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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
two round moderate spots in tornus, upper of these largest; dorsum 
below fold with about two rows of small inequal dots ; a marginal series of 
dots along dorsum, in tornus and alongtermen, the latter interconnected 
towards tornus. Cilia dark fuscous, paler in tornus, basal half with a row 
of irregular white spots. Hind wing dark fuscous-grey; cilia grey with a 
dark grey antemedian shade. 
Uncus elongate, with two narrow points. Socius a voluminous pad, 
haired above. Valva strongly narrowed in middle, lower edge deeply 
concave, cucullus elongate-ovate, sacculus acutely projecting. Aedoeagus 
moderate (Slide No. 829 D, type). 
Sigi Camp, 1500 m, February 17, 1939. One specimen. 
Hermenias terminata spec. nov. 
$ 11 mm. Head grey, tips of scales on vertex whitish. Palpus black, 
basal half light fuscous mixed with whitish. Antenna black, finely white- 
ringed. Thorax dark fuscous, anteriorly suffused with black, posteriorly 
mixed with white. (Abdomen missing.) Legs fuscous-grey, anterior and 
median tibia and tarsus suffused with black above, white-ringed. Fore 
wing elongate, not dilated, costa moderately curved anteriorly, hardly 
curved posteriorly, apex pointed, termen straight, considerably oblique. 
Pale whitish -fuscous, densely suffused with rather dark fuscous, irrorated 
with white and pale grey, markings fuscous-black. A small oblique ill- 
defined transverse streak just before x / 4 of costa halfway towards cell; an 
ill-defined, moderate vertical blotch on dorsum beyond base to above fold; 
an ill-defined elongate patch of somewhat darker fuscous-greyish suffusion 
irrorated with whitish along middle third of upper half of wing, edges 
broadly suffused with fuscous-black; lower edge of patch connected 
anteriorly by an inwardly oblique suffused streak with x / 3 of dorsum, 
posteriorly connected by a vertical black blotch, which is somewhat 
narrowed above and well-defined, with dorsum beyond 3 / 4 ; a narrow 
transverse vertical patch from costa before 5 / 6 to termen just below 
middle and along this to tornus, outwardly curved, narrowed towards 
costal edge, more narrowed along termen, anterior edge with a blunt 
projection ; a black spot in apex; posterior 2 /- of costa with a row of snow- 
white, somewhat suffused dots becoming larger towards apex. Cilia grey, 
suffused with blackish except in tornus, basal half with a row of suffused 
triangular white dots. Hind wing greyish-fuscous, paler towards base, 
suffused with darker fuscous in apex and along termen ; cilia fuscous- 
greyish, a darker antemedian shade. 
Letter Box Camp, 3800 m, September 1, 1938. One specimen. 
Hermenias saxicolor spec. nov. (fig. 340) 
3 If! mm. Head and thorax light grey, scales dark grey towards base, 
thorax slightly edged with black. Antenna dark grey. Palpus strongly 
dilated: dark grey, median segment finely irrorated with whitish at base 
