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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
irrorated and suffused with leaden-blackish, with an indication of a 
narrow transverse black strigula parallel to transverse fascia; costal patch 
elongate-ovate, at about 3 / 4 , leaden-black, with two small semioval costal 
marks of ground colour, a cloudy irregular group of some black points 
before upper half of termen, and another one in tornus. Cilia creamy- 
w r hite, with a median row of black dots. Hind wing rather dark fuscous- 
grey, suffused with dark grey towards apex, cilia light fuscous-greyish, 
with a narrow darker antemedian line. 
Tegumen with a rounded projection at each side of top. Uncus rather 
broad, apical half circular. Socius, a series of fine bristles. Gnathos curved, 
hook short. Transtilla projection slender, long, strongly dentate above 
except towards point. Peniculus rather long, clavate, with narrow base 
and round top. Vinculum erect, deeply emarginate below. Valva elongate, 
cucullus obtusely pointed. Sacculus with angularly bent, long base (Slide 
No. 376 D, holotype). 
5 25 mm. Head white. Palpus white, median segment with a fuscous 
lateral longitudinal streak interrupted beyond middle, terminal segment 
suffused with fuscous above. Antenna with scape white suffused with 
fuscous above, flagellum fuscous, suffused with white. Thorax pale greyish, 
patagium and tegula white. Abdomen whitish, corethrogyne black. Legs 
ochreous-whitish, anterior tibia with fuscous spots, anterior tarsus dark 
fuscous, faintly white-ringed. Fore wing elongate-subovate, costa gradually 
curved to beyond middle, straight posteriorly, apex obtusely pointed, 
termen faintly sinuate above, rounded beneath, little oblique. White, 
touched with creamy, sparsely scattered with black scales. Costa with 
indistinct blackish-fuscous suffused transverse strigulae; transverse fascia 
formed by a moderate quadrate somewhat oblique dark fuscous-blackish 
spot at 2 / s of costa, almost reaching across 1 / 4 of wing, connected below 
with top of a large triangle of light greyish suffusion, with base occupying 
somewhat more than middle third of dorsum, its edges somewhat undulate, 
dark fuscous-grey, suffused; an ill-defined suffused undulate, dark fuscous- 
grey vertical median fascia, a moderate dark grey suffusion on dorsum 
before and beyond transverse fascia; costal patch reduced to three suf- 
fused ill-defined dots: from 3 / 6 to befoi - e apex of costa, decreasing in size 
posteriorly ; a few intemeural black points in oblique series before termen, a 
small suffused transverse spot in tornus. Cilia white (damaged). Hind wing 
greyish-whitish, faintly suffused with pale ochreous towards apex, hardly 
marbled there with greyish. Cilia pale greyish, with a faint antemedian line. 
Limen with median third projecting, trapezoid, membraneous, angles 
little rounded. Colliculum slender, split narrowed in middle, cestum rather 
short, narrow, coiled once, end broadly excavate, terminal fold semiovate, 
strongly concave. Signum slender, sickle-shaped. Ovipositor lobe with 
obtusely pointed top. Corethrogyne scales large, clavate, base broad, with 
a median longitudinal ridge, top minutely scobinatc, with a rather long 
projection (Slide 375 D, allotype). 
