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ochreous-whitish, becoming brighter ochreous towards the apex. Cilia pale 
ochreous, a faint antemedian shade, abruptly becoming dark fuscous below 
the termination of vein 2, but almost disappearing again before the 
tornus. 
Ovipositor lobes concave, together forming a groove. Eighth ventrite 
forming a broad transverse plate, its lower edge bearing two tubercles in 
its middle. Ostium indefinite. Ductus bursae broad, with a strong plicate 
colliculum. Bursa copulatrix simple. (Slide no. 1019 D, type.) 
Moss Forest Camp, five km northeast of Lake Habbema, 2800 m, 
October 29, 1938. One specimen. 
Scorpiopsis Turner, 1894 
Scorpiopsis Turner, 1894, Trans. R. Soc. S. Austral., vol. 18, p. 132. Proc. Linn. 
Soc. N. S. Wales, vol. 72, p. 151, 1947. Meyrick, Gener. Ins., fasc. 180, p. 161, 
1922. Fletcher, Mem. Agr. Ind., Entom., vol. 11, p. 201, 1929. Gaede, Lepid. 
Catal., part 92, p. 255, 1939. 
Oonionota Meyrick, 1886. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vol. 11, p. 1041. 
Cerycostola Meyrick, 1902, Trans. R. Soc. S. Austral., vol. 26, p. 163. 
To the description of this genus may be added: the fore wing some- 
times with small tufts of raised scales ; the hind wing with vein 5 markedly 
curved downward at the base. 
Key to the Papuan species of Scorpiopsis 
1. Fore wing with veins 2 — 4 separate; two round snow-white raised spots in disc 
at 2 / 3 , edged with crimson diplaneta Meyrick 
Fore wing with veins 3 and 4 out of 2 ; no round white spots in disc 
exanthistis Meyrick 
Scorpiopsis diplaneta Meyrick, 1930 
Scorpiopsis diplaneta Meyrick, 1930, Exot. Microl., vol. 3, pp. 619 — 618. Gaede, 
Lep. Catal., part 92, p. 255, 1939. 
Distribution: British New Guinea: Biagi, Mambare River, 5000 feet, and 
Kumusi River. Netherlands New Guinea: Utakwa River, Snow Mountains. 
Moss Forest Camp, 2600 — 2800 m, October 9 — November 5, 1938. One 
male, one female. 
Chezala Walker, 1864 
Chezala Walker, 1864, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus., vol. 29. p. 787. Meyrick 
Gener. Ins., fasc. 180, p. 114, 1922. Fletcher, Mem. Agric. Ind., Ent., vol. 11, p. 
46, 1929. Gaede, Lepid. Catal., part 88, p. 193, 1938. Turner, Proc. Linn. Soc. 
N. S. Wales, vol. 66, p. 407, 1941. 
Peltophora Meyrick, 1883, ibidem, vol. 7, p. 421. 
Pempeltias Kirkaldy, 1910, Canad. Ent., vol. 42, p. 8. 
