MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
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small, deep brown, centre slightly lighter; this patch followed on costa 
by two small semiovate deep brown dots, last one just before apex ; one- 
two suboblique ill-defined brownish transverse linos in tomus, in male 
almost reaching costal patch ; apex more suffused with fulvous in female. 
Cilia in male pale ochreous- whitish, basal half suffused and blotched 
except in tornus with deep bi’ownish; cilia, in female fulvous-ochreous, 
base brighter fulvous except in tornus, a brownish patch on middle of 
termen. Hind wing pale ochreous, more tinged oehreous, in female fulvous 
towards apex; cilia pale ochreous, dark grey around apex. 
Tegumen strongly erect, narrow. Uncus narrow, top little dilated, 
rounded. Socius very small, pending. Gnathos moderate, hook long. 
Transtilla absent. Valva narrow, cucullus slightly bristled, sacculus with 
a strong curved thorn at base, followed by a robust triangular sclerotized 
projection, which is dentate above, and with a pair of long bristles at the 
outer side. Aedoeagus curved, orifice with a long curved dorsal projection, 
and a short ventral one (Slide No. 482 D, holotype). 
Ostium rather broad, a shallow funnel, dorsal wall strongly sclerotised, 
upper edge straight. Limen broad, outer layer hyaline. Coliiculn m short. 
Ductus bursae narrow above with a vermiform appendix, and with a 
small sclerotization, suggesting a eestum ; ductus bursae broadly vesicular 
below, somewhat narrowed above bursa. Bursa copulatrix large, ovoid, 
wall finely scobinate (Slide No. 483 D, allotype). 
Moss Forest Camp, five km northeast of Lake Habbema, 2800 m, 
October 30, 1938 (holotype, male), October 19, 1938 (allotype, female). 
Two specimens. 
Aplastoceros carphalea spec. nov. (fig. 279) 
xaQifaXeog = arid 
? 16.5 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous, the latter mixed with dark 
fuscous in middle. Palpus light ochreous, median segment slightly mixed 
with light fuscous above and beneath. Antenna light ochreous mixed 
with small darker scales, scape slightly infuscated. Abdomen pale ochreous- 
grey, anal tuft pale ochreous. Legs pale ochreous, tarsus dark fuscous 
except articulations of segments (anterior legs missing). Fore wing 
elongate-triangular, narrow, considerably dilated, costa little curved, 
oblique at base, slightly angularly prominent at 1 / 4 , gradually concave 
posteriorly, apex strongly triangularly projecting, rather acute, termen 
deeply sinuate above, gradually rounded beneath, oblique. Rather pale 
ochreous, faintly transversely strigulated with light tawny, suffused with 
dark fuscous, markings dark brown. Base of costal edge with three small 
dark brown dots; a faint moderate elongate light fuscous suffusion on 1 / 4 
of costa; a conspicuous moderate erect-triangular brown patch on 3 / 6 of 
costa, being blackish-brown on costal edge, and with a light ochreous- 
greyish dot in middle; top of this patch scarcely reaching below vein 7; 
patch followed by a small blackish -brown triangular costal dot, and by a 
