilac or rosy- brownish in certain lights, finely irrorated with dark brownish- 
lilac. A very narrow brownish-lilac transverse fascia from 2 / 3 of the costa 
to 3 / 4 of the dorsum, angulate somewhat above the middle, angulation 
rather irregular, subacute, reaching posteriorly as far as 4 / s of the wing 
length, fascia almost straight above, gently outwards-concave below ; wing 
before the fascia appearing darker brownish-lilac in certain lights, beyond 
fascia more distinctly suffused with whitish-grey-lilac; a brownish-lilac 
suffusion along the dorsum from beyond the base to 3 / 4 , much narrowed 
towards extremities, triangularly dilated and reaching the lower edge of 
the cell at 4 / 3 of the wing, posterior edge of this triangle suffused with dark 
