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MICROLEPIDORTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
vertical patch at about 1 / 4 of dorsum, with posterior edge continued across 
disc, so as to form a short inwardly oblique line almost reaching middle; 
a large transverse band, originating from upper edge of cell at 1 / 3 , with 
rounded upper top, running outwardly oblique in disc to vein 3 beyond 
middle of wing, thence bifid; anterior branch slightly inwards-oblique to 
dorsum before middle, posterior branch narrowed, vertical; this branch 
preceded by two large whitish-grey scale-tufts, at 1 / 3 and 2 / 3 of wing 
breadth, respectively, and by a narrow greyish striga descending vertically 
on dorsum; upper extremity of transverse fascia surmounted by an 
irregular triangular moderate patch below costa before middle ; a moderate 
rounded spot beyond middle at '/ 3 of disc, with two vertical greyish 
strigulae, almost connected below with preceding markings; a rather large 
rounded discal patch beyond cell, edged by a ridge of white and blackish 
scales on closing vein, connected above with preceding mark, connected 
below by a greyish, slightly curved fine with dorsum; sixth and seventh 
costal dots united by a semicircular transverse mark, below slightly 
projecting and connected by a curved greyish line with an erect-rounded 
patch in tornus; a more or less interconnected series of small grey dots 
from costa beyond preceding to vein 6; an erect-ovate preterminal blotch 
from vein 4 to 8 parallel to termen, slightly constricted in middle. Cilia 
white, with an antemedian series of flattened V-shaped blackish marks. 
Hind wing semipellucent, silky -white; cilia silky- white. 
Moss Forest Camp, five km northeast of Lake Habbema, 2800 m, 
October 25, 1938. One specimen. Allied to S. subcrocmla Meyrick. 
Schoenotenes phloeotis spec. nov. (fig. 474) 
(pAoiovrjq = bark-like 
21 mm. Head greyish-white, or fuscous-white, vertex slightly in- 
fuscated. Palpus whitish, densely suffused with fuscous-grey, except base, 
upper edge of median, and tip of terminal segment. Thorax whitish-fuscous 
or light fuscous, more or less suffused with greyish. Abdomen whitish- 
ochreous, anal tuft whitish-golden, tip white. Legs ochreous- white, anterior 
tibia, and tarsus, and median knee, suffused with blackish. Fore wing 
with raised scales along veins, tufts large; elongate-subtriangular, moder- 
ately dilated, costa gradually curved throughout; apex subobtuse, termen 
straight, moderately oblique. Whitish, tinged fuscous or pale fuscous, 
retinate and transversely strigulated with darker greyish-fuscous, markings 
light tawny -fuscous, partially edged with fuscous-blackish lines. Costa 
with a small dark fuscous suffusion at base, and a row of nine moderate 
blackish-fuscous dots, becoming large and dark grey posteriorly, alternating 
with dark points; a large irregular mark on ] / 4 of dorsum reaching to 
below costa; an erect-rectangular slightly outwards-oblique spot on costa 
reaching to fold, connected with two spots of the same colour between 
fold and dorsum ; these dorsal spots slightly inwards-oblique, interconnected 
