MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
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dark brown dots on patch along costa, top of patch with a rounded dark 
brown dot anteriorly, mostly connected with an oblique dark brown streak 
along end of cell ; cell whitish posteriorly : preterminal area sometimes (in 
allotype) suffused with light brown and tawny-ochreous; dark brown dots, 
short longitudinal streaks and patches before upper half of termen, some- 
times connected so as to form a coarse dark brown rctination ; tornus with 
one or two vertical dark brown irregular strigulae, slightly suffused with 
greyish. Cilia whitish-grey, in tornus and in apex suffused with grey, ‘an 
antemedian row of black dots. Hind wing whitish, slightly infuscated and 
dotted with greyish towards apex; cilia similar to those in male. 
Limen with semimembraneous dilatations at the sides, curved before 
middle, middle membraneous, dilated. Ostium shallow, cup-shaped. 
Colliculum indicated, almost membraneous. Cestum long, narrow, tortuous 
(three times), in bursa copulatrix dilated, end elongate, narrow. Signum 
long, sickle-shaped, capitulum rather pointed (Slide No. 421 1), allotype). 
Moss Forest Camp, five km northeast of Lake Habbema, 2800 m, 
October 17, 1939 (allotype, female), October 18, 1938 (holotype, male), 
October 15 — 30, 1938. Moss Forest Camp, 2600 — 2800 m, October 9 — 
November 5, 1938. One male, seven females. A variable species, with 
central fascia more or less concave anteriorly, in one female specimen 
obliterate below middle ; another female specimen with basal patch white 
except edge, with a broad black transverse patch from base of costa to 
middle of basal patch. Nearest to P. psara spec. nov. 
Parachorista psara spec. nov. (figs. 175, 176) 
yaoo'g = greyish 
$ 13.5 mm. Head and palpus rather dark greyish-fuscous. Thorax dark 
greyish-fuscous, tegula paler. Abdomen pale greyish- whitish, towards 
apex suffused with darker grey. Legs greyish, anterior tibia and tarsus 
dark fuscous, pale-ringecl. Fore wing elongate-ovate, costa gradually 
curved anteriorly, slightly curved posteriorly, apex moderately pointed, 
termen slightly convex, strongly oblique. Whitish, densely marbled with 
fuscous-grey, markings darker greyish-fuscous and blackish-fuscous. Base 
of costa with an elongate, rather broad dark greyish-fuscous patch, a 
small irroration of blackish scales in middle of disc before base; central 
fascia from beyond 2 / 5 of costa to dorsum beyond 3 / 4 ; dark greyish -fuscous, 
slightly edged with blackish-fuscous; this fascia somewhat extended along 
costa, almost interrupted and slightly suffused with yellowish above 
middle; upper part of fascia narrow, lower part much dilated, forming a 
slightly oblique large erect-quadrate blotch, with a blackish dot on its 
anterior edge below middle of disc; costal patch moderate, elongate- 
triangular, dark greyish -fuscous mixed with light grey and blackish- 
fuscous, top blackish; this patch is almost connected anteriorly with 
central fascia by a cloudy grey suffusion along costa, posteriorly almost 
connected with termen by two slightly curved transverse dark greyish- 
