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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
orange. Posterior tibiae rather short, without middle-spurs, end- 
spurs short. Forewings rather broad, termen obliquely rounded, 
7 and 8 stalked ; reddish-orange, suffused into yellow round apex 
and termen ; a large suffused fuscous patch extending on dorsum 
from base to |, upper edge near and parallel to costa from base 
to posterior edge strongly convex and extending in disc to | : 
cilia yellow. Hindwings and cilia light' ochreous-orange ; 4 and 
5 short-stalked. 
New Ireland, November ( Eichhorn ) ; 1 ex. 
Lactura callipyra, n. sp. 
3. 30 mm. Head pale yellow, neck tinged orange. (Palpi 
missing.) Thorax dull crimson. Abdomen ochreous-rosy. Fore¬ 
wings elongate-triangular, termen obliquely rounded, 7 and 8 
stalked; dull crimson, towards median area of dorsum suffused 
orange ; a light yellow streak along basal third of costa, lower edge 
indented by a rounded prominence of groundcolour near base, apex 
finely connected on costal edge with a light yellow patch occupying 
whole apical area beyond an irregular line from middle of costa to 
dorsum near tornus, and enclosing two small deep crimson spots 
obliquely placed towards apex: cilia light yellow. Hindwings 4 
and 5 approximated ; light golden-orange, apical half whitish ; cilia 
yellow-whitish, round dorsum and tornus suffused pale orange. 
British New Guinea, Biagi, Mambare R., 5000 feet, January 
(Meek ); 1 ex. 
Lactura coronopis, n. sp. 
3 . 38-42 mm. Head orange, face yellowish. Palpi minute, 
orange. Thorax orange, posterior half light dull crimson. Abdo¬ 
men light orange. Fore wings elongate-triangular, termen obliquely 
rounded, 7 and 8 stalked ; dull crimson ; an orange-yellow streak 
from base along costa, indented by rounded prominences of ground¬ 
colour near base and in middle, then dilated to a broad terminal 
more orange band, which receives a long wedge-shaped projection 
of groundcolour above middle and is then narrowed to tornus ; an 
elongate-oval light yellow spot above or sometimes touching dorsum 
before middle : cilia orange. Hindwings 4 and 5 connate; light 
ochreous-orange; cilia concolorous. 
New Britain, Talesea ; New Ireland ; February, March ( Eich - 
horn) ; 2 ex. 1 
Lactura persicopa, n. sp. 
3.18 mm. Head crimson, crown yellow. Palpi minute, crimson. 
Thorax, abdomen dull crimson. Fore wings rather elongate, termen 
obliquely rounded, 7 and 8 stalked ; crimson ; two moderate yellow 
fascise, first at direct, second about interrupted and rather 
broken in middle : cilia yellow, basal third crimson. Hindwings 4 
and 5 stalked ; crimson ; cilia crimson. 
New Britain, Talesea, February ( Eichhorn ); 1 ex. 
