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MICROTANE. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
ierniinalis. M. terniinalis Rothsch. Head and collar white, antennae and rest of the body silvery grey. Forewings 
white; 2 basal thirds of the costal margin and a large spot in the basal third between the median fold and proximal 
margin dark grey, a broad, grey antemarginal band; apex and margin chestnut-brown, spotted grey. Length 
of forewings: 8 mm. Kumusi River and Upper Setekwa River in New Guinea. 
grisescens. M. grisescens Rothsch. has a drab body and whitish-grey forewings with transverse, band-shaped, 
greyish-brown diffuse spots and a darker grey marginal band. Hindwings light drab. Length of forewings: 
6 x / 2 mm. Milne Bay in British New Guinea. 
albiplagia- M. albiplagiata Rothsch. Head and thorax white, abdomen more grey. Forewing iridescent yellowish- 
ta. g r ey with indistinct, greyish-brown markings; in the basal half below the median fold and in the apical half there 
are large, snow-white spots. Length of forewings: 7 mm. Biagi on the Mambara River in British New Guinea 
(March). 
obliquilinea. M. obliquilinea Hmps. (16 a) is white with a very oblique, blackish-brown median band and small 
black dots. Hindwing dark brownish-grey. Ceylon. 
rectilinea. M. rectilinea Snell. (16 a) has grey forewings dotted black and a stretched, oblique median line with 
blackish-brown shading behind it at the costal margin; in the lower cell end there is a black dot, behind it 
runs a curved row of black dots. Hindwings pale brown. China, Singapore, Celebes, Java. 
fraclUinea. M. fractilinea Snell. ( — multipuncta Hmps.) (16 a) shows black dots on its whitish forewings densely 
dusted with brown and a dark median band interrupted in the cell. Hindwings light brown, at the margin 
darker. Sikkim, Ceylon, Sumatra, Java. 
implens. M. implens Wkr. (= junctilinea Hmps.) (13 m). This little species has been already mentioned on 
p. 109 in the genus Nola, but it belongs here and is no Nolid. The small insect is white on its body and wings, 
dusted and watered greyish-brown; at the base of the costa on the forewing a dark stripe, in the cell near the 
base a black dot; a dark median line is between the lower median vein and the proximal margin connected 
with a postmedian line by dark dusting. Single antemarginal dark dots. Hindwings dusted brownish. Expanse 
of wings: 18 to 20 mm. Singapore to Borneo. 
rufofascia- M. rufofasciata Rothsch. $ quite silvery ash-grey, the basal two thirds of the costa on the forewing 
' strongly curved and black, an intermedian, yellowish-red chestnut-coloured oblique band bends round towards 
the anal angle below vein l. Behind this band there are some spots and small, black, scattered scales. Besides 
there are some spots and scattered black spots on the hindwing. Length of forewings: 6 mm. Milne Bay, New 
Guinea, in December. 
podpuncta. M. postpuncta Rothsch. In the <$ the antennae, head and thorax are snow-white, the abdomen greyish- 
white; forewings white, one basal, two discal and terminal dirty bands of a dull brownish yellow; hindwings 
white, with various yellowish, dirty spots and one large, brown, discocellular spot. Length of forewings: S 1 /* mm. 
Milne Bay (New Guinea) in December. 
100. Genus: Mlcrotane Hmps. 
Proboscis absent. Palpi porrect, delicate, not reaching beyond the forehead, antennae ciliated; 
tibiae with long spurs. Forewing with a rounded apex. Vein 3 rises before the cell-angle, 4 and 5 petioled, 
6 from the upper angle, 7, 8 and 9 petioled, 7 rises after 9, 10 and 11 from the cell. Hindwing with 2 veins towards 
the cell-angle; 3 and 4 petioled, 5 absent, 6 and 7 petioled, 8 from the middle of the cell. 
fusca. M. fusca Hmps. dark brown, abdomen blackish with an ochreous anal tuft. Forewing strewn with 
black, the costal area towards the base blackish; in, before and behind the cell-end very small black dots; behind 
the middle and before the apex blackish spots; a marginal row of small black dots. Hindwing dark brown 
with more indistinct, small discoidal spots. 12 mm, Ceylon, 
