MICROLEPIDOPTERA OP NEW GUINEA 
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to form two rounded submedian dots. Abdomen whitish, suffused with 
deep ochreous, except the posterior edges of the segments, ochreous colour 
moderately irrorated laterally throughout, and on tergites 1 — 3, narrowly 
edged posteriorly, with dark fuscous; this edge on tergite 1 indent in the 
middle, tergite 4 with the white colour extended, tergite 5 with a dark 
fuscous antelateral spot at each side, tergite 6 with a small dark fuscous 
longitudinal mark on each side posteriorly, venter greyish-ochreous- 
white. Legs whitish, anterior suffused with dark grey except the articula- 
tions, and except the apex of the tarsus. Fore wing white, towards the base 
irrorated with light greyish -fuscous, except along the costa; first segment, 
with the anterior fifth with three transverse bands of a hght greyish- 
fuscous irroration, first of these smaller, basal; beyond these, four broad 
dark grey bands, beyond 1 / 4 , before the middle, before 3 / 4 , and subapical, 
each one broader than the preceding ; the apex of the first segment suffused 
with grey, confluent with the fourth band along the wing margins, a patch 
of pale fuscous suffusion between the third and the fourth bands, not 
reaching those ; first dark grey band is continued across the wing, forming 
a wedge-shaped patch, with the top on the third and the fourth segments 
before the base of the third cleft ; second segment with four broad bands, 
leaving narrow spaces of white ground colour between them, first band 
median, moderately broad, dark grey, second more than twice as broad, 
hght greyish-fuscous, third and fourth somewhat smaller, dark grey, tip 
of the segment greyish; third to sixth segments with four very broad 
fasciae separated by moderate or narrow spaces of white ground colour 
the first of these fasciae median, dark grey, very broad on the third seg- 
ment, on the second and the fourth segments twice as narrow, on the 
fifth narrowest, on the sixth segment dilated again; the second fascia 
rather hght fuscous, very broad on all the segments, outwardly curved, 
on the third and the sixth segments projecting posteriorly; the third 
fascia narrower, outwardly curved, dark grey; the fourth fascia twice as 
narrow, parallel, subapical, dark grey. Cilia white, opposite markings dark 
grey on the first segment, mixed and suffused with greyish on the other 
segments. Hind wing white, crossed by five moderately broad, undulating 
fasciae of a hght fuscous irroration, which form minute transverse lines 
across each segment, edged with dark fuscous, sometimes only these edges 
distinct, the first and the ultimate fasciae dark fuscous, rather narrow, at 
i/ gi and before the apex, respectively; the tips of the segments, grey. Cilia 
sordid pale ochreous-white, slightly tinged greyish opposite the markings. 
Ovipositor small, weak. Ostium and ductus bursae not modified. Bursa 
copulatrix moderate, simple. (Slide no. 918 D, holotype.) 
Moss Forest Camp, five km northeast of Lake Habbema, 2200 m, 
October 27, 1938. Two specimens. Nearest to 0. semophanthis Meyrick. 
