46 
MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
angulate in middle, brownish -black, minutely edged with deep fulvous, 
followed by a moderate lilac-grey angulate band, and on costa preceded 
and followed by a short brownish-black line; central fascia from “/ 5 of 
costa to 3 / 4 of dorsum, broad, dilated below, and occupying posterior half 
of dorsum: brownish fulvous, slightly strigulated on costa witli blackish; 
anterior edge concave, somewhat undulate, rather distinct, upper fourth 
with a blackish and fulvous line; posterior edge suffused, very oblique, 
serrate above, rounded, scarcely perceptible beneath ; space between basal 
patch and central fascia, pale ochreous, irrorated with dark grey and 
slightly with fulvous, much more so towards costa; costal patch regularly 
elongatc-semiovate, from beyond middle of costa to before apex, brownish- 
fulvous; space between this patch and central fascia light brownish- 
ochreous, forming a gradually curved semiovate band around costal patch, 
ending in apex; terminal area below this band suffused with dark lilac- 
grey, with rounded dark brown dots followed by light ochreous scales, 
arranged in two rows, tolerably parallel to termen , anterior row more 
undulate and preceded by a pair of much smaller dark brown dots in 
middle of disc; a round suffused, steel-black dot on lower angle of cell; 
dorsum along anterior half with lilac-grey dots, along posterior half with 
three-four well-defined whitish-ochreous dots; sometimes entire wing 
except semicircular area around costal patch suffused with dark lilac-grey 
and brownish, then that area pale yellow or light orange. Cilia fulvous 
barred with dark grey except in apex. Hind wing pale brown ish-golden- 
ochreous, densely marbled with brownish-grey, in male paler and less 
marbled, a fan of long sparse hairs on upper edge of cell : black, with pa le 
ochreous base. Cilia brownish-golden-ochreous, with a dark grey ante- 
meclian shade. 
Tegumen erect. Uncus narrow, top dilated, rounded, with projecting 
long bristles beneath. Socius very large, edge angularly projecting beyond 
base. Gnathos slender, long, book dilated. Transtilla complete (single), 
moderately broad, densely dentate above except in middle which is 
narrowed. Valva elongate, broadest in middle, cucullus rather truncate, 
sacculus narrow, convex ; a patch of strong bristles below base of costa. 
Vinculum moderate. Juxta and anellus rather strong. Aedoeagus moderate, 
rectangularly bent, top hooked (Slide No. 463 U, holotype). 
Ostium a small, shallow cup, a small sclerotisation in its centre may 
represent colliculum. Limen broad, straight in middle, with small angula- 
tion laterally. No cestiun. Ductus bursae rather short, broad. Buisa 
copulatrix erect-ovoid. Signum dagger-shaped, curved posteriorly, capi- 
tulum moderate, fastened on an elongate sclerotized patch in wall of bursa 
(Slide No. 462 D, allotype). 
Moss Forest Camp, five km northeast of Lake Habbema, 2800 m, 
October 17-29, 1938 (allotype, female), October 30, 1938 (holotype, male). 
Sigi Camp, 1500 m, February 24, 1939. Two males, three females. Colouring 
and markings suggest a Peronea. 
