MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA 
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anterior inner spur. Fore wing bifid, cleft from 2 / 3 , anterior segment pointed, 
posterior with terrnen twice sinuate, convex in middle; lb simple, 2 from 
beyond middle of cell to tornus, 3 from somewhat before angle to middle 
of terrnen of posterior segment, 4 from angle to its apex, 5 and 6 short, to 
cleft, 7 separate, to terrnen, 8 to costa, 9 and 10 out of 8, 11 from beyond 
middle. Hind wing short: slightly over 2 / 3 of fore wing; trifid, anterior 
cleft from 3 / 6 , posterior from well beyond base, first segment linear, narrow. 
Fig. ] : Fletcheretta niphadothysana gen. nov., spec, nov., male, head and wing 
neuration. 
second shorter, with basal half triangularly dilated below, apical half 
much narrowed, with concave lower edge, third segment linear, some- 
what sinuate, slightly over 1 -/ 2 , dorsal cilia with black scale-tufts; 2 
apparently from base, 3 and 4 connate from angle, to top of dorsal pro- 
minence of second segment and to its apex, respectively, 5 and 6 absent, 
i long, to apex of first segment, 8 apparently short, cell open, closing vein 
reduced to a small basal stump. 
Typus generis Fletcherella niphadothysana spec, nov., male. 
An interesting novel form with long, almost gelechioid palpi. The genus 
is closely related to Oxyptilus and may also be allied with Sochchora 
Walker, 1864, from Brazil, hitherto regarded as a synonym of Platyptilia ; 
Sochchora has also curved and ascending palpi, but much shorter and 
thicker than in our genus. The two other surmised synonyms of Platyptilia : 
Gilbertia Walsingham, 1891, and Grocydoscelus Walsingham, 1897, from 
West Africa, which both may be distinct from Platyptilia, also possess 
slender, recurved palpi but much shorter than in our genus; moreover, the 
shape and neuration of hind wing in the three mentioned genera are quite 
different from those in Fletcherella. 
We dedicate this genus to the late Mr T. Bainbrigge Fletcher, the 
well-known authority on the nomenclature of Microlepidoptera and on 
the taxonomy of the present family. 
