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blade at each side of aedoeagus, which is tubular, broad, and sometimes 
very short. Cornuti are represented by a denticulate or serrulate sclerite. 
The female genitalia resemble those in certain Oecophoridae. The 
ovipositor is very large, not extensible, almost tortricoid, with erect-ovate 
lobes; inside these lobes there is another pair of lobes, which are denticulate 
or sometimes covered with strong crochet-like teeth. The ostium is broad, 
the limen shaped as a broad, sculptured band. The ductus bursae is simple, 
spiraled. The bursa copulatrix is pear-shaped. The signum forms a small 
denticulate plate. 
Key to the Papuan genera of the Stenomidae 
1. Fore wing with veins 9 and 10 stalked Sphalerostola Meyrick 
Fore wing with veins 9 and 10 separate 2 
2. Anterior tarsus not longer than tibia, thickened with roughish scales 3 
Anterior tarsus normal : distinctly longer than tibia, not thickened with scales 
Agriophara Rosenstock 
3. Fore wing with veins 2 and 3 stalked Proscedes gen. nov. 
Fore wing with veins 2 and 3 separate 4 
4. Male genitalia of a Xyloryctid type: valva simple, furca strong with dilated 
arms, aedoeagus normal Neospastis Meyrick (India) 
Male genitalia of an Agriophara type : valva modified, with cucullus separate, 
often digitiform, furca forming two moderate or short flattened plates, aedoeagus 
broad and short ® 
5. Fore wing with veins 7 and 8 stalked A othochalara gen. nov. 
Fore wing with veins 7 and 8 separate . Synchalara Meyrick 
Nothochalara gen. nov. (fig. 681) 
vo&oq = false, yakanoq = weak 
Head with loosely appressed scales, side tufts roughly spreading, face 
smooth. Ocellus small, inferior. Proboscis developed. Antenna in the 
female minutely ciliated, scape rather short, somewhat flattened, without 
a pecten. Labial palpus moderately long, recurved, ascending, median 
segment just reaching the base of the antenna, thickened with scales, 
roughish below, terminal segment under 1, sealed, pointed. Maxillary 
palpus vestigial. Thorax without a crest. Anterior tarsus as long as the 
tibia, somewhat thickened with scales. Posterior tibia closed with long 
fine appressed hairs. Fore wing with a few slightly raised scale-tufts, 
subovate, obtusely pointed; lb furcate at base, 2 from towards angle, 
approximated to 3, 4 considerably distant from 3, approximated to •>, 
7 and 8 stalked, 7 to just below the apex, 1 1 from slightly beyond the 
middle. Hind wing broadly semiovate, l x / 2 , cilia a / s , termen gently concave 
below the apex; 2 from 2 / 3 , 3 and 4 very closely approximated at the 
base, 5 closely approximated, 6 and 7 stalked. 8 slightly sinuate, upper 
