MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
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brownish-grey. Palpus whitish, upper apical half blackish, edge of this 
colour running diagonally, terminal segment blackish. Antenna slightly 
serrate, scape ochreous -greyish, flagellum dark brown, apical 2 / 5 greyish- 
ochreous. Thorax dark fuscous (damaged). Abdomen ochreo us-grey. Legs 
pale ochreous, anterior infuscated, tarsus light-ringed. Fore whig ovate, 
costa moderately curved anteriorly, less curved posteriorly, stronger 
curved before apex, apex subacute, termen straight above, rounded 
beneath, considerably oblique. Pale whitish-ochreous, coarsely retinate 
with light golden-ochreoue, this retination more distinct along costa and 
on terminal fourth of wing, in disc reduced to two rather isolated irregular, 
connected spots, posterior spot smaller, on transverse vein; costa with 
three moderate dark greyish -brown spots: first on base of costa, ovate, 
second slightly before middle, larger, elongate, somewhat suffused below, 
third spot smaller, rounded, on costa before apex reaching to vein 7 ; 
some dark brown scales in middle of disc, a small dark brown suffusion 
on 3 / 4 of dorsum; some three indistinct brownish-greyish transverse sub- 
terminal vertical lines, and scattered scales of the same colour before 
termen and in apex. Cilia golden-ochreous, posterior half somewhat paler. 
Hind wing rather dark grey; cilia somewhat lighter with a dark grey 
antemedian line. 
Ostium wide. Li men, a broad band with a small projection in middle 
of upper edge showing a round opening. Colliculum small. Ductus bursae 
moderately long, narrow. Bursa copulatrix ovoid, simple (Slide No. 495 D). 
Rattan Camp, 1200 m, March 1, 1939. One specimen. 
Pternozyga Meyrick, 1908 
Pternozyga Meyrick, 1908, Journ, Bomb. Nat,. Hist. Soc., vol. 18, p. 621. Gener. 
Ins., fasc. 149, p. 53, 1913. Fletcher, Mem. Agr. Ind., Ent., vol. 11, p. 91, 1929. 
DtakonoI'T’, Zool. Meded. Mus. Leiden, vol. 21, p. 211-212, figs. 110 (head), 11 
N (neur.), 15 G (gen. $), 1939. 
Pternozyga melanoterma spec. nov. (fig. 298) 
y.E/.ar = dark, tfqim = outer edge 
$ 15 mm. Head light brownish-ochreous. Palpus light brown, terminal 
segment suffused with dark brown. Thorax light brownish-ochreous, paler 
posteriorly (damaged). Abdomen dark bronze-grey. Fore wing triangular, 
dilated, costa arched throughout, apex rounded, termen slightly concave 
above, scarcely convex above middle, straight below, rather oblique. 
Rather bright ochreous-brown, suffused along costal half, especially 
towards apex with dark coffee-brown except on costa before apex; a 
silvery-whitish narrow slightly sinuate streak from beyond 2 / 3 of costa to 
upper third of termen, broader on costal half, suffused with brownish in 
middle and towards termen; two small whitish transverse marks on costa: 
just beyond that streak and halfway towards apex; a dark coffee-brown 
suffusion in apex and along upper half of termen, reaching halfway towards 
