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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OP NEW GUINEA 
3250—3300 m, August 25, 1938 (allotype, female). One male, one female. 
Arizelana gen. nov. (figs. 247, 248) 
aol^rj},oQ = shining 
Head with dense long appressed scales, on vertex forming flattened 
tufts partially encircling base of each antenna. Ocellus posterior. Proboscis 
rather weak. Antenna ciliate in male, ciliations under 1. Palpus moderate, 
porrect, strongly dilated by rough projecting scales above and beneath, 
median segment appearing almost circular, terminal segment short, 
pointed. Thorax without crest. Fore wing with costal fold, without raised 
scale-tufts; lb furcate; in male cell narrow, 2 from 3 / 5 , 3 from considerably 
before angle ; in female cell broader, 2 from 2 / s , 3 from rather before angle ; 
Fig. 247 : Arizelana margaritobola gen. nov., spec, nov., male, wing neuration and 
head. Fig. 248: A. pyroplegma spec, nov., female, wing neuration and head. 
4 from angle, 5 parallel, 7 and 8 long-stalked, 7 to termen, 9 near to stalk, 
1 1 from middle, in female from before middle. Hind wing without cubital 
pecten, 2 from 2 / 3 in male, from s / 4 in female, 3 distinctly before angle in 
male, slightly before angle in female, 4 from angle, 5 closely approximated, 
6 and 7 stalked. 
Typus generis Arizelana margaritobola spec, nov., male. 
Perhaps nearest to Aristocosma Meyrick, but differing in absence of 
thoracic crest, little ciliated antennae and broad hind wings, with vein 3 
from only slightly before angle. 
