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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OP NEW GUINEA 
Deuterocopus Zeller, 1852 
Deuterocopus Zeller, 1852, Linn. Ent., vol. 6, p. 402; etc. 
Deuteroscopus, Hofmann, Iris, vol. 11, p. 329, 1898 (lapsus). 
Key to the Papuan species x ) 
1. Blackish, fore wing and abdomen without any ferruginous markings. . 
famulus Meyrick 
Not blackish, fore wing and abdomen with ferruginous markings .... 2 
2. Pectus and venter whitish 
Pectus and venter pale yellow 
3. Fore wing with second cleft at least 3 / 5 length of first . . socotranus Rebel 
Fore wing with second cleft only about 1 / 2 of first 4 
4. F ore wing with a small black scale-tuft on dorsum beneath base of first cleft 
atrapex Fletcher 
Fore wing without such scale-tuft on dorsum beneath base of first cleft . . 
tengstroemi Zeller 
5. Fore wing with second cleft over 2 / 3 length of first; dorsal cilia without scale- 
focriOQ/t'll bflSG of first clcffc ■ ■ • . tOTV ' Zd'US INfEYRICK. 
Fore wing with second cleft 2 / 3 or less than 2 / 3 length of first; dorsal cilia some- 
times with a dark scale tuft beneath base of first cleft 6 
6. Fore wing with second cleft 2 / 3 length of first; dorsal cilia without scale-tuft 
beneath base of first cleft planeta Meyrick 
Fore wing with second cleft less than 2 / 3 (usually about 1 / 2 ) length of first; dorsal 
cilia with a dark scale-tuft beneath base of first cleft ritsemae Walsingham 
Deuterocopus famulus Meyrick, 1907 
Deuterocopus famulus Meyrick, 1907, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1907, p. 474, 1908. 
Fletcher, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1910, pp. 112 — 113, pi. 44, fig. 2, 1911. 
Distribution: Kei Islands, Fergusson Island, d’Entrecasteaux Islands, 
Halmahera, Batian. 
Araucaria Camp, 800 m, March 17, 1939. One female, about 10 mm, 
badly damaged and mouldy, but apparently belonging to this species. 
Fletcherella gen. nov. (fig. 1) 
Head with smoothly appressed scales, slightly roughish only in a 
transverse band between bases of antennae. Ocellus absent. Proboscis 
developed. Antenna in male 2 / 3 , filiform, slightly serrulate, simple, scape 
short, thickened. Labial palpus very long, recurved, sickle-shaped, 
ascending, basal segment moderate, thickened with scales roughly pro- 
jecting beneath, median segment long, considerably exceeding base of 
antenna, cylindrical, rather slender, distinctly gradually tapering towards 
apex, with closely appressed scales, terminal segment over 1 , slender, 
smooth, acute. Thorax robust, with smoothly appressed scales. Posterior 
tibia and tarsus smooth -scaled, spurs slender, very long, especially 
b Chiefly adopted from Fletcher, Trans. Entom. Soc. Lond. 1910, p. 112, 1911. 
