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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
median segment and top of terminal, white. Antenna light ochreous, 
mixed with pale brownish, flagellum ringed with dark brownish. Thorax 
light fuscous-ochreous mixed with light brown. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, 
anal tuft darker. Fore wing with veins 3 and 4 separate; narrowly-elongate, 
little dilated; costa little curved at base, straight posteriorly, apex sub- 
acute, long; termen slightly concave in middle, very oblique. Pale 
ochreous-whitish; base of costa faintly suffused with grey; marginal 
markings brownish-black: a series of six small triangular dots along costa, 
first dot before 1 / 4 , last at «/ 7 , third and fourth dots somewhat larger, and 
more distinct; terminal edge narrowly marked with a fascia formed by 
groups of loose dark scales; a short transverse dorsal mark on end of 
fold; other markings suffused light brown: two transverse streaks forming 
together a large triangle, with base extending along costa from third to 
fifth costal dot, its apex almost reaching tornus; a cloudy elongate 
indistinct suffusion below posterior half of costa, except towards base, and 
a few irregular faint strigulae originating from it, running transversely 
over middle of cell. Cilia pale greyish-ochreous with somewhat darker 
basal half, strewn with sparse, brownish-black scales, a faint grey preapical 
line. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 remote; pale greyish -whitish, glossy, 
edge finely darker; a faint marginal dark point in apex. Cilia light ochreous. 
Ostium weak, not sclerotized, forming a shallow wide cup, dorsal wall 
truncate, deeply emarginate in middle. Ductus bursae finely scobinate. 
Bursa copulatrix simple. (Slide No. 836 D, type). 
Top Camp, 2150 m, January 22, 1939. One specimen. Allied to M. monopa 
Diakonoff. In somewhat damaged condition, but very distinct. In both 
right and left hind wings vein 2 is furcate posteriorly. 
Meridarchis anisopa spec. nov. (fig. 507, 516) 
dvi'nog - inequal, eoy> = eye 
16 — 19 mm, $ 20 mm. Head and thorax white, the latter suffused with 
grey dorsally, shoulder with a black spot. Palpus white, basal half dark 
grey. Abdomen white. Legs white, anterior leg suffused with dark grey 
above. Fore wing with veins 3 and 4 separate; elongate-subovate; costa 
gradually curved, apex rather obtuse ; termen rounded, moderately oblique. 
White, with suffused grey patches, markings greyish-black. Costa with 
an elongate spot beyond base, narrowly extended along costal edge 
anteriorly and posteriorly; three small blackish dots just below costal 
edge along posterior half, on veins 12, 11, and 10, respectively, sometimes 
anterior dot shaped as a narrow longitudinal streak, then others obliterate; 
a round dot above dorsum beyond base; a moderate semiovate spot in 
disc at 1 / 3 , terminated below by fold, anterior and posterior edges straight, 
vertical; followed by a round dot just above fold at middle of wing length, 
sometimes a point just above fold halfway between these dots ; an oblique 
series of three round dots: first below middle of costa, third on upper 
