MICROLEPID.OPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
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irregularly dotted and irrorated with dark fuscous, markings black, dark 
fuscous and brown. A large transverse pale straw-tawny crest beyond 
base from costa to above dorsum, dilated towards the latter; an elongate 
mark of black irroration on costa beyond base; five somewhat suffused 
round black dots along costa from beyond 1 / i to rather before apex; four 
rounded strongly raised scale-tufts on second fourth of disc : an inwardly 
oblique transverse pair of larger tufts, one tuft above and one below fold, 
respectively, and a smaller outwardly oblique pair, one tuft below costa 
and one in cell, respectively; all tufts pale straw-tawny, irrorated with 
light fuscous below, base narrowly edged with whitish: of first pair only 
posteriorly, of second pah' throughout; a very large, strongly posteriorly 
projecting pale tawny -whitish tuft of long raised scales along closing vein, 
base rounded anteriorly; a moderate patch of dark grey suffusion below 
three median dots, elongate-triangular, lower edge suffused with blackish, 
top reaching to below middle of closing vein, anterior angle with a large 
suffused black dot halfway between costa and cell in middle of wing, 
posterior edge of suffusion well-defined, concave, edging base of discoidal 
tuft from above; an erect oblique black dot above ;i / 4 of dorsum; preter- 
minal area whitish, sparsely irrorated with pale tawny and fuscous- 
blackish; a straight transverse suffused dark fuscous streak from below 
ultimate costal dot to tornus, sending off a greyish-fuscous curved broader 
streak from middle of the latter to fourth costal dot ; a small longitudinal 
streak of dark fuscous irroration below last costal dot traversing streak; 
two longitudinal groups of dark fuscous scales between veins before apex ; 
posterior extremity of costa, apex, and upper third of termen, with a 
fulvous-brown streak, along low T er part of termen to tornus, becoming 
blackish-fuscous. Cilia whitish tinged pale tawny towards apex; a broad 
antemedian band of blackish-fuscous rather sparse irroration, dilated 
below, not reaching tornus, and a narrow subapical dark fuscous line. 
Hind wing pale ochreous -whitish, tinged tawny-greyish, darker greyish 
towards apex ; cilia tawny whitish, a faint darker median shade around apex. 
Ovipositor erectile, moderately long. Eighth segment moderate, posterior 
edge long-bristled. Limen formed by two moderate lobes with thickened 
upper rim, separated by an angular emargination and a thin sclerotized 
trapezoid median plate with rounded top. Seventh ventrite finely punctu- 
late. Ductus bursae rather narrow, wall punctulate. Bursa copulatrix 
large, elongate. Two signa, each with a round basal plate with two long 
pointed blades below, surface finely rippled, inner edge serrulate (collum 
of spermatophore extremely long, coiled within bursa). Slide !\ o. 830 D, 
type. 
Moss Forest Camp, five km northeast of Lake Habbema, 2800 m, 
October 26, 1938. One specimen. 
