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Atasthalistis Meyrick, 1886 
Atasthalistis Meyrick, 1886, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., vol. 1886, p. 279. Gener. 
Ins., fasc. 184, p. 136, 1926. Fletcher, Mem. Agr. Ind., Ent,, vol. 11, p. 26, 1929. 
Gaede, Lepid. Catal., part 79, p. 374, 1937. 
Groesopola Meyrick, 1904, Proe. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, vol. 29, p. 410. 
Key to the Papuan species of Atasthalistis 
1 Ground colour green ochreoviridella Pagenstecher 
Ground colour not green 2 
2. Ground colour dark purplish-fuscous ; hind wing blackish, a broad orange terminal 
fascia to below' middle of termen gorgopa Meyrick 
Ground colour black ® 
3. A narrow white subcostal streak pyrhocosma Meyrick 
Four white subcostal dots gnophrina Felder 
Atasthalistis gnophrina (Felder, 1872) 
Ethmia? gnophrina Felder, 1872, Reis. Novara, pi. 139, fig. 38. 
Atasthalistis gnophrina, Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., vol. 1886, p. 279, 
1886. Gener. Ins., fasc. 184. p. 136, pi. 3, fig. 74, 1925. Gaede, Lepid. Catal., fasc. 79, 
p. 374, 1937. 
Distribution: Moluccas: Ternate. 
Bernhard Camp, 50 m, August 29, 1938 (J. Olthof). One female. 
Prodosiarcha Meyrick, 1904 
Prodosiarcha Meyrick, 1904, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, vol. 29, p. 330. Gener. 
Ins., fasc. 184, p. 146, 1925. Fletcher, Mem. Agr. Ind., Ent., vol. 11, p. 184, 1929. 
Gaede, Lepid. Catal., part 79, p. 389, 1937. 
Prodosiarcha catadamanta spec. nov. 
Kara. — below, iiddpag = steel 
£ 16 mm. Head fuscous-grey, face paler, side-tufts of vertex ochreous. 
Antenna bronze, suffused with blackish towards the base above. Palpi 
diverging, median segment rather smooth below, terminal slightly over 1 ; 
yellow, terminal segment blackish, suffused with yellow towards the base. 
Thorax dark fuscous, posterior edge narrow, lateral edges of the tegula 
and two moderate attenuated longitudinal streaks, yellowish; pectus 
whitish, mixed with grey. (Abdomen missing.) Legs yellow, anterior and 
median femur more or less mixed with grey (posterior legs broken). Fore 
wing narrow, elongate-subovate, little dilated: broadest at 3 / 4 , costa little 
curved at the base, straight in the middle, moderately curved before the 
apex, apex rounded, termen rounded, oblique. Purplish-fuscous, markings 
light yellow, suffused with deeper yellow posteriorly. Base with some 
