MICROLEPIDOPTERA OE NEW GUINEA 
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with light brownish posteriorly; veins slightly irrorated with blackish- 
fuscous; an elongate spot of blackish-fuscous irroration on costa before 
apex, mixed with glossy leaden-grey scales which extend along edge of 
wing to below apex, edge of wing narrowly dark brown. Cilia pale chestnut- 
brown, basal half tawny; on costa before apex cilia longer, forming a 
moderate tuft, densely irrorated with blackish-fuscous, before this tuft 
pale ochreous with a small patch of blackish-fuscous irroration before 
middle of costa. 
Tegumen broad, little narrowed, rather short. Uncus small, ending in 
a short knob, weakly bristled terminally. Socius long, spindle-shaped, 
pending. Gnathos unpaired, moderately long, pending, bases strong, 
posterior half trifurcate. Transtilla narrow, strong, invert-V-shaped, 
slightly dilated laterally, angulate in middle above. Valva narrow, costa 
strong, cucullus elongate, short-bristled, sacculus over 1 / 2 , excavated 
towards top, excavation with a strong rim ending in a blunt point. Juxta 
circular. Aedoeagus moderate, curved, gradually slightly narrowed towards 
middle, anellus very long, no cornuti. (Slide No. 662 D, holotype). 
Araucaria Camp, 800 m, March 22 (holotype), March 23, 1939. Two 
specimens, in somewhat damaged condition. A peculiar insect with 
aberrant venation. 
CHLIDANOTIDAE 
This little known, small family, although of doubtless tortricoid 
relationship, up till now seemed to occupy an isolated position. It is very 
probable, however, that a study of the genitalia of its species, which are 
hardly known at present, will reveal interesting facts. The genus Picroxena 
Meyrick, e.g., appears to be correlated with certain forms of Schoenotenes, 
as its male genitalia are in the possession of the hami. 
We regard the present family as being immediately related to the 
Schoenotenidae, and possibly a development of them, judging from the 
stalked veins 8 and 9 in the fore wing which is a character of considerable 
specialisation. 
Although the following genus gives no doubt as to its place in the 
present family, it possesses several characters new to the group, viz., the 
origin of the vein 2 in the fore wing and the presence of a short basal 
pecten on the lower edge of cell in the hind wing. 
The following species is a second record of the family from the Papuan 
region. 
Key to the Papuan genera of the Chlidanotidae 
1. Fore wing with vein 4 absent Trymalitis Meyrick: 
Fore wing with vein 4 present Demeijerella gen. nov. 
Demeijerella gen. nov. (fig. 495) 
Head with dense, roughly appressed scales, side tufts raised. Ocellus 
posterior. Proboscis vestigial. Antenna shortly pubescent in male? 
