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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
$ 17 mm. Palpus light fulvous. Abdomen pale ochreous. Fore wing 
slightly more dilated than in male. Evenly olive-grey, transversely 
strigulated with series of short deep ferruginous-reddish strigulae and dots ; 
costa suffused with reddish-fulvous, transversely strigulated with fer- 
ruginous-reddish; a transverse oblique erect-triangular patch on costa 
beyond middle, slightly inwardly curved below around end of cell, with 
top rounded, reaching to vein 5; this patch fulvous-orange, in middle 
with rounded pale ochreous spots, becoming largest in apex of patch; 
apex of wing and a narrow streak along termen fulvous orange ; numerous 
large and small rounded patches and dots, dark ferruginous-red with 
leaden-metallic shine, forming undulate, vertical striae on basal 2 / 3 of 
wing; broader oblique transverse fasciae edging costal patch anteriorly 
and posteriorly; a curved fascia from 4 / 5 of costa, running before apex to 
upper part of termen, thence parallel to termen to above tornus, narrow r ed 
below, connected by a sinuate narrow shining line with metallic posterior 
edge of costal patch above middle; moderate patches of black scales 
scattered over disc. Hind wing and cilia pale golden-ochreous, brighter 
posteriorly. Otherwise similar to male. 
Ostium shallow, sclerotised, cylindrical. Limen, a narrow band curved 
downward laterally, two moderate bristled folds at the sides of ostium. 
Ductus bursae simple, short. Bursa copulatrix erect, large. Signum, a 
strongly curved blade; no capitulum (Slide No. 626 D). 
Moss Forest Camp, five km northeast of Lake Habbema, 2800 m, 
October 17, 1938 (holotype, male). Iebele Camp, 2250 m, November 11, 
1938 (allotype, female). Two specimens. Nearest to S. nummifera Meyrick, 
from Sudest Island (New Guinea), but distinct by the presence of a costal 
fold. 
Spatalistis violacea spec. nov. (fig. 299) 
$ 14 mm. Head, antenna and palpus light yellow, irrorated with violet 
scales. Abdomen ochreous-greyish. Fore wing rather broad, subtriangular, 
costa gradually curved, apex pointed, termen sinuate, hardly oblique. 
Light yellow densely but finely retinate with violet, retination isolating 
numerous rounded and ovate dots of ground colour arranged in more or 
less distinct transverse rows; a moderate fascia of denser violet irroration 
from beyond 3 / 4 of costa to s / 5 of dorsum, convex, outw r ardly preceded 
along lower 2 / 3 by a narrow somewhat undulate streak of ground colour; 
two transverse almost vertical rows of ovate spots of ground colour, these 
rows more distinct at 4 / 5 and just before termen, respectively; base of 
costa somewhat denser irrorated with violet. Cilia light yellow irrorated 
with violet scales (imperfect). Hind wing whitish, suffused with pale 
yellowish along edge, a somewhat brighter yellow' spot in tornus with a 
few' marginal violet scales, cilia wiiitish, tinged with pale yellow. 
Tegumen erect, narrowed. Uncus moderate, cuspidate. Socius very 
long, narrow, clavate, pending. Transtilla absent. Valva elongate, concave, 
