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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
gradually curved anteriorly, straight posteriorly, apex pointed, termen 
hardly sinuate, little oblique. White, densely irrorated with pale grey 
and light ochreous, markings dark grey and ferruginous. Basal patch 
indicated by an elongate patch on costa, dark grey mixed with ferruginous; 
a coarse irroration of black and ferruginous scales in middle of disc beyond 
base, angulate posteriorly, connected below with a suffused very oblique 
streak, greyish mixed with ferruginous, and transversely strigulated with 
dark brown, running from lower third of disc beyond middle to dorsum 
before middle; a narrow greyish-olive oblique strigula from costa to below 
middle of disc, tolerably parallel to upper edge of basal patch; central 
fascia moderately broad, narrowed and almost obliterate above middle, 
gradually dilated thence, grey, becoming dark grey along costa, edged 
above and transversely strigulated below with ferruginous, mixed with 
blackish in disc below middle; costal patch elongate, ovate-triangular, 
deep ferruginous, somewhat mixed with grey and black scales, top con- 
nected anteriorly by a patch of light grey suffusion with middle of central 
fascia; top of costal patch also connected below by a vertical patch of 
light ochreous suffusion with central fascia above tornus; two somewhat 
curved small transverse ferruginous marks before lower half of termen, 
in tornus connected with base of central fascia. Cilia (imperfect) whitish, 
an antemedian row of suffused blackish dots. Hind wing pale whitish- 
fuscous, tinged pale brownish towards apex, cilia whitish. 
Limen narrow curved at the sides and slightly dilated by membranes 
below, in middle obliterate, immediately forming a semimembraneous 
short tubular ostium. Collicuium indicated. Cesturn a short curved 
moderately broad band along upper half of ductus bursae, and a triangular 
plate at the edge of bursa. Signum very large, dagger-shaped, dentate, 
eapitulum elongate (Slide No. 409 D, allotype). 
Sigi Camp, 1500 m, February 17, 1939 (allotype, female), February 26, 
1939 (holotype, male), February 27, 1939. Rattan Camp, 1200 m, February 
19, 1939. Five males, two females. Closely allied to P. colobodesma spec. nov. 
differing by wing shape, by slightly different markings, and by distinct 
genitalia. 
Parachorista colobodesma spec. nov. (fig. 164) 
xokopo - = damaged, = a band 
c? 15 mm. Head dirty white. Palpus dark grey, basal segment and top 
of median whitish. Thorax dirty white, anteriorly suffused with grey, a 
broad median, and an apical transverse band, and a narrow longitudinal 
median streak, dark fuscous. Abdomen rather dark grey. Legs ochreous, 
anterior and median tibia and tarsus dark fuscous, light-ringed. Fore wing 
subovate, rather broad, costal fold dilated angularly before middle, to 
middle, costa gradually rather strongly curved along 3 / 4 , straight posteri- 
orly, apex rather obtuse, termen straight above, rounded beneath. White, 
scattered with dark grey scales, markings dark grey and deep brown. 
