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MICK.OLEPIDOPTERA OP NEW GUINEA 
about 2 / s of wing length, end truncate; an elongate-rectangular, rather 
narrow patch on costa before middle, with two yellowish costal points in 
middle, followed by a semiovate small dot at a / 3 , and a rounded-triangular 
moderate costal patch slightly beyond 3 / 4 ; this patch som&what outwardly 
oblique, with top reaching to below vein 8, middle of patch with a yellowish 
point on costa, a 31 -shaped mark in middle, open posteriorly, arms 
dilated, upper broader, excavate beyond base; this mark slightly filled 
with orange-fulvous scales, and connected below by orange-fulvous 
irroration with a streak along central half of dorsum, which is slightly 
suffused posteriorly and interrupted by ground colour; upper posterior 
angle of the above mentioned discal mark connected with a moderately 
curved transverse streak, running around end of cell to dorsum before 
tornus; anterior edge of this streak regularly concave, posterior crenulate, 
with two rounded projections along its upper part, a subtriangular one 
on lower part above dorsum, separated by a triangular incision; two 
small elongate dots on costa before apex, a subtriangular dot in tornus; 
a vertical erect mark from ter men above tornus to vein 7, narrowed 
above; a small marginal streak along termen below apex, preceded by 
sparse orange-fulvous irroration; elsewhere terminal edge mixed with 
orange-fulvous, with minute black points on terminations of veins 4 
and 5; plical tuft and second discal tuft pale sulphur-yellow, projecting 
over black markings. Cilia whitish, touched with pale yellow, a narrow 
interrupted black antemedian line, basal half with black bars and a black 
patch, this patch corresponding with subapical marginal mark; three 
blackish bars extending over entire length of cilia opposite two posterior 
costal dots and just below apex, respectively. Hind wing white, tinged 
pale fuscous posteriorly, slightly marbled with greyish, a much suffused 
interrupted marginal fascia along termen; cilia white with a subbasal row' 
of faint greyish dots, barred with grey along costa. 
Limen, a strong transverse band, lower edge emarginate, upper with 
two curved rising projections towards middle. Seventh segment forming a 
strong ring, eighth a moderate collar. Ovipositor lobe elongate-reniform, 
lower half thickened, upper half with a transverse oblique haired pad 
dorsally. Ostium simple. Ductus bursae with a moderate curved colliculum. 
Bursa copulatrix ovoid. Signum, a short hollow tooth (Slide No. 741 D, 
allotype). 
Moss Forest Camp, five km northeast of Lake Habbema, 2800 m, 
November 2, 1939 (holotype, male), October 18, 1938 (allotype, female). 
One male, one female. Male genitalia show" a correlation with Oligotenes. 
Metachorista megalophrys spec. nov. (figs. 409, 410, 411) 
fieyag = large, dcpqvg = eyelash 
d 1 15 mm, $ 16,5 — 18 mm. Head white. Palpus black, apex of median 
segment, and terminal segment white, terminal segment sometimes slightly 
