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MICROLEPIDOPTERA. OF NEW GUINEA 
before base of wing; central fascia narrow, greyish-fuscous suffused with 
dark blackish-fuscous, from 2 / 5 of costa to dorsum before tomus, dilated 
on costa, little distinct below it, gradually but strongly dilated below 
middle; anterior edge of central fascia tolerably straight, serrate in middle, 
posterior edge much suffused, running along lower edge of cell to its angle, 
thence to tornus; costal patch elongate-semiovate, anterior extremity 
rounded, posterior extremity acute, suffused with greyish -fuscous ; some 
three paler dots on patch along costa; a dark blackish -fuscous curved, 
and suffused streak from top of patch, edging cell posteriorly, with lower 
half dilated so as to form an oblique semiovate spot; a little curved 
vertical row of blackish points from termen above tornus almost to costa; 
a suffused dark greyish-fuscous erect patch along upper half of termen, 
narrowed below; a dark greyish -fuscous small mark in tornus. Cilia 
whitish, antemedian row of blackish-fuscous dots along upper half of 
termen, a dark greyish patch in apex, a blackish one in tornus. Hind wing 
whitish-greyish, suffused with light fuscous along costal half and terminal 
edge, a transverse row of three greyish dots before apex; cilia whitish, 
dotted with greyish opposite apex. 
Top of uncus gradually rounded. Socius rather small. Sclerotizations 
at base of gnathos small, subtriangular, point of gnathos moderate. 
Transtilla knob with a rather short median piojection. Aedoeagus without 
apical thorn (Slide No. 425 D, holotype). 
$ 17 mm. Head fuscous, edges of vertex, face below and collar whitish. 
Palpus dark fuscous, lower edge whitish. Thorax deep fuscous-brown, a 
narrow transverse blackish fascia anteriorly, patagium mixed with 
whitish. Abdomen greyish -whitish, suffused with dark grey above pos- 
teriorly. Legs whitish, anterior tibia and tarsus blackish, latter light- 
ringed. Fore wing oblong, rather narrow, scarcely dilated, costa arched 
anteriorly, straight posteriorly, apex subacute, termen sinuate, moderately 
oblique. Whitish, densely suffused with greyish, fuscous, and light tawny- 
ochreous, retinate and marked with dark brown. Basal patch moderate, 
suffused with greyish, slightly irrorated with dark grey ; edge of patch 
narrow, suffused with blackish, strongly angulate in middle, less distinct 
below fold ; an elongate-triangular small patch along base of costa, and a 
rounded suffused small patch above base of dorsum, dark blackish- 
fuscous ; central fascia from 1 / 3 of costa to dorsum beyond middle, moder- 
ately broad above, abruptly dilated below middle, suffused with dark 
fuscous, in middle tawny-ochreous; anterior margin of fascia narrowly 
marked with blackish -brown, which colour forms about three dots along 
lower half; this margin rather strongly concave, with lower half serrate 
(or rather straight), with a small dentation below middle; posterior edge 
of central fascia suffused and ill-defined, reaching along dorsum to tornus; 
space between basal patch and central fascia suffused in middle from costa 
to dorsum with greyish; costal patch ill-defined, elongate-triangular, 
suffused with grey and striped along veins with dark fuscous-brown; four 
