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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
apex subacute in male, subobtuse in female, termen hardly sinuate in 
male, almost straight in female, moderately oblique. Whitish, retinate and 
strigulated with undulate transverse fuscous-grey lines, markings blackish- 
fuscous. Male. Extreme base of costal edge blackish, a small black trans- 
verse mark beyond base and eight or nine blackish dots, becoming larger 
and greyish-fuscous posteriorly, continued by short series of blackish dots 
tending to form narrow oblique transverse strigulae to above cell; strigula 
from below second costal dot almost complete, running obliquely to middle 
of disc before middle of wing, thence continued by transverse strigulae of 
blackish retination to a suffused grey spot on 3 / s of dorsum ; second similar 
transverse streak from median costal dot obliquely to upper angle of cell, 
gradually convex around end of cell, becoming grey below, vertical, to 
4 / 5 of dorsum; a small blackish patch below costa before middle; an 
elongate-ovate irregular dark grey suffusion below sixth costal dot, mixed 
with blackish, and comiected by an interrupted blackish fascia with 
tornus ; a preterminal dark grey, black-edged fascia from tornus to about 
vein 8, strongly constricted on vein 3, forming a narrow branch on vein 5, 
which runs obliquely to sixth costal dot ; transverse darker grey strigulation 
in middle of disc ; markings much obscured by grey transverse strigulation 
and retination, posterior half of wing also slightly suffused throughout 
with greyish ; terminal edge grey. Female. Paler, markings somewhat more 
fuscous, partially obliterate; wing not retinate, only irrorated with grey; 
costal dots larger, a black dot below first dot, a V-shaped mark below 
second, continued by an oblique fascia of blackish irroration, gradually 
somewhat dilated below, to s / 4 of dorsum; eight costal dots; fifth with a 
circular greyish spot below; pretermina.1 mark indicated only by dark 
fuscous edge of posterior arm of the “Y”; this arm ovate, open above, 
sometimes comiected by two narrow parallel curved lines with sixth and 
seventh costal dots, the stalk and the anterior mark obliterate. Cilia in 
the two sexes white, an antemedian row of V-shaped small dark grey 
marks. Hind wing and cilia glossy white, costa before apex faintly speckled 
with grey. 
Tegumen broadly triangular, rather short, arms little dilated posteriorly. 
Uncus broad, very short, with small triangular lateral knobs; terminal 
projection narrow', long, triangular, abruptly clavate and bristled at the 
top. Hamus strong, narrow', sinuate, top curved. Socius, gnathos and 
transtilla absent. Valva elongate, costa little curved, cucullus blunt, 
moderately bristled. Sacculus with a deep semicircular excavation beyond 
middle, a small rounded and bristled knob before this excavation, a ridge 
of long, strong bristles beyond excavation. Harpe, a bristled longitudinal 
ridge. Disc with a row of fine bristles. Anellus, broad elongate-ovate. 
Aedoeagus rather slender, sclerotized, curved towards apex, which is 
flattened dorso-ventrally and truncate. Anellus long. (Slide No. 660 D, 
holotype). 
Ostium broad, compressed dorso-ventrally. Limen broad, strong, upper 
