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MICROLEPIDOPTEKA OF NEW GUINEA 
with light grey on posterior half, a small dark fuscous mark at middle of 
median segment, above. Antenna dark fuscous, ringed with white, scape 
dark grey above, white beneath. Abdomen whitish, anal tuft brightly 
shining. Legs white, anterior femur long-fringed below, anterior tibia and 
tarsus dark fuscous above, the latter white-ringed. Fore wing elongate, 
narrowed towards base, costal fold moderately broad, reaching to middle 
of costa, inner edge convex along one fourth of its length, concave in 
middle, slightly curved and ciliated along posterior half. Costa gently 
curved along fold, straight posteriorly, apex obtuse, termen almost 
straight, faintly concave above. White, suffused with grey, and marked 
with grey, black, and ferruginous. Costa with a minute black transverse 
line beyond base, and two more distinct lines, suffused with brownish, at 
1 / 5 ; a rounded ferruginous-brown dot in disc below those lines; transverse 
fascia formed by a deep ferruginous triangular patch at 2 / 5 of costa, not 
reaching to middle of disc, with two minute marks of ground colour on 
costal edge; connected below with two diverging deep ferruginous fasciae, 
which enclose a triangle of dark grey coarse irroration, resting on middle 
third of dorsum ; anterior ferruginous fascia above mentioned suffused, 
ill-defined, not reaching dorsum, posterior fascia darker, sharply edged, 
very narrow above, abruptly dilated by an angular anterior projection 
below middle of disc; a series of cloudy blackish dots along dorsum, 
decreasing in size anteriorly; apical third of wing suffused with light 
leaden-grey; four cloudy dark grey dots along posterior two-fifths of costa, 
slightly decreasing in size towards apex, a somewhat oblique ferruginous 
dot below and between first two costal dots; a black point on lower angle 
of cell ; a curved series of interneural black points running below costa to 
before apex, thence before and along upper half of termen ; another short 
row of points tolerably parallel to the first row from lower fourth of termen 
reaching halfway towards cell ; a cloudy, fuscous-grey suffusion in tornus. 
Cilia greyish-whitish, with a strong grey antemedian line. Hind wing white, 
towards apex faintly dotted with greyish. Cilia white, with a faint basal 
shade. 
Uncus with erect-ovate top. Socius, a few scattered bristles. Gnathos 
long, hook rather long. Transtilla projection slender, long, dentate 
throughout, dentations decrease towards apex, basal part strong, curved. 
Peniculus densely bristled throughout, elongate-semiovate. Vinculum 
rounded, shortly indent. Valva rather flattened, discal fold short, cucullus 
rounded, sacculus with short, obtusely bent base. Aedoeagus rather short, 
slender (Slide No. 374 D, holotype). 
$ 26 — 28 mm. Head, antenna and thorax dark grey, face edged with 
white above, scape of antenna white beneath. Palpus dark grey mixed 
with white, basal third white. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous, venter 
whitish-ochreous, corethrogyne dark ochreous-grey. Legs white, anterior 
femur with a long fringe of white hairs, anterior tibia and tarsus fuscous, 
white-ringed. Fore wing elongate, little dilated, costa gradually curved 
