02 microlepidoptera of new guinea 
segment black. Legs with coxae, tibiae and tarsi light fulvous-ochreous, 
femora suffused with silvery-white. Fore wing with broad costal fold to 
beyond middle, its edge smooth and almost, straight to about 3 / 5 of its 
length, convex there, ciliated posteriorly; costa gradually strongly arched 
anteriorly, straight posteriorly, apex rounded, termen straight, vertical. 
Snow-white, base of costa with a minute pale fulvous suffusion; costa 
sufifusedly and faintly blackish throughout, beyond costal fold a jet-black 
marginal streak reaching around apex and along termen to vein 3, with 
triangular dentations on veins, reaching about one-sixth towards cell, 
preceded by a faint yellow suffusion from costa before apex to tornus, 
smaller triangular black dots, one on end of vein 2, and one on end of fold. 
Cilia snow-white, posterior half dark grey around apex and upper two- 
thirds of termen; basal half faintly interrupted by a few greyish bars 
Hind wing dark grey, white along basal three-fourth of costa, tinged 
blackish towards apical edge, suffused with white on dorsum. Cilia snow- 
white, with a broad grey shade. 
Tegumen clavate, base rather narrow. Uncus rather broad, not dilated, 
top rounded, scarcely emarginate. Socius, a moderate group of scattered 
short bristles. Gnathos very strong, hook broad. Transtilla knob moderate, 
densely dentate, median projection moderate. Pemculus rather long 
clavate, base narrow. Juxta corrugated. Vinculum somewhat narrowed 
below. Valva moderate, broadly semiovate. Aedoeagus with a long point, 
at apex (Slide No. 355 I)). 
Rattan Camp, 1200 m, February 19, 1939. One specimen. Closely allied 
to patarea and ochricauda, easily recognisable by yellow legs, and paler 
head and palpi. 
Chionothremma caelestis spec. nov. (fig. 41) 
$ 22.5 mm. Head fulvous-ochreous, face white. Palpus fulvous with 
ochreous base. Antenna with scape whitish, flagellum blackish, dotted 
with white above. Thorax snow-white, shoulder pale yellow-ochreous. 
Abdomen pale golden-ochreous, venter fulvous-ochreous, preanal segments 
somewhat darker, anal tuft, ochreous-whitish. Legs fulvous, paler above, 
anterior femur white. Fore wing with costal fold moderately broad, 
reaching beyond two-fifth of costa, its edge smooth and convex to middle, 
ciliated posteriorly; costa arched at, base, straight posteriorly, apex 
obtuse, termen rounded. Snow-white, costal margin narrowly edged with 
black, costa with a narrow, suffused black streak from about middle of 
fold, dilated towards apex and well-defined from beyond middle of costa, 
more or less suffused, elongate small triangular patches on base ol veins 
11 to 9; a series of jet-black small triangular dots in apex and along 
termen on ends of veins, two upper larger dots connected by a narrow 
marginal streak; a pale citric-yellow marginal suffusion along veins 
reaching one-third towards cell. Cilia snow-white, on costa suffused with 
dark grey, in apex and along upper half of termen faintly barred with 
