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MICROLEPIDOFTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
Athrypsiastis Meyrick, 1910 
Athrypsiastis Meyrick, 1910, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1910, pp. 457—458. 
Fletcher, Mem. Agric. Ind., Ent., vol. 11, p. 27, 1929. 
Key to the Papuan species of Athrypsiastis 
1. Pale greenish -grey, sprinkled violet-brown; a large rosy-brown suffusion on 
middle of dorsum rosiflora Meyrick 
Not thus 2 
2. Pale ochreous-brown phaeoleuca Meyrick 
Silvery-white, base of the costal edge grey or blackish 3 
3. Smaller species: 14 mm. Fore wing white with a golden gloss c hionodes spec. nov. 
Larger species: 21—24 mm. White, base of dorsum suffused with pale grey 4 
4. Palpus white, median segment except apex fuscous-grey, terminal segment mixed 
with greyish below; dorsum pale isabel -greyish, this colour extending over 
apex of wing and continued as a narrow faint marginal shade to apex 
delicata spec. nov. 
Palpus white, dorsum faintly tinged with pale grey suffusion symmetra Meyrick 
Athrypsiastis chionodes spec. nov. (fig. 650) 
-/imvodriQ — snow-like 
14 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen glossy white, faintly tinged 
yellowish-isabel. Antenna white, pectinations black. Palpus white, median 
segment in the middle above suffused with blackish. Legs creamy-white. 
Pore wing elongate-ovate, costa rather curved towards the extremities, 
straight in the middle, apex obtusely pointed, termen straight, oblique 
above, broadly rounded beneath. White, with a pale golden gloss; base 
of the costal edge black. Cilia snow-white. Hind wing somewhat less 
glossy, white faintly tinged pale yellowish, cilia snow-white. 
Tegumen moderate. Uncus broadly triangular, gnathos projecting. 
Valva curved anteriorly, gradually narrowed; sacculus with a strong 
sclerotization, concave and haired above. Vinculum blunt. Anellus broad, 
1 / 2 . Aedoeagus moderate, curved. (Slide no. 885 D, type.) Shows a close 
affinity to the genus Paralecta. 
Bernhard Camp, 50 m, October 8, 1938 (J. Olthof). One specimen. 
Distinct by the shape of the fore wing and by the small size. 
Athrypsiastis delicata spec. nov. (fig. 651) 
rj' 24 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen white tinged isabel-colour. 
Antenna with basal half white above, pectinations blackish, apical half 
simple, dark grey; scape white, tinged isabel. Palpus white, median 
segment except apex, fuscous-grey, terminal segment mixed with greyish 
below. Legs white, anterior grey, tarsus white-ringed. Fore wing elongate - 
subtriangular, dilated, broadest at % costa moderately curved, slightly 
bent and prominent at 3 / 5 , apex obtuse, termen moderately rounded, 
