MICROLEPIDOPTERA OP NEW GUINEA 
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along dorsum from 2 / 5 , to tornus, and lower half of termen, and trans- 
versely strigulated, and dotted with blackish-brown ; costal patch elongate- 
triangular extending from slightly beyond middle of costa to before apex, 
dark grey, with four dots along costa, anterior edge and top dark brown, 
the latter connected by a small vertical strigula with lower part of central 
fascia; a convex row of blackish points before middle of termen, filled 
with dark grey suffusion, thus forming a subtriangular terminal patch; 
dorsum with a row of blackish-brown dots. Cilia whitish, apical third 
greyish, a subbasal row of blackish dots. Hind wing pale fuscous-greyish, 
slightly marbled with darker posteriorly, cilia grey, basal third whitish, 
a dark grey antemedian line. 
Limen narrow, in middle indefinite. Ostium funnel-shaped, moderate, 
lower edge obliquely truncate. Colliculum oblique. Cestum little tortuous, 
terminal fold small. Signum large, point strongly curved (Slide No. 
449 D). 
Moss Forest Camp, five km northeast of Lake Habbema, 2800 m, 
October 24, 1938. One specimen. Closely allied to ellipegrapha spec. nov. 
and oxygrapta spec. nov. 
Anisotenes ellipegrapha spec. nov. (figs. 146, 147) 
i/Mnrjg = insufficient, ygdcpw — to draw 
$ 19 mm. Head dark fuscous-grey, face whitish-fuscous. Palpus white, 
median segment towards apex and terminal segment dark grey. Antenna 
pale ochreous ringed with grey, scape dark fuscous-grey above. Thorax 
fuscous-grey? (much denuded). Abdomen pale ochreous, suffused with 
dark grey towards apex above, basal segment white, anal tuft pale 
ochreous. Legs whitish, anterior tibia and tarsus fuscous, the latter white- 
ringed. Fore wing elongate-ovate, broadest in middle, costa gradually 
curved anteriorly, slightly curved posteriorly, apex rather pointed, 
termen sinuate, little oblique. Whitish, evenly marbled and irrorated 
with pale grey, markings light brown, grey and blackish. Extreme base 
of costa suffused with dark fuscous-grey, a faint transverse suffused grey 
streak on costa beyond base reaching to fold, slightly dilated beneath; a 
conspicuous oblique moderately broad transverse mark on costa before 
middle, hardly reaching to middle of disc : light brown, edged with blackish 
throughout ; an indistinct cloudy round patch of grey suffusion connecting 
end of that mark with dorsum before tornus, reaching posteriorly to end 
of cell; small transverse black marks on dorsum before tornus; a black 
point below top of costal mark, and another on end of cell ; costal patch 
indicated by three black dots on costa posteriorly, and a longitudinal 
somewhat oblique small black mark on bases of veins 9 and 10; two more 
black costal dots before apex; a moderate blackish vertical patch before 
lower half of termen, its acute base in tornus; an indistinct row of dark 
points before upper half of termen ; apex and edge of termen suffused with 
dark grey. Cilia (imperfect) greyish-white, an interrupted dark grey ante- 
