MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
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termen and a moderate marginal streak in tornus and along lower half of 
termen, dilated below. Cilia dull light greenish. Hind wing with veins 6 
and 7 short-stalked in male, closely approximated towards base in female; 
rather didl dark bronze-grey; cilia pale greyish, basal half fuscous with a 
pale basal line. 
Uncus with a median incision and two moderate median lobes. Socius 
weak, with top obtuse. Gnathos huge, subtrapezoid, darkly sclerotised, 
with a deep median incision, upper edge horizontal, apical projections 
blade-like, slightly tortuous. Valva with dilated basal part, narrow in 
middle, cucullus clavate above, with a bristled projection below; sacculus 
1/ w ith edge sinuate, apical projection flattened. Aedoeagus with strongly 
bulbate base (Anellus, juxta and vinculum destroyed by some insect). 
(Slide No. 780 D, holotype). 
Anal segments in female sclerotized. Limen with a bulbate median 
pending structure with a thick rim. Ductus bursae extremely short. Bursa 
copulatrix sclerotized. Signa short, dentiform, acute, base dilated. (Slide 
No. 782 D, allotype). 
Iebele Camp, 2250 m, November 28, 1938 (holotype, male). Top Camp, 
2100 m, January 25, 1939 (allotype, female). Tw r o specimens. 
Peridaedala prasina spec. nov. (fig. 333) 
ngdaivog = light green 
g 16—18 mm. Head and palpus whitish-greenish, touched with pale 
yellow; palpus with basal segment, two transverse irrorated bands of 
median segment and extreme base of terminal segment, dark brown . 
Antenna pale ochreous. Thorax pale greenish, mixed with white, anterior 
half of thorax and basal half of tegula fuscous. Abdomen dark grey 
posteriorly, pale greyish-ochreous anteriorly, anal tuft light greyish- 
ochreous. Legs pale greyish-ochreous, anterior and median tibia and 
tarsus dark fuscous above, pale-ringed. Fore wing elongate, narrower 
than in preceding species ; costal fold very strong, to before 2 / s , thickened ; 
costa moderately curved at extremities, hardly curved in middle, slightly 
prominent on end of fold, apex subacute, termen gently sinuate, modera- 
tely oblique. Pale whitish-greenish, evenly suffused throughout with 
light olive-green, markings dark brown. Costal fold pale whitish-greenish, 
edges and base suffused with dark brown, cilia appressed, light grey; a 
group of about four irregular elongate marks on base, discal pair trans- 
verse, other longitudinal ; an inwardly oblique transverse moderate fascia 
before J / 4 , ending on dorsum by a well-defined quadrate dark brown dot; 
a broad inwardly oblique transverse band from costa just beyond fold to 
above vein lb beyond middle of wing, somewhat suffused above; this band 
with an angulate subcostal projection posteriorly, in middle of disc in- 
cluding a longitudinal dark brown patch, lower extremity of band well- 
defined, rounded; a less oblique, narrow, somewhat suffused trans\erse 
fascia about halfway between preceding band and termen, straight, 
