MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
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3. Fore wing with a conspicuous complete triangular transverse band . . 4 
Not thus 5 
4. Corethrogyne light ochreous, ventrally with blackish spot 
melanotes spec. nov. 
Corethrogyne black melancalymma spec. nov. 
5. Fore wing with a conspicuous black transverse blotch on costa before middle 
6 
Not thus. 7 . 
6. Fore wing with no other markings except an isolated antemedian black costal 
blotch ; margins of wing not suffused darker melanoclera Meyrick 
Fore wing also with black dots along anterior fourth of costa, three rounded 
spots in a triangle at about 3 / 4 , and a preapical dot; margins of wing suffused 
darker melanopa spec. nov. 
7. Fore wing with a conspicuous fulvous-fuscous or dark fuscous-grey central 
fascia sematophora spec. nov. 
Fore wing with central fascia little darker than other markings or althogether 
ill-defined 8 
8. Corethrogyne dark grey 9 
Corethrogyne light ochreous 10 
9. Fore wing with costal patch triangular, somewhat obliquely-erect, curved, 
preterminal streak vertical, from dorsum before tornus .prosantes spec. nov. 
Fore wing with costal patch triangular, tolerably equilateral, curved, preter- 
minal streak oblique, from termen above tornus 
mesonephela modesta var. nov. 
10. Fore wing white, markings rather dark, fuscous-blackish 
marmorala spec. nov. 
Fore wing ochreous- whitish, markings lighter fuscous-greyish 11 
11. Fore wing, costal patch formed by three separate fuscous dots 
. erasa spec. nov. 
Fore wing, costal patch, a continuous elongate triangle, .pudens spec. nov. 
Isotenes megalea spec. nov. (figs. 99, 100, 101) 
peyahetog — mighty 
$ 40 mm. Head with face white, mixed with dark grey, edged with 
greyish-black, vertex greyish-black. Palpus rather long, basal segment 
roughly scaled, w'hite, median segment slightly sinuate, broadly dilated 
towards apex by long scales, greyish-black, base white below r , upper edge 
and apex laterally mixed with white, terminal segment white. Antenna 
greyish-black, scape white anteriorly, flagellum spotted with white. 
Thorax greyish-black, mixed with white, patagium narrowly edged with 
white. Abdomen whitish -ochreous, brighter towards apex, corethrogyne 
ochreous anteriorly, posteriorly blackish-brown, with long lateral tufts of 
ochreous hairs. Legs whitish-ochreous, tibia and tarsus, especially anterior, 
banded with black. Fore wing with costa shortly ciliated throughout, with 
small tufts: beyond base and in middle; considerably curved anteriorly, 
straight posteriorly; apex obtuse-pointed; termen slightly concave above, 
rounded beneath, hardly oblique. A semicircular rather large greyish- 
black spot at 2 / s of costa, connected by a somewhat lighter dark grey 
transverse suffused median band with dorsum before tornus, basal half 
of wing before this band greyish-blackish, suffused with dull leaden-grey 
