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MICROLEPIOORTERA OP NEW GUINEA 
vertical; base of dorsum suffused with tawny; central fascia moderately 
broad, upper half narrower, outwardly oblique, constricted at 1 / 3 by an 
angular incision at each side, with posterior edge angularly projecting 
above incision; central fascia dilated so as to form a rounded patch in 
middle of disc; dorsal third of central fascia narrower than this patch, 
with vertical parallel edges; central fascia coloured as follows: upper 
two-thirds in male, upper third in female, tawny greyish edged with 
fuscous-black; middle third in female light tawny, dorsal third in the two 
sexes, black; a slightly curved longitudinal streak traversing fascia below 
one-third ; costal patch large, from 3 / 4 of costa towards lower half of termen, 
below forming three narrowed short streaks; two anterior streaks to tor- 
nus, third streak broader, to 3 / 4 of termen ; in male costal patch and these 
streaks tawny-grey, on upper half of disc suffused with black except on 
posterior edge of patch below costa; this suffusion forming a pointed 
anterior projection touching middle of central fascia ; in female patch and 
streaks light tawny, anterior edge of patch above middle of disc with a 
black irregular mark from below costa to middle of central fascia ; costal 
patch with two elongate blackish dots on costa; two transverse marks, 
on costa and in apex, respectively, grey in male, tawny in female; these 
marks connected below costa, apical mark forming an irregular transverse 
patch along upper half of termen, dotted with whitish below; two small 
white dots on termen below apex, edged with black, some longitudinal 
small marks of black irroration in apex and along veins 6 and 7 posteriorly; 
two dots of glossy whitish ground colour in an oblique series beyond end 
of cell, smaller and more conspicuous in female; tornal area suffused with 
pale grey; costa and dorsum between dark markings transversely dotted 
with dark grey and black, respectively. Cilia with basal third tawny, apical 
two-thirds tawny-whitish with two-three broad blackish bars opposite 
middle of termen. Hind wing with veins 6 and 7 stalked; light fuscous- 
grey, suffused with brownish-fuscous posteriorly, faintly marbled with 
grey; in male lighter, veins darker, tornal fourth forming a moderate 
rounded lobe, sparsely clothed with modified fine short hair-scales. 
Tegumen membraneous. Uncus, a subtrapezoid weak plate, top indent, 
sparsely fine-bristled, lower edge forming two pending lobes. Valva nar- 
row, cucullus elongate, a row of short bristles along lower edge anteriorly; 
an obliquely -transverse series of strong spikes in disc; saeculus with two 
patches of sparse short bristles, and a group of short spikes. Aedoeagus 
very short, subspheroid (Slide No. 808 D, holotype). 
Ostium and limen represented by a spheroid cup with thick wall, ven- 
tral side deeply emarginate. Ductus bursae simple, very long. Bursa 
copulatrix simple, elongate (Slide No. 809 D, allotype). 
Moss Forest Camp, five km northeast of Lake Habbema, 2800 m, 
October 14, 1938 (holotype, male), October 19, 1938. Moss Forest Camp, 
2600—2800 m, October 9— November 5, 1938 (allotype, female). Two 
