MICROLEPIDOPTERA OP NEW GUINEA 
5 
4. Fore wing with vein lb strong throughout, furcate along basal two-thirds . . 
Xenotenes gen. nov. 
Fore wing with vein lb not thus furcate 5 
5. Hind wing with stalk of 6 and 7 from near base of upper edge of cell . . . 
Diactenis Meyrick 
Hind wing with stalk of 6 and 7 from base of wing, connected by a transverse 
bar with upper edge of cell 6 
6. Hind wing with veins 2—4 remote and equidistant, 3 from before angle. . 
Proselena Meyrick 
Hind wing with vein 3 from angle, nearer to 2 than to 4 
Proactenis Diakonokp 
7. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 approximated at base or connate ... 8 
Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 widely remote 9 
8. Palpus moderate, porrect or subascending Schoenotenes Meyrick 
Palpus long, ascending, posterior half bent and porrect 
Gopidostoma gen. nov. 
9. Hind wing with veins 4 and 5 remote Oligotenes gen. nov. 
Hind wing with veins 4 and 5 approximated, connate or stalked ... 10 
10. Hind wing with a compressed longitudinal fold concealing upper edge of cell, 
reaching three-fourth towards edge of wing Stenotenes gen. nov. 
Hind wing without such a fold 11 
11. Palpus with terminal segment arched upwards; hind wing with veins 4 and 
5 approximated Palaeotoma Meyrick 
Palpus with terminal segment porrect; hind wing with veins 4 and 5 appro- 
ximated, connate, or stalked Metachorista Meyrick 
The genera of the Schoenotenidae which are not represented in the 
present collection are also briefly reviewed below, for the sake of 
completeness. 
Proselena Meyrick, 1881 (fig. 388) 
Proselena Meyrick, 1881, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, vol. 6, p. 421; Lepid. 
Catal., fasc. 10, p. 1, 1912. Gener. Ins., fasc. 149, p. 7, pi. 1, fig. 12, pi. 5, fig. 73, 
1913. Fletcher, Mem. Agr. Ind., Ent., vol. 11, p. 186, 1929. Diakonofe, Zool. 
Meded. Mus. Leiden, vol. 31, p. 170, 1952. 
Prothelymna Meyrick, 1883, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst., vol. 15, p. 57 (genotype 
antiquana Walker, 1863). 
Head with appressed scales. Ocellus absent. Proboscis very weak. 
Antenna in male moderately ciliate. Labial palpus moderate, porrect, 
median segment dilated with roughly projecting scales above and beneath, 
terminal segment short, subobtuse, slightly drooping. Maxillary palpus 
absent. Thorax without crest. Pore wing without tufts of raised scales, 
elongate, subacute, rather narrow, termen rounded, very oblique, lb 
furcate at base, 2 from middle of lower margin of cell, 3 from angle, short, 
4 closely approximated at base, 7 separate, from angle, to termen, 8 closely 
approximated at base, 9 moderately approximated, 10 from midway 
between 9 and 11, 11 from slightly before middle, cell rather narrow, 
sinuate, narrowed posteriorly, parting vein sinuate, from beyond halfway 
between base of cell and 11, to above base of 5. Hind wing elongate- 
semiovate, 2 from 2 / 3 , 3 from halfway between 2 and 4, 4 from angle, 
