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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
greyish-fuscous and retinate with deep ferruginous, markings extended, 
rather dark greyish-fuscous, partially suffused with blackish. Basal patch 
densely suffused with blackish -fuscous, obliquely-ovate ; its edge running 
very obliquely from about '/ a of costa to fold beyond '/ 4 of wing, obtusely 
angulate there, thence to before 1 / i of dorsum, suffused with black posteri- 
orly, base of dorsum with a narrow white streak; fold of wing suffused 
with black throughout; transverse fascia from 2 / 5 of costa to 3 / s of dorsum, 
with an angulate projection on middle of anterior edge, and a rectangular 
projection above middle of posterior margin, slightly dilated on costa; 
edges of fascia well-defined except on and above dorsum ; a horizont al 
suffused black streak above middle of fascia; this streak followed by a 
moderate, rounded snow-white dot, narrowly edged with blackish suf- 
fusion below; this dot situated before 2 / 3 of wing, above middle of disc; 
costal patch extending over more than 1 / g of costa, almost reaching apex, 
with acute top reaching tornus, anterior edge of patch with an indentation 
above middle; costal patch followed by a blackish undulate projection 
almost touching white (fiscal dot, oblique and hardly concave below; 
posterior edge of this projection strongly sinuate, and with a deep exca- 
vation above middle, convex below, edged and finely dentate on veins 
bv ferruginous retination above mentioned, ending in a minute black 
streak in tornus; an erect-semiovate or subtriangular spot on upper half 
of termen, suffused with blackish between veins; costa with some ten 
tolerably equidistant pairs of suffused whitish marks, alternating with 
suffused blackish dots; dorsum with a row of suffused blackish dots; 
terminal edge with a minute ferruginous-blackish line, which is interrupted 
in tornus so as to form a series of black points. Cilia white, barred with 
fuscous, basal half dark fuscous, extreme base lighter, entirely white in 
apex (one paratype more suffused with greyish -fuscous, making separation 
between basal area, transverse fascia, and apical patch less distinct). 
Tegumen rounded. Uncus cuspidate. Socius moderate, semiovate. 
Transtilla knob with strongly narrowed base. Sacculus almost rectangular 
(Slide No. 455 1), holotype). 
$ 32 — 35 mm. Median and terminal segments of palpus white mixed 
with dark fuscous scales, and with a suffused basal, and a broader subapical 
transverse band. Thorax whitish, mixed and anteriorly more or less 
suffused with greyish-fuscous. Abdomen more infuseated posteriorly, 
fringe of segments white. Fore wing less dilated than in male, termen 
sinuate and vertical above, broadly rounded, and slightly prominent 
below. Lighter than male, markings being less extended, ground colour 
scarcely suffused with greyish, and instead of ferruginous retination 
regularly covered with rounded dots and short transverse blotches, 
ferruginous or blackish-brown. Markings in allotype: basal area forming 
an oblique streak from base of costa to below fold beyond x / 4 of wing, 
suffused with blackish below, anterior edge zig-zag; transverse fascia 
formed by a moderate obliquely-ovate spot on 2 / 5 of costa, scarcely con 
