MICROLEPIDOPTERA OP NEW GUINEA 
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with pink, more so along basal half. Hind wing pale ochreous-greyish, 
faintly transversely blotched with dark grey towards apex, cilia con- 
colorous. 
Ostium, a broad, sclerotised cup, ending in a short funnel. Limen narrow. 
Signum a moderate, dentate hook (Slide No. 513 D, holotype). 
Top Camp, 2100 m, January 25, 1939. Moss Forest Camp, 2600—2800 m, 
October 9— November 5, 1938 (holotype). Three females. 
Choanograptis paragrapha spec. nov. (fig. 217) 
Tinoa = beside, yodtpo) = to write 
c? 16 mm. Head dark lilac-fuscous, face paler. Palpus dark lilac-fuscous, 
terminal segment paler towards base. Antenna greyish-fuscous, ringed 
with dark lilac-fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous ? (rubbed). Abdomen pale 
ochreous. Legs pale ochreous, anterior infuscated (damaged). Fore wing 
without fold, elongate-subovate, costa moderately curved throughout, 
apex bluntly projecting, termen slightly concave above, obliquely rounded 
beneath. Whitish, suffused with pale lilac-fuscous, markings lilac-fuscous. 
Basal patch suffused on base of wing, and along edge with darker lilac- 
fuscous; this edge slightly sinuate, from 1 / 4 of costa to 2 / 5 of dorsum; 
central fascia tolerably parallel to this edge, from before middle of costa 
to dorsum before tornus, slightly dilated in middle, lower half of posterior 
edge suffused; costal patch large, erect-triangular, occupying more than 
fourth fifth of costa, to tornus, with anterior edge parallel to that of basal 
patch, posterior edge less oblique; a minute transverse vertical strigula 
on costa before apex; apex and termen suffused with dark lilac-fuscous. 
Cilia fuscous (imperfect). Hind wing whitish, faintly infuscated along 
apical and terminal edge; cilia dirty whitish. 
Uncus strong, gradually narrowed towards top, not constricted. Socius 
small. Gnathos very strong, lower angles scobinate, dilated, hook narrow. 
Transtilla curved, little dentate at the sides. Aedoeagus scobinate in 
middle, a subapical short thorn (Slide No. 516 T>). 
Sigi Camp, 1500 m, February 20, 1939. One specimen. Nearest to 
C. didyma Meyrick, 1938, from Papua. 
Choanograptis argyrocyma spec. nov. (fig. 212) 
agyvgog = silver, y.v/xa = a wave 
o 19.5 mm. Head, palpus, antenna and thorax ochreous-tawny, latter 
paler posteriorly, terminal segment of palpus slightly darker. Abdomen 
and anal tuft pale ochreous, shining, a broad transverse preanal dark 
fuscous band above. Legs pale ochreous, anterior leg brighter ochreous, 
with tibia and tarsus fuscous, light-ringed. Fore wing with a moderately 
broad, gradually narrowed costal fold to beyond middle, its edge closely 
appressed to wing, not ciliate (it can easily be overlooked), elongate- 
subovate; costa graduallv curved throughout, apex subacute, termen 
