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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
America, differing by ascending palpi, thoracic crest and very long tegulae. 
Judging by the male genitalia also correlated with Carphomigma and 
Nikolaia. 
Arctephora iubata spec. nov. (figs. 257, 261) 
31 mm. Head pale ochreous, face with a transverse suffused brown 
streak above. Palpus whitish-ochreous, median segment with posterior 
half suffused with brownish, except cilia below. Antenna brown, smoothly 
scaled with pale ochreous, scape brown above, apex pale ochreous. Thorax 
ferruginous-brown, posteriorly mixed with whitish-ochreous, a broad 
subapical transverse whitish-ochreous band dilated laterally, crest dark 
ferruginous-brown, two pale ochreous submedian longitudinal streaks, 
patagia pale ochreous, together forming a dark ferruginous-brown median 
tuft, tegula whitish-ochreous, basal fourth bright tawny; pleurae whitish- 
ochreous, long-haired. Abdomen dark fuscous-brown, large pencils at the 
sides of first segment dorsally pale ochreous, anal tuft light ochreous; 
venter dark brown, banded with light ochreous, sides ochreous. Legs 
fuscous-brownish, femora and tibiae banded with brown, tarsi brown, 
ochreous-ringecl. Fore wing elongate-subovate, costal fold moderate, to 
middle, with a very thick long fringe, costa rather curved and prominent 
along fold, less curved posteriorly, apex rectangular, termen straight and 
vertical above, rounded beneath. Ochreous-fuscous tinged ferruginous, 
markings fuscous-ferruginous. Base of costa with a dark tawny-fuscous 
suffused spot; costal fold bright tawnv, towards end suffused with dark 
fuscous, an oblique transverse whitish-ochreous spot at its 3 / 4 ; cilia pale 
golden-whitish-ochreous, suffused and mixed with dark fuscous beyond 
transverse spot; basal patch glossy whitish-ochreous, outer edge well- 
defined above, forming a continuation of costal transverse spot to centre 
of wing, angularly bent there, rather suffused, to dorsum beyond 1 / 5 , 
slightly projecting posteriorly above middle; basal patch with two angulate 
transverse streaks, tolerably parallel to its edge : first streak from above 
1 / 5 of dorsum to above middle of disc at 1 / 4 of wing, deep tawny strongly 
mixed with black; second streak paler tawny, not mixed with black, 
halfway between first and edge of basal patch : wing beyond costal patch 
suffused with fuscous-lilac, becoming darker along dorsum anteriorly; 
costa from middle to apex with five darker fuscous-lilac subtriangular dots 
edged with blackish-fuscous, last one larger, apical; narrow transverse 
dark fuscous-lilac fasciae, sharply edged with blackish-fuscous, originating 
from last, second and third of preceding dots; first of these fasciae ill- 
defined, less oblique, beyond basal patch, its anterior edge parallel to 
edge of the patch, preceded by tawny suffusion; second fascia little 
curved, to before 3 / 4 of termen, truncate by vein 4; third fascia narrower, 
to middle of termen, and along this to tornus. Cilia pale ochreous, with 
narrow greyish-lilac bars; a subapical and a subbasal greyish-lilac line, 
suffused and partially interrupted. Hind wing pale ochreous, suffused 
