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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OP NEW GUINEA 
prominent below, vertical. Light sandy-ochreous, with a moderate trans- 
verse strigulation formed by minute short brown strigulae, markings 
blackish -brown. Anterior 2 / 5 of costa with a row of minute oblique blackish- 
brown transverse marks; a pair of longer similar marks at 2 / 5 , inter- 
connected by a small patch of tawny suffusion ; some short blackish almost 
longitudinal marks alternating with minute transverse strigulae from 
beyond this patch to 3 / 4 ; a transverse moderate fuscous- black streak from 
3 / 4 of costa to middle of termen, with edges suffused, slightly narrowed in 
middle, almost interrupted below costa; followed by three narrow coppery- 
brown transverse lines, equidistant above, narrowed and considerably 
converging below towards the extremity of vein 6, last line thicker, just 
before apex ; the lines preceded by and alternating with three rather faint 
transverse pale leaden-violet shining streaks; lower half of termen edged 
with a coppery-brown line, preceded by a narrow vertical pale leaden- 
violet shining line; a narrow suffused dark brown inwardly oblique line 
from 1 / 3 of fold to 3 / 4 of dorsum, dilated to a moderate suffused spot on 
dorsal edge; a moderate subquadrate slightly inwardly oblique spot of 
dark brown irroration on 2 / 3 of dorsum, suffused on dorsal edge with 
coppery-reddish -brown ; a marginal row of minute dots of the last men- 
tioned colour from that spot to torn us; a small dot in tornus and a moderate 
vertical streak on termen above tornus to vein 5, brownish-black; terminal 
fourth of wing more distinctly transversely strigulated with brownish. 
Cilia glossy pale ochreous ? (strongly damaged). Hind wing pale ochreous- 
brownish, marbled with dark fuscous-grey; a minute marginal group of 
shining whitish scales towards tornus. Cilia (damaged) pale ochreous, basal 
third dark fuscous, towards termen mixed with shining whitish scales. 
Ovipositor with lobes regularly semiovate, strongly flattened. Ostium 
wide. Limen strong: an erect-trapezoid plate at each side, divided by a 
broad split, lower extremity sclerotized, rounded, the plates united medianly 
by a broad fold curved downward. Ductus bursae narrow, moderately 
long, simple. Bursa copulatrix weak, without signum (Slide No. 284 D, 
type). 
Araucaria Camp, 800 m, March 11, 1939. One specimen. 
Taeniarchis poliostoma spec. nov. (fig. 303) 
TtoAiog = grey, aro/xa = mouth 
rj 18 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-grey. Palpus light ochreous, 
median segment mixed with grey, fringe of projecting scales towards apex 
above grey, terminal segment ochreous, tip whitish. Antenna pale ochreous, 
greyish towards apex, scape suffused with grey. Abdomen dark grey, 
towards base brownish -ochreous, venter dark grey, valva brownish- 
ochreous. Legs light ochreous, anterior suffused and ringed with grey. 
Fore wing triangular, strongly dilated, costa little curved anteriorly, 
strongly curved posteriorly, apex pointed, rather falcate, termen strongly 
concave above, slightly projecting and gradually rounded beneath, little 
