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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
Sereda myodes spec. nov. 
[imd/'Q = mouse-like 
tj 9 mm. Head, antenna, palpus, tliorax fuscous-gray (Abdomen mis- 
sing). Legs whitish-grey, speckled with fuscous, tarsi white-ringed. Fore 
wing rather broad, triangular-subovate, broadest at 4 / 5 , costa gently 
curved anteriorly, straight posteriorly, apex obtuse, termen gently sinuate 
above, rounded, little oblique beneath. Whitish-fuscous, densely suffused 
with fuscous ; some nine pairs of small whitish costal marks ; a metallic- 
blue streak from below 3 / 5 of costa to 3 / 4 of dorsum, with upper part out- 
wardly oblique, median part vertical, outwardly convex, lower part 
straight, vertical; another similar streak before median third of termen, 
trifurcate at apex, branches ill-defined, each to one of the three ultimate 
pairs of costal markings; a metallic-blue dot above tornus; apex with 
three fine whitish transverse strigulae, ultimate strigula continued so as 
to form a marginal line along termen to above tornus ; a small whitish bar 
below apex extending over cilia, a less distinct bar on 3 / 4 of termen. Cilia 
greyish-fuscous with a conspicuous black basal streak traversed by the 
above mentioned white bars. Hind wing dark fuscous. Cilia pale fuscous, 
basal third dark fuscous. 
Sigi Camp, 1500 m, February 26, 1939. One specimen. 
