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base; a median, and a narrower subapical, fuscous line. Hind wing with 
vein 6 well-developed, veins 3 and 4 stalked; pale golden ochreous, an 
ovate patch of fine sparse black hairs on 1 / 3 of vein lc; cilia dull light 
ochreous, a broad fuscous antemedian shade. 
Tegumen moderately erect, broad. Uncus short, with a slender, long, 
slightly curved hook. Gnathos represented by a fold on each side which 
has a densely bristled median edge and deeply incised upper edge. Valva 
narrow, with a separate, heavily sclerotized costa, which is dentate along 
inner edge and posteriorly and bears a triangular tooth anteriorly; cucullus 
slender, elongate, bristled; sacculus simple, ending in a triangular tooth 
above. Aedoeagus with a rather short stalk, apical half elongate, apex 
asymmetrical: a broad, short-bristled projection, and a slender projection 
densely bristled along one edge, cornuti being a dense sheaf of spines. 
Cristae: slender long projections. Vinculum moderate, triangular. (Slide 
No. 848 D, type). 
Moss Forest Camp, 2600 — 2800 m, October 9 — November 5, 1938. One 
specimen. Nearest to M. drachmophora Diakonoff, 1950, but with 
narrower wings and different markings. 
Spartoneura gen. nov. (fig. 518) 
anaQrog = reed-like, vevqov = vein 
Head with smoothly appressed scales. Ocellus posterior. Proboscis 
developed. Antenna moderately ciliate in male, ciliations about 1, scape 
flattened. Labial palpus subascending, median segment with appressed 
scales, dilated towards apex with rough scales forming a small tuft above, 
terminal segment short, obtuse, somewhat curved downward, exposed. 
Thorax broad. Fore wing with tufts of raised scales; lb furcate at base, 
2 from towards angle, 3 — 4 rather approximated, 8 separate, 9 moderately 
approximated to 8 at base, 1 1 from beyond middle of cell. Hind wing l 1 / 2 , 
semiovate, pointed, with cubital pecten in male, cilia 1 / 3 ; cell extremely 
short, under 1 / 4 , open, veins long: 2 apparently from towards angle, 
Fig. 518 : Spartoneura xerocrastis gen. nov., spec, nov., male, wing neuration and head. 
