MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
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beneath, terminal segment short, subacute. Thorax with a posterior crest. 
Fore wing without costal fold, lb furcate almost to middle, 2 from before 
s / 4 of lower edge of cell, 3 and 4 closely approximated at base, from angle, 
5 and 6 parallel, 5 much nearer to 4 than to 6, 7 and 8 stalked, 9 connate 
with stalk, 10 halfway between 9 and 11, 11 from 1 / 2 . Hind wing 1 
without cubital pecten, cilia J / 2 ; with long fringe of scales appressed against 
upper surface of wing along basal half of costa, this basal half folded down- 
ward; 2 from beyond 2 / 3 , 3 and 4 stalked from angle, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 
stalked, 8 concealed under fold, closing vein very oblique. 
Typus generis Arachniotes dactylota spec, nov., male. 
Correlated with Clysiana Fletcher, the male genitalia of which are 
very similar. Differs by the presence of a thoracic crest. 
$ 1 3 mm. Head and antenna pale ochreous. Palpus dark fuscous, upper 
edge of terminal segment except at base pale ochreous. Thorax fuscous; 
with a suffused median transverse band, and with apex of posterior tuft, 
pale ochreous. Abdomen pale fuscous, whitish-ochreous along basal half, 
anal tuft light ochreous. Anterior legs blackish (other missing). Fore wing 
elongate-subovate, rather narrow, costa little curved at base, straight 
posteriorly, apex obtusely pointed, terrnen slightly convex, very oblique, 
tornus broadly rounded. Rather dark greyish-fuscous-olive, retinate with 
glossy pale ochreous as follows : base of wing with a pale suffusion except 
on costa and dorsum; this suffusion almost connected posteriorly with a 
suffused round spot reaching from below costa to fold at ] / 4 , and confluent 
below with a narrow gradually curved longitudinal light streak from 
above x / 4 of dorsum; this streak running obliquely to below 1 / 2 of costa, 
thence below costa, and parallel to its third fourth; from there becoming 
Fig. 10: Arachniotes dactylota gen. nov., spec, nov., male, 
head and wing neuration 
Arachniotes dactylota spec. nov. (figs. 10, 11) 
daxrv/.oTrj; = with finger-shaped markings 
