MICROLEPIDOPTEKA OP NEW GUINEA 
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pale ochreous, tinged grey, ovipositor black. Legs pale ochreons-greyish, 
anterior and median tibia and tarsus black, white ringed. Fore wing 
narrow, elongate, little dilated, broadest in middle, costa gradually gently 
curved anteriorly, almost straight posteriorly, apex subacute, termen 
almost straight, oblique. White, densely irrorated with blackish-fuscous, 
less so along dorsal half, and partially suffused with fuscous-brown; 
markings fuscous-black. Basal patch indicated by evenly scattered 
blackish-fuscous scales to before 1 / 4 of wing, with edge distinct, on lower 
half of wing edge followed by pure white ground colour; costa with a 
wedge-shaped very oblique streak at base, produced into a narrow line 
along fold to middle of disc; a moderate dentiform spot on ] / 4 of costa, 
preceded and followed by some dotting; a broad transverse fascia, with 
upper third wedge-shaped, rather narrow, originating from costa slightly 
beyond middle, broadly triangularly dilated along parting vein ; posteriorly 
this fascia forming a pointed longitudinal projection to upper angle of cell, 
with lower edge horizontal, thence becoming slightly inwardly oblique 
and gradually moderately dilated to middle of fold; from there transverse 
fascia becoming almost vertical, slightly narrowed to 2 / 5 of dorsum; 
anterior margin of fascia concave and suffused above fold, well-defined 
and straight below fold ; posterior margin of fascia below above mentioned 
projection sinuate, well-defined, edged with a transverse streak of un- 
obscured ground colour, which becomes narrower above, to middle of 
parting vein; an elongate-triangular spot in apex, anterior edge inwardly 
oblique, lower horizontal, both slightly suffused, acute point almost 
touching posterior projection of central fascia in upper angle of cell; 
posterior 2 / 3 of costal half suffused with tawny- brownish, this suffusion 
becoming paler and dissolved in tawny irroration anteriorly; three triangu- 
lar dark dots along costa between central fascia and apical spot ; a moderate 
wedge-shaped, inwardly oblique transverse mark on 3 / 4 of dorsum con- 
nected above by a striga of brownish irroration with top of apical patch ; 
space between this and central fascia except transverse marginal white 
streak of that fascia, and area from parting vein to dorsum are evenly 
suffused with deep fuscous-tawny; a whitish dot in upper angle of cell and 
some whitish dotting along dorsal edge; dorsum dotted with fuscous-black; 
tornal area whitish, suffused with grey, less so anteriorly, terminal edge 
with a moderate pale fuscous streak penetrating into apical patch on 
termen below apex. Cilia pale ochreous with a pale fuscous antemedian 
shade, in apex and on dorsum dark fuscous. Hmd wing rather transparent, 
whitish, suffused with fuscous posteriorly and becoming darker towards 
apex. 
Limen elongate, upper edge gradually concave, two small rounded 
lobes laterally. Cestum, a spindle-shaped piece in middle of ductus and a 
pair of weak folds at its base (Slide No. 796 D, holotype). 
Lake Habbema, 3250—3300 m, August 29, 1938 (holotype), August 21, 
1938. Two females. 
