MICROLEPIDOPTERA OP NEW GUINEA 
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2. Transverse fascia in fore wing with lower half of posterior edge concave . . 
curvosa Diakonoff (Buru) 
Transverse fascia with lower half of posterior edge strongly convex .... 
clavigera spec. nov. 
Diadelomorpha clavigera spec. nov. (figs. 224, 225, 230) 
£ 17 mm. Head dark brown mixed with blackish-grey, face pale ochreous 
below. Median segment of palpus with lower half deep brown, upper half, 
and cilia whitish slightly mixed with brown and blackish, basal segment 
pale ochreous, terminal blackish. Antenna whitish, dark-ringed below, 
dark brown above. Thorax tawny-brown. Abdomen ochreous-tawny, 
tinged with greyish, basal segment pale ochreous. Legs pale ochreous, 
anterior tibia and tarsus infuscated, pale-ringed. Fore wing moderately 
broad, little dilated posteriorly, base strongly narrowed: costa with a 
moderate, strongly ciliate fold to 1 / 3 , obliquely curved along this, pro- 
jecting at 1 / 3 , projection accentuated by a moderate patch of costal cilia, 
costa slightly concave beyond this, straight before apex, apex subacute, 
termen hardly concave, oblique. Anterior third of wing whitish, outer 
edge of this area from before 1 / 3 of costa to slightly beyond middle of 
dorsum, faintly concave, rounded below fold, and moderately irrorated 
with dark brown; costal fold with a ferruginous-brown moderate streak 
along edge of wing, black elsewhere; a triangular, light brownish patch 
on dorsum before middle, irrorated with dark brown, indicating posterior 
edge of basal patch; a small brownish-fulvous spot on base of dorsum; 
posterior 2 / 3 of wing bright ochreous-brown marked dark brown ; markings 
as follows : costa with a moderate semiovate ferruginous spot beyond Vs, 
followed by a smaller one at 3 / g , and by three still smaller suffused dots 
before apex: a faint lilac suffusion along posterior 2 / 5 of costa; two oblique 
rows of dark brown dots from first costal patch to middle of wing, in- 
dicating edges of central fascia; fascia itself is densely dotted and trans- 
versely strigulated with deep brown, and abruptly dilated on lower half, 
reaching from beyond middle of dorsum to tornus; anterior edge of fascia 
strongly rounded ; a few dark brown dots on upper half of wing at, and 
beyond middle; a curved narrow interrupted deep brown fascia from 
below costa before 1 / 4 to termen just above tornus, preceded in tornus by 
a short vertical dark brown line; apical part of wing beyond this fascia 
regularly transversely strigulated by numerous fine deep brown oblique 
lines, terminal edge with a deep brown line slightly dentate between veins, 
apex suffused with reddish. Cilia with basal half white, posterior half dark 
grey, tips light ochreous, an interrupted suffused antemedian black band, 
cilia around apex reddish, along costa fulvous. Hind wing bronze-brown; 
cilia brownish-grey, a pale basal line. 
Tegumen moderate. Uncus broad, top erect-ovate. Socius small, pending. 
Gnathos strong. Transtilla knob rather large, dentate, median projection 
acute. Valva little folded. Vinculum moderate. Aedoeagus short, little 
