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closely set short bristles. Valya cardinate, elongate, with two blunt apical 
projections, ventral one longest; sacculi short, triangular, united with each 
other and with vinculum. Vinculum indent in middle, anteriorly fused 
with sacculi, so as to form a large ventral plate; the edges of the above 
mentioned parts are indefinite. Anellus lobes large, erect-ovate, weakly 
bristled. Aedoeagus moderate, straight, base and apex somewhat dilated. 
(Slides no. 1107 D, holotype, no. 1108 D, paratype.) 
Bernhard Camp, 50 m, September 14, 1938 (holotype, male), July 27, 
1938. Two specimens. Mist Camp, 1500 m, January 28, 1939. Hollandia, 
sea level, July,, 1938. One male, three females. Closely allied to A. xantho- 
chares (Meyrick) from Papua, distinct by two black spots on dorsum of 
abdomen and posterior leg of male. The damaged female specimen from 
the Mist Camp possesses paler antennae and deep reddish-orange basal 
two-thirds of hind wing, and may be distinct but it is too worn to allow 
a closer study. 
Agalmoscelis xanthochares (Meykick, 1938) 
Protanystis xanthochares Meyrick, 1938, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., vol. 87, p. 521, 
1938. 
Distribution: Papua, Kokoda, 1200 feet. 
Bernhard Camp, 50 m, November 7, 1938. Rattan Camp, 1200 m, 
February 14, 1939. One male, one female. The male from the Bernhard 
Camp has the hind wings entirely infuscated and the abdomen bright 
orange, with segments 7 and 8 entirely black, segment 6 with a median 
dorsal spot and smaller lateral black spots, segment 5 with a small median 
dorsal spot. 
Agalmoscelis deceptoria (Meyrick, 1938) 
Protanystis deceptoria Meyrick, 1938, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., vol. 87, p. 521 —522, 
1938. 
Distribution: Papua, Kokoda, 1200 feet. 
Araucaria Camp, 800 m, March 6, 1939. One female. 
Protanystis Meyrick, 1921 (fig. 721) 
Protanystis Meyrick, 1921, Zool. Meded. Mus. Leiden, vol. 6, p. 177. Trans. Ent. 
Soc. Lond., vol. 87, p. 521, 1938. Fletcher, Mem. Agric. Ind., Ent., vol. 11, p. 186, 
1929. 
This genus may be redescribed as follows, in order to lay stress on its 
differences with Agalmoscelis. Head smooth, rounded. Ocellus posterior. 
Proboscis developed. Antenna over 1, in male filiform, serrulate, simple, 
scape smooth, elongate, clavate, without, pecten. Labial palpus very long, 
recurved, slightly compressed laterally, slender, smooth, terminal segment 
over 1, acute. Maxillary palpus minute, appressed. Legs metallic above, 
