MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
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Pseudogalleria amethystina spec. nov. (fig. 370) 
d/j,e&vaTivog — of amethyst 
g 22 mm. Head, palpus, thorax and abdomen pale ochreous-whitish, 
palpus slightly suffused with greyish below upper edge, abdomen hairy, 
gradually becoming fuscous-ochreous towards apex, anal tuft pale 
ochreous. Legs light ochreous, suffused with fuscous above, pale-ringed, 
posterior tibia with long hairs above, strongly laterally compressed. Fore 
wing subtriangular, strongly dilated: costa considerably curved, apex 
moderately rounded, termen straight, oblique. Pale whitish-ochreous, 
suffused except along base, dorsum and termen with bright ochreous and 
orange-ochreous, also slightly suffused with pale lilac; upper two-thirds 
of wing from 1 / 5 to before 3 / 4 of costa suffused with blackish-violet, obliquely 
striated with deep reddish -ferruginous; anterior edge of this portion of 
wing suffused with ochreous-orange below costa, lower edge indefinite 
except below and beyond lower angle of cell, where it forms a rounded 
projection and is angularly deeply excavate beyond this projection almost 
to upper angle of cell; posterior edge of the above mentioned area well- 
defined, forming a long rather narrow acutely wedge-shaped oblique 
projection from costa to before middle of termen; this projection is edged 
by deep reddish -ferruginous streaks, dilated towards costa; lower of 
these streaks ending on costa beyond middle, upper streak on costa before 
a / 4 ; a small triangular reddish-ferruginous spot on middle of termen 
opposite apex of wedge-shaped projection; suffused transverse vertical 
deep reddish-ferruginous strigulae, below middle and above end of fold; 
a larger suffused irregular mark of the same colour well above tornus, 
almost touching wedge-shaped streak below; a few scales above tornus 
and a row of dots along dorsum, of the same colour; a curved wedge- 
shaped moderate suffused costal patch from costa before apex narrowly 
produced across wing to median terminal dot, orange-ochreous, suffused 
on costa and slightly irrorated below costa with dark ferruginous; costa 
beyond middle minutely dotted with pale ochreous. Cilia ochreous- 
whitish, with pale ochreous base, a violet-black blotch opposite terminal 
dot. Hind wing pale golden-ochreous, densely suffused with dark bronze- 
fuscous except in apex and along upper part of termen; cilia pale golden- 
ochreous, tips slightly infuscated, a fuscous antemedian line. 
A large ferruginous strong sclerotization at each side, at the base of 
tegumen. Valva little bent, cucullus with stout spines, sacculus short- 
bristled, with a blunt point posteriorly. Vinculum a large rounded plate 
(Slide No. 818 H, type). 
Araucaria Camp, 800 m, March 8, 1939. One specimen. Allied to pre- 
ceding. 
Crocostola gen. nov. (fig. 372) 
XQOxoGToka = clothed in orange 
Head with appressed scales. Ocellus large, posterior. Proboscis moderate. 
